The Snipe is a 15-1/2 foot, 2 person, one design racing dinghy with a rich history. Designed by William Crosby in 1931, it has evolved into a modern, tactical racing dinghy with fleets around the world. Dinghy of the schooner Adventuress A dinghy is a small utility boat attached to a larger boat. ...
Although the Snipe Class has some of the best competition in the world, the class has not lost sight of the importance of social events and, in fact, many regattas are as well known for their parties as they are for their racing.
Classes of sailing dinghies, scows and skiffs (worldwide list)
420 ("Four-twenty") | 470 ("Four-seventy") | 49er | 505 ("Five-oh-five") | Albacore | Blue Jay | Buccaneer 18 | Byte | Cadet | Comet | Contender | El Toro | Enterprise | Europe |Fatty Knees | Finn |Firefly | Flying Dutchman | Flying Scot | GP14 | Heron | International Fourteen | Javelin | Jersey Skiff | Laser | Laser 4.7 | Laser Pico| Laser Radial | Laser SB3 | Lightning | Manly Junior | Mirror | Musto Skiff | National 12 | OK Dinghy | Optimist | Sabot | Sea Bright | Scow (A, C, E, MC, M16, 17) | Snipe | Solo | Sport 14 | Sport 16 | Streaker | Sunfish | Thistle | Topper | Topper Topaz | Wayfarer | Y flyer | Zoom 8 The International 420 Class Dinghy is a monohull planing dinghy with centreboard, bermuda rig and centre sheeting, designed for a crew of two. ... The 470 is a monohull planing dinghy with centerboard, bermudan 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 Albacore is a 4. ... 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 Cadet is a small sailing dinghy. ... 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. ... 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. ... The Europe is a one person dinghy. ... The Fatty Knees fibreglass sailing dinghies were designed by Lyle Hess (1912 - 2002). ... The firefly is a two sail hiking sailing dinghy with no spinnaker. ... The Flying Dutchman is a high-performance class of racing dinghy. ... The Flying Scot is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed 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). ... The Javelin is a fast, 14 foot sailing dinghy. ... The Jersey Skiff is a beach launched boat first appearing around the end of the 1800s. ... The Laser Standard Rightening a capsized boat This article focuses on the Laser Standard dinghy. ... The Laser 4. ... 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 (often called Laser Standard to avoid confusion with the laser variants) is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy. ... The Laser SB3 is a one-design class of sailboat commonly used for racing. ... International Lightning Sailing Dinghy The Lightning is a sailing dinghy originally designed by Sparkman & Stephens in 1938. ... A junior racing dinghy class popular in Sydney Australia. ... 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. ... The National 12 is a two person, two sail, twelve foot long sailing 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. ... Introduction The Optimist, more commonly called the Opti or Oppy is a beginner dinghy with a daggerboard and single sail. ... The Sabot is a sailing dinghy that is sailed and raced singlehandedly usually by young sailors in various places around the world. ... The Sea Bright is a derivation of the Jersey Skiff. ... A scow, in the original sense, is a flat bottomed boat, often used to haul garbage or similar bulk freight; cf. ... Streakers at Ripon Sailing Club A Streaker is a type of sailing dinghy designed in 1975 by Jack Holt. ... The Sunfish sailboat is popular for races. ... The Thistle is a high performance racing dinghy, also used for day sailing, popular in the United States. ... A Topper under unexacting conditions The Topper is an 11 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. ...
A dinghy is either a small utility boat used to tend a larger boat, or a boat developed from these tenders but now used in its own right for form leisure sailing and/or rowing.
The 420 is a monohull planing dinghy with centerboard, bermuda rig and center sheeting, designed for a crew of two.
The 470 is a monohull planing dinghy with centerboard, bermudan rig and center sheeting, designed for a crew of two.