Flying Dutchman (dinghy)
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| Designer |
Uus Van Essen Conrad Gülcher |
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| Location | Netherlands |
| Year | 1951 |
| Design | One-Design |
| Role | International class |
| Crew | 2 |
| Draft | 0.15 m (5.9 in) 1.07 m (3 ft 6 in) |
| Trapeze | Single trapeze |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction |
GRP Cold moulded plywood Composite (Wood/GRP) |
| Hull weight | 130 kg (290 lb) |
| LOA | 6.06 m (19.9 ft) |
| LWL | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Beam | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Keel/Board Type | Centerboard |
| Rig Type | Bermuda rig |
| Mainsail area | 10.2 m2 (110 sq ft) |
| Jib / Genoa area | 8.4 m2 (90 sq ft) |
| Spinnaker area | 21 m2 (230 sq ft) |
| Upwind Sail Area | 18.6 m2 (200 sq ft) |
| D-PN | 80.1 |
| RYA PN | 879 |
| PHRF | 150.6 |
| Former Olympic class (Vintage Yachting class) | |
The Flying Dutchman (FD) is a 20-foot one-design high-performance two-person monohull racing dinghy. Developed in the early 1950s in the Netherlands, its large sail area per unit weight allow it to plane easily when sailing upwind. The boat utilizes a trapeze harness for the crew and hiking straps for the skipper to counterbalance the wind force on its sails. It made its Olympic debut at the 1960 Olympics Games.
The FD is still one of the fastest racing dinghies in the world. She carries a mainsail, a very large foresail genoa, and a large spinnaker for running and reaching. The FD has been the basis for many important innovations in sailing over the past half century:
These innovations were possible because the FD was left as an "open" one-design class, where innovation and development in the boat is allowed and encouraged. Parameters that influence the speed of the boat directly, including hull shape, weight, and sail area are strictly controlled, but other areas can be adapted to suit.
The FD was sailed in Olympic competitions from 1960 Olympic Games through the 1992 Olympic Games. Since 2008 the FD is one of the Vintage Yachting Classes at the Vintage Yachting Games.
It was in the late 1940s that the IYRU instigated a new modern 2-man international dinghy, the Tornado. She was not a success, as there was no leap forward compared to the existing pre-war classes. The Royal Loosdrecht Yacht Club of Conrad Gülcher obtained half a dozen Tornados and found them very uninspiring. Conrad imagined that with modern construction methods and the use of moulded ply, a better dinghy could be constructed. Conrad with the help of Uus Van Essen, a naval architect and measurer for the Dutch Yachting Federation made a preliminary design early in September 1951. The design was sent to 30 top class helmsmen in Europe, including Bossom (SUI), John Cahmier (GBR), Charles Curry (GBR), Manfred Curry (GER), Ferry Laagwater (NED), Stewart Morris (GBR), Morits Skaugen (NOR) and Shorty Trimingham (BER), with the request to comment within two weeks. By the end of September 23 responses had been returned with suggestions for modifications to the design of the boat.
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