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The Flying Scot is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass with a balsa core. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars. The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard that weighs 105 lb (48 kg) and is raised with a 6:1 mechanical advantage assist.
Gordon K. "Sandy" Douglass (October 22, 1904 – February 12, 1992) was an American racer, designer, and builder of sailing dinghies. Two of his designs, the Thistle and the Flying Scot, are among the most popular one design racing classes in the United States. The Flying Scot was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame.
Flying 11: Flying Ant: Flying Scot (dinghy) 1958: Sandy Douglass: Tanzer Industries Douglass & McLeod Customflex Loftland Sail-craft Flying Scot, Inc. [98] Force 5: 1972 Fred Scott AMF Alcort Weeks Yacht Yard Geary 18: 1928: Ted Geary: Clark Boat Company [99] Gloucester 15: 1987: Rod Macalpine-Downie and Dick Gibbs: Gloucester Yachts [100 ...
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The International 420 Dinghy is a sailing dinghy popular for racing and teaching. The hull is fiberglass with internal buoyancy tanks. The 420 has a bermuda rig, spinnaker and trapeze. It has a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, and is designed to plane easily. The 420 is an International class recognised by World Sailing. The name refers to the ...
Douglass & McLeod was an American boat builder based in Grand River, Ohio.The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass racing sailboats. [1] [2]The company was founded by Ray McLeod and Sandy Douglass in 1951.
Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork is necessary to sail it well. The name comes from the boat's length of 470 centimetres (4.7 m; 15 ft 5 in). The 470 is a World Sailing International Class and has been an Olympic class since the 1976 games. [1]
Flying Scot may refer to: Flying Scot (dinghy), a class of day sailer dinghy designed in 1957; The Flying Scot, a 1957 British crime film directed by Compton Bennett; Flying Scot (bicycles), a marque used by Scottish bicycle manufacturer, David Rattray and Co. Scottish Formula One competitor, Jackie Stewart.