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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Uus Van Essen and Conrad Gülcher |
| Location | Netherlands |
| Year | 1951 |
| No. built | more than 10,000 |
| Builder(s) | Sunbeam Yachts Alpa Yachts Mader Bootswerft MacKay Boats Plastrend/Composite Technologies Lanaverre Lockley Newport Boats Advance Sailboat Corp. Binks Yacht Constructions Chantier Naval Costantini Mobjack Manufacturing |
| Role | Racing sailing dinghy |
| Name | Flying Dutchman |
| Boat | |
| Crew | two |
| Displacement | 287 lb (130 kg) |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | fiberglass or wood |
| LOA | 20.00 ft (6.10 m) |
| Beam | 5.90 ft (1.80 m) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | centerboard |
| Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | fractional rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 118.4 sq ft (11.00 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 64.5 sq ft (5.99 m2) |
| Spinnaker area | 226.0 sq ft (21.00 m2) |
| Upwind sail area | 182.9 sq ft (16.99 m2) |
| Racing | |
| D-PN | 82.6 |
| RYA PN | 289 |
The Flying Dutchman is a Dutch planing sailing dinghy that was designed by Uus Van Essen and Conrad Gülcher as a high performance, one design racer and first built in 1951.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The boat was an Olympic sailing class from 1960 until 1992.[1][2]
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- ^ a b Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Flying Dutchman". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Uus van Essen". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Uus van Essen". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Mader Bootswerft. "Flying Dutchman". mader-boote.de. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Classic Sailboats. "Flying Dutchman". classicsailboats.info. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.