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The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever.The myths and ghost stories are likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) [1] [2] [3] and of Dutch maritime power.
Flying Dutchman World Championship; Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman; Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman; Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman; Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman; Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the International Flying Dutchman Class Organization. [32] [33] The Flying Dutchman was an Olympic sailing class in double-handed dinghies from 1960 until 1992. [1] [2] Due to its complexity, the design's cost has been a barrier to its wider acceptance. [6]
During the 1970s Imhoff led the Dutch Yellow Joker Sailing Team, a group of sailors who sailed many Dutch National Classes, like the Solo as well as Flying Dutchman and Yngling. Later Imhoff specialized in keelboat classes in general and belonged to the world top in the Dragon between 1986 and 2006. Imhoff nowadays sails the 2.4 Metre.
With Rudy den Outer he sailed Flying Dutchman, Spanker (a Dutch National class) and Soling for many years and for a brief period Tempest. Depending on the class they changed positions as crew or helmsman. Leo Determan (right) and Rudy den Outer in the Flying Dutchman Aquarius on the Kralingsche Plas, Netherlands in 1970
In 1964 Fogh returned to the Olympics in Enoshima again with Ole Gunnar Petersen as crew, Fogh took 4th place in the Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Miss Denmark 1964. With crew Niels Jensen and again in the Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman, Fogh took 16th place in the 1968 in Acapulco.
Before his Dragon period Jongkind sailed at a high level in the Flying Dutchman. From 1968 - 1969 Jongkind sailed the Soling. Jongkind is one of the first sailmakers who successfully used Dacron as base material for modern racing sails. Jongkind died in Aalsmeer on 6 June 2024, at the age of 91. [1]
Tony Morgan was born in Rochford, Essex on 24 August 1931. [2] At the 1964 Olympics he sailed together with Keith Musto in the Flying Dutchman Lady C. They finished second in their class and were awarded silver.