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A Drascombe is a series of sailing boats designed by John Watkinson. Mostly undecked open day sailers but larger ones were designed with two-berth cabins. They were originally designed and built in plywood using glued lapstrake construction. As they became more popular, they were then manufactured in GRP.^[1] In addition to being dependable seagoing craft that have been sailed across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, (by Geoff Stewart in a Longboat and Webb Chiles in a Lugger respectively), their wide and deep cockpits, adaptable boomless rigs and high bulwarks offer comfort to inexperienced sailors.^[2] A sailboat is a relatively small wind-driven vessel used primarily for sports and personal purposes. ... A day sailer is a small sailboat without sleeping accommodations. ... In construction, marine plywood is a specially treated plywood that is designed to resist rotting in a high-moisture environment. ... Clinker boat building is a method of constructing hulls for boats and ships by fixing wooden planks to a frame so that the planks overlap each other gaining support from the frame and from adjacent planks. ... The composite Rutan VariEze, a home-build light aircraft Glass-reinforced plastic (GRP), is a composite material or fiber-reinforced plastic made of a plastic reinforced by fine fibers made of glass. ... Atlantic redirects here. ... Pacific redirects here. ...

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Caboteur

The Caboteur is based on the Drascombe Longboat but modified to the requirements of French Drascombe aficionado Jean-Louis Grenier to create his "Ultimate Drascombe Camping Cruiser"

Originally in wood epoxy the hull is now available in GRP. It is 8" wider in the beam than the Longboat with 3" more freeboard. The rig is also 37sq ft larger and a 130 sq ft cruising chute can be set to a bowsprit. It has been suggested that gennaker be merged into this article or section. ... Bowsprit of the Falls of Clyde, showing the dolphin striker, the use of chain for the bobstays, and three furled jibs. ...

Jean-Louis' boat has a large sleeping platform and a vast amount of dedicated storage. In fact the great number of lockers, together with the added beam and freeboard make the sailing weight nearly twice that of a Longboat. ^[3] The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length. ... Freebord model X-80, bottom side Freebords are a recent modification of the skateboard. ...

Coaster

A trailer-sailer with a two-berth cabin (and, with the addition of a cockpit tent, room for two more) including cooking and toilet facilities. Replaced the Cruiser Longboat, having a much improved specification, especially with regard to the cockpit and cabin layouts. ^[4]

Cruiser Longboat

A Longboat with a cabin with 2 berths or one berth and a galley bench. Unlike the open Longboat and other Drascombes a boom was fitted to the mainsail. Designed to appeal more to private buyers than the open version, the Cruiser Longboat was introduced and sold side by side with the standard open boat. Introduced in 1970 and replaced in 1979 by the Coaster. Over 400 were built. ^[4] The galley is the compartment of a ship, submarine, train or aircraft where food is cooked and prepared. ... In sailing, a boom is a spar (pole) usually made of aluminum or wood, is connected to the foot of the mainsail and allows the crew to control the angle of the sail to the wind. ... A mainsail is the most important sail raised from the main (or only) mast of a sailing vessel. ...

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Dabber

Although smaller than the Lugger, the Dabber carries a full yawl rig on main and mizzen masts. However, the Dabber can easily be distinguished by its bowsprit and transom-hung rudder. ^[4]
Yawl sailing vessel. ... mizzen mast, mainmast and foremast Grand Turk The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ... Bowsprit of the Falls of Clyde, showing the dolphin striker, the use of chain for the bobstays, and three furled jibs. ... Transom (probably a corruption of Latin transtrum, a thwart, in a boat; equivalents are French traverse, croisillon, German Losholz) is the architectural term given to the horizontal lintel or beam which is framed across a window, dividing it into stages or heights. ... Stern-mounted steering oar of an Egyptian riverboat depicted in the Tomb of Menna (c. ...

Drifter

A cruising boat with a cabin and choice of outboard well or 6-8 hp Sabb inboard diesel. Draft 2'+. Long keel with fixed bilge plates. Original spec included sails with roller-reef jib, pramhood canopy, 2 burner paraffin cooker, flushing chemical toilet, fitted bilge pump, anchor warp + chain; anti-fouling below waterline. An optional tent was also available, extending sleeping accommodation from 2 to 4 adults. ^[4] Bolinders two cylinder Trim outboard engine. ... Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858-1913), inventor of the diesel engine. ...

At the 2007 London Boat Show Churchouse Boats launched the Drifter 22. ^[5] Power boats at the London Boat Show. ...

Driver

An 18' version of the Launch hull with bilge fins for sailing. A Watermota Shrimp inboard petrol engine with fully feathering propellor was fitted. A petrol/paraffin version of the Watermota or even a diesel were available to special order. For sailing it had a standing lug rig similar to the Dabber but with a slightly larger jib and mainsail. ^[4] // For the bird of prey, see Laggar Falcon. ... A typical jib on a small yacht A jib is a triangular staysail set ahead of the foremost mast of a sailing boat. ... A mainsail is the most important sail raised from the main (or only) mast of a sailing vessel. ...

Gig

Never intended for the private buyer, the Gig is a pure sail training craft designed for use by Navies. Previously, the Royal Navy used the Montagu Whaler for this purpose, but these boats were getting well past their best, and new ones have not been built since the 1950s. The Longboat was considered too small, so the Gig was designed for this specific market. ^[4]

Launch

Based on the Dabber hull and introduced in 1973, the Launch was designed for river and lake fishing. Fitted with a Watermota Shrimp inboard engine and a Dabber mizzen as a steadying sail. Not a very successful model, only 12 being built. ^[4] The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ...

Longboat

Essentially a stretched Lugger, and originally intended as a training craft for sailing schools, Sea Scouts, etc. ^[4]

Lugger

The boat that started it all, and still immensely popular. The epitome of rugged simplicity, reliability, and seaworthiness in an open boat, the Lugger is equally at home pottering with the kids or undertaking more adventuresome expeditions. ^[4]

Peterboat

Designed by John Watkinson in 1973, the Peterboat was not mass-produced and never built in GRP. Only about 10 wooden boats were built by John Elliott, John Kerr, and Norman Whyte. ^[4]

Scaffie

Designed as a low-cost Drascombe for single-handed sailing, the Scaffie has no centreplate, relying instead on water ballast and two deep bilge keels. Rig is a single standing lugsail. ^[4] A ballast tank is a compartment within a boat or ship, that holds water. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... // For the bird of prey, see Laggar Falcon. ...

Scaith

Skiff

Similar to the Scaffie but with a narrower beam, the Skiff was designed in 1970 and 30 were built in wood by John Elliott. A GRP version wasn't available until 1996. ^[4] John Dorman Elliott, Australian businessman Professor Sir John Huxtable Elliott, Historian John Elliott, U.S. Senator from Georgia John Elliott, a U.S. song writer This is a disambiguation page â€” a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

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Classes of sailing dinghies, scows, sharpies and skiffs (worldwide)

29er | 405 ("Four-oh-five") | 420 ("Four-twenty") | 470 ("Four-seventy") | 49er | 505 ("Five-oh-five") | 3000 | Access | Adventuress | Albacore | ASC | Australian Sharpie | Bermuda Fitted Dinghy | Blue Jay | Bosun | Buccaneer 18 | Byte | C-Lark | Cadet | Cherub | Comet | Contender | Coypu | Day Sailer | Drascombe | El Toro | Enterprise | Escape | Europe |Fatty Knees | Finn | Fireball | Firefly | Flying Dutchman | Flying Eleven | Flying Junior | Flying Scot | GP14 | Graduate | Heron | Highlander | Hornet | Idle-along | IDRA14 | International Canoe | International Twelve | International Fourteen | 12ft Skiff |16ft Skiff | 18ft Skiff | Jacksnipe | Javelin | Jersey Skiff | Jet 14 | Jollyboat | JY15 | Lark | Lido 14 | Lightning | Manly Junior | Merlin Rocket | Mirror | Mistral (Des Townson) | Musto Skiff | Mutineer 15 | National 12 | O'Day DaySailer | OK Dinghy | Optimist | Osprey | Otter | P Class | Pirate | Precision 15 | Puddle Duck Racer | Pacer | Sabot | Sabre | Salcombe Yawl | Sea Bright | Scorpion (dinghy) | Scow (A, C, E, MC, M16, 17) | Snipe | Solo | Spiral | Streaker | Star Class | Sunburst | Sunfish | Tasar | Tauranga | Thames A Class Rater | Thistle | Turnabout | Turtle | Twinkles 10 & 12 | Vagabond | Vanguard 15 | Wanderer | Wayfarer | Y flyer | Zeddie | Zephyr (Des Townson) | Zoom 8 Dinghy of the schooner Adventuress A dinghy is a small utility boat attached to a larger boat. ... A scow, in the original sense, is a flat bottomed boat with a blunt bow, often used to haul garbage or similar bulk freight; cf. ... Sharpies are long, narrow sailboats with shallow draft. ... The term skiff is applied to various river craft, but a skiff is typically a small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern. ... The 29er is a skiff designed by Julian Bethwaite and first produced in 1998. ... The International 420 Class Dinghy is a monohull planing dinghy with centreboard, bermuda rig and centre sheeting, designed for a crew of two. ... Olympic Class The 470 is a monohull planing dinghy with centerboard, Bermuda rig and center sheeting, designed for a crew of two. ... 49er With Its Asymetric Spinnaker The 49er is a newer one-design class of small sailing dinghy. ... The International 505 is a one-design high-performance two-person monohull planing centerboard dinghy. ... The 3000 is a racing sailing dinghy crewed by two persons with a trapeze for the crew. ... Adventuress sail no. ... The Albacore is a 4. ... The Australian Sharpie is a 3-person sailing dinghy which has evolved from the 12-square-metre class sailed in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. ... Bermudian work boats racing. ... A fleet of Blue Jays sail in a regatta Blue Jay is a class of sailboat used primarily in the Northeastern United States. ... The Buccaneer 18 is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America. ... The Byte is a cat rigged dinghy sailboat produced by PS2000. ... A C-Lark sailing with a model boat in the foreground. ... A Cadet is a small sailing dinghy. ... The Cherub is a small, high performance[1], two man planing dinghy first designed in 1951 in New Zealand by John Spencer[2] (d 1994). ... The Comet dinghy is a sixteen foot long, two person, one-design class, racing sloop. ... The Contender is a single-handed high performance sailing dinghy, designed by Ben Lexcen (Australia) in 1967 as a possible successor to the Finn dinghy for Olympic competition. ... A Coypu The Coypu is a class of small sailing dinghy. ... The Day Sailer is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America and Brazil. ... The El Toro is a one-design class of sailing dinghy. ... The Enterprise type is a two-man hiking sailing dinghy with a distinctive blue sail and no spinnaker. ... Escape started as a 2004 short film made by Gabriel Bergmoser, Daniel Smetack, and David Padbury. ... The Europe is a one person dinghy. ... The Fatty Knees fibreglass sailing dinghies were designed by Lyle Hess (1912 - 2002). ... Originally designed by Peter Milne in 1962, the Fireball is a one-design high-performance sailing dinghy. ... Former Olympic Class The firefly is a two sail hiking sailing dinghy with no spinnaker. ... Former Olympic Class The Flying Dutchman is a high-performance class of racing dinghy. ... The Flying Eleven is an Australian boat designed as a high performance racing skiff suitable for 12 to 18 year olds. ... Flying Junior Dinghy The Flying Junior or FJ is a sailing dinghy designed in 1955 in Holland by Van Essen and Conrad Gulcher. ... The Flying Scot is a day sailer dinghy used for pleasure sailing as well as racing throughout North America. ... GP14 from astern The GP14 is a 4. ... The Heron Dinghy is a dinghy designed by Jack Holt of the United Kingdom as the Yachting World Cartopper (YW Cartopper). ... A Douglass design in the early 50s, the Highlander was the last boat built by the Douglass & McLeod company. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The IDRA14 or Irish Dinghy Racing Association Fourteen is a classic clinker built fouteen foot racing dinghy. ... The International Canoe, or more properly the International Ten Square Metre Sailing Canoe, often abbreviated to IC is a powerful and extremely fast single handed sailing canoe whose rules are governed by the International Canoe Federation. ... The International 14 is a racing sailing dinghy. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and conform with our NPOV policy, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jacksnipe Sail Logo, depicting the Jack Snipe bird The Jacksnipe is a two-man racing sailing dinghy with a single trapeze for the crew and symmetrical spinnaker. ... The Javelin can refer to several different class of boats. ... The Jersey Skiff is a beach launched boat first appearing around the end of the 1800s. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... A Jollyboat is a New Zealand sailing dinghy designed by John Spencer. ... The JY 15 is a one-design racing dinghy designed by Rod Johnstone in 1989. ... Lark 2462 Mr Bigglesworth About the LARK Class The Lark was designed in 1966 by Michael Jackson, designer of many National 12 and Merlin Rockets. ... Image:Lido14. ... It has been suggested that Lightning (sailboat) be merged into this article or section. ... A junior racing dinghy class popular in Sydney Australia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A Mirror on Combs Reservoir in Derbyshire The Mirror is a highly successful pram dinghy, with more than 70,000 built. ... Introduction A Musto Skiff reaching at Lake Garda The Musto Skiff is a single-handed sailing skiff with a length of 4. ... A Mutineer and barge share the Mississippi River The Mutineer is a 15 foot sailing vessel. ... The National 12 is a two-person, two-sail, twelve-foot (3. ... The Day Sailer is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America and Brazil. ... OK dinghy A Brief History of the OK In 1957 Axel Dangaard Olsen of Seattle, U.S.A., asked the Danish yacht designer Knud Olsen to prepare drawings for a light and fast single-handed sailing dinghy based on conventional plywood construction. ... The Optimist is a small, single-crew sailing dinghy. ... The Otter is a two man sailing dinghy with a glass fibre hull. ... Origin The P-Class was designed by New Zealand civil engineer, Harry Highet, as a simple vessel in which children and young people could learn to sail. ... // The pirate was constructed in 1935 and has no trapez. ... Image:Precision15. ... The dimensions to which a PD Racer must conform. ... Pacer Class The Pacer class of sailing dinghy, formerly known as the Puffin Pacer, was designed in the UK by Jack Holt. ... The Sabot is a sailing dinghy that is sailed and raced singlehandedly usually by young sailors in various places around the world. ... Sabre sailing at Brighton & Seacliff Yacht Club The Sabre is a class of twelve-foot-long (3. ... The Sea Bright is a derivation of the Jersey Skiff. ... The scorpion is a class of small sailing dinghy. ... A scow, in the original sense, is a flat bottomed boat with a blunt bow, often used to haul garbage or similar bulk freight; cf. ... The Snipe is a 15-1/2 foot, 2 person, one design racing dinghy with a rich history. ... The National Solo class is a racing dingy designed by Jack Holt in 1956. ... The Spiral is a type or class of sailing dinghy. ... Streakers at Ripon Sailing Club A Streaker is a type of sailing dinghy designed in 1975 by Jack Holt. ... The Sunburst is a two-handed, 3. ... The Sunfish is a popular one-design class of sailboat which was developed in the 1950s. ... The Tasar is a 14 foot fibreglass sailing dinghy. ... Origin The P-Class was designed by New Zealand civil engineer, Harry Highet, as a simple vessel in which children and young people could learn to sail. ... The Thames A Class Rater is both a historic and modern specialist sailing craft designed for the particular conditions at Thames Sailing Club, in Surbiton in the United Kingdom. ... A Thistle sailing downwind. ... In the United States, the Sadie Hawkins dance (also known as a snow ball, snowball, turnabout, or a Tolo) is a school dance, usually occuring in high schools, in which female students invite male students. ... The Vagabond is a 3. ... The Vanguard 15 is a popular one design racing dinghy (no changes to the boat) manufactured by Vanguard Sailboats. ... The Wanderer Logo The Wanderer is a 14 foot Fiberglass hull Bermuda rigged sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor. ... The Wayfarer is a wooden or fibreglass hulled bermudan rigged sailing dinghy, often used for short sailing trips as a day boat. The boat is 15 foot 10 inches (4. ... The Y Flyer is a 18 foot sloop rigged racing dinghy sailed by 2 people. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Z Class (aka Zeddie, Takapuna). ... The Zephyr is a New Zealand one-design 3. ... The Zoom 8 is a youth racing sailboat sailed in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ...

Laser | Laser Radial | Laser 4.7 | Laser 2 | Laser 2000 | Laser 3000 | Laser 4000 | Laser 5000 | Laser Pico | Laser SB3 | Laser Stratos | Laser Vortex | Laser Funboat Olympic Class The Laser Standard Side view Rightening a capsized boat This article focuses on the Laser Standard dinghy. ... The Laser (often called Laser Standard to avoid confusion with the laser variants) is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy. ... The Laser 4. ... The Laser 2 is a larger variant of the popular Laser one-design class of small sailing dinghy The Laser is a single-handed boat, but the Laser 2 is sailed by two people. ... The Laser 3000 is a racing sailing dinghy crewed by two persons with a trapeze for the crew. ... The Laser 4000 is an asymmetric racing dinghy crewed by two persons. ... The Laser Pico dinghy is a small sailboat designed by Jo Richards in the mid-1990s and used primarily for training and day sailing. ... The Laser SB3 is a one-design class of sailboat commonly used for racing. ... // Laser Stratos Introduction The Laser Stratos is an all-round cruising and racing boat built by the same company as the famous Laser Standard dinghy. ...

RS200 | RS300 | RS400 | RS500 | RS600 | RS700 | RS800 | RS Feva | RS Vareo | RS Vision | RS K6 The RS200 is a 4. ... The RS300 is a modern racing sailing dinghy made by RS, who also make many other dinghies. ... The RS500 is a three-cylinder racing motorcycle produced by Honda. ... The RS800 is a fast, light-weight sailing dinghy designed by Phil Morrison. ... The RS Feva is a one- or two-man (depending on rig) racing dinghy which has use of optional jib and/or spinnaker. ... The RS Vareo is a modern, singlehanded sailing dinghy widely raced throughout the UK at both club and national level. ...

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