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Dinghy racing is a competitive sport using dinghies, which are small boats which may be rowboats, have an outboard motor, or be sailing dinghies. Dinghy racing has affected aspects of the modern sailing dinghy, including hull design, sail materials and sailplan, and techniques such as planing and trapezing.

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Dinghy racing

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Dinghy racing is a competitive sport using dinghies, which are small boats which may be rowboats, have an outboard motor, or be sailing dinghies. Dinghy...

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Dinghy sailing

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Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls: the sails the foils (i.e. the daggerboard or centreboard and rudder...

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Dinghy

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A dinghy is a type of small boat, often carried or towed by a larger vessel for use as a tender. Utility dinghies are usually rowboats or have an outboard...

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Racing Rules of Sailing

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The Racing Rules of Sailing (often abbreviated to RRS) govern the conduct of yacht racing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, model boat racing, dinghy racing and...

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Team racing

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Team racing, also known as team sailing, is a popular form of dinghy racing and yacht racing. Two teams compete in a race, each sailing two to four boats...

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Bermuda Fitted Dinghy

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The Bermuda Fitted Dinghy is a type of racing-dedicated sail boat used for competitions between the yacht clubs of Bermuda. Although the class has only...

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Yacht racing

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Yacht racing is a sailing sport involving sailing yachts and larger sailboats, as distinguished from dinghy racing, which involves open boats. It is composed...

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PY

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Chinese Portsmouth yardstick, used as a rating system in yacht racing and dinghy racing Surinam Airways (IATA airline designator PY) A US Navy hull classification...

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List of dinghy classes designed before 1960

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The following is a list of dinghy classes designed before 1960. Classic keelboat classes Dinghy racing Dinghy sailing Olympic sailing classes "History...

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John Mew

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to crew for John Prentice, captain for the British International 14 dinghy racing team in Annapolis, Maryland, where Britain came second. John Mew and...

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List of surface water sports

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breeze" for most dinghy classes). The top recorded speed is about 50 km/hour, and speeds of 40 km/hour are common in the class. Dinghy racing Environmental...

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Performance Handicap Racing Fleet

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is used mainly for larger sailboats (i.e., 7 meters and above). For dinghy racing, the Portsmouth yardstick handicapping system is more likely to be used...

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International maritime signal flags

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Popham numeric code used at the Battle of Trafalgar. In yacht racing and dinghy racing, flags have other meanings; for example, the P flag is used as...

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George Kavas

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abroad starting from an early age with the Optimist (dinghy) class and later moving on to 420 (dinghy) and 470 class. 2005 - Athens, Greece 1st Place National...

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Portsmouth Yardstick

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typically used for dinghy racing and small keelboats or multihulls. Larger sailboats are more likely to use the Performance Handicap Racing Fleet handicapping...

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Centreboard

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Earl Percy. A centreboard (often called a lifting foil in a modern racing dinghy) is used to provide lift to counter the lateral force from the sails...

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International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

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alongside the international rules. The Racing Rules of Sailing, which govern the conduct of yacht and dinghy racing under the sanction of national sailing...

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