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  Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum
Boating and water safety concerns are of utmost importance and are taught and implemented in all of the JSP classes both in the classroom and on the water.
The objective of this session is to expose students to several types of one design sailboats (Sunfish, Flying Junior, Flying Scot, etc.) and to improve their sailing skills.
Sessions I through VI are limited to 24 students, 16 in the Optimist Dinghies and 8 in the Flying Juniors.
www.ncmm-friends.org /onthewater/junior_sailing.htm   (950 words)

  
  Flying Scot (dinghy)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Flying Scot is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America.
The Flying Scot was designed in 1957 by Gordon K. (Sandy) Douglass who had already designed the Thistle and Highlander.
The Flying Scot was introducted in 1998 into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/F/Flying-Scot-(dinghy).htm   (205 words)

  
 Flying Hellfish squad - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Flying Hellfish squad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Flying Hellfish squad - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Flying Hellfish squad.
The Flying Hellfish squad was a fictional army unit from The Simpsons.
It served in World War II and was the "fightingest squad in the fightingest company in the third-fightingest battalion in the army".
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Flying-Hellfish-squad.html   (507 words)

  
 Goddard Sailing Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Flying Scot is a large (19' LOA), beamy (6' 9") centerboard dinghy that is sailed throughout North America.
In fact, it can be difficult to intentionally capsize the Flying Scot to leeward when the centerboard is down, since the boat develops uncontrollable weather helm as it heels over, which heads the boat into the wind until the sails stall.
Most Flying Scot capsizes occur during downwind legs of races in heavy, puffy air, when the centerboard is up, the boat is not being sailed conservatively, and the spinnaker is almost doubling the boat's total sail area.
gewa.gsfc.nasa.gov /clubs/sailing/scot_FAQ.htm   (3055 words)

  
 The world's top dinghy sailing websites
Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using (1) the sails and (2) underwater foils (centreboard and rudder).
The examples of such dinghies are the Flying Dutchman, the Fiveohfive (505), the Fireball, the popular 470.
Racing is one of the most popular forms of dinghy sailing, and it contributes to the development of sailing skills as well as to improvements in dinghy and sail construction and design.
dirs.org /dir-wiki.cfm/dinghy_sailing   (1303 words)

  
 1998 Hall of Fame Inductee: Flying Scot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Good sailing performance.' Instead, it's the consistent pitch for that prototypical family daysailer and laid-back one-design racer, the Flying Scot.
Under the designerís direction, the Gordon Douglass Boat Company built the Flying Scot until Douglass retired in 1972 and sold the company to Eric and Mary Ammann.
The 2000-member Flying Scot Sailing Association has managed the class adroitly over the years.
www.sailamerica.com /halloffame/flyingscot.cfm   (271 words)

  
 Fairhope Yacht Club Checkout Procedures
A minimum age of eighteen (18) shall be required for certification on the Flying Scot or Rhodes 19 for pleasure sailing or unsupervised practice.
Flying Scots and all other Club owned boats may be checked out after 9:00 a.m.
Except in case of emergency, Flying Scots are not to be anchored or moored other than in a regular designated slip, dock, or pier at the Fairhope Yacht Club.
www.siteone.com /yacht/fyc/checkout.asp   (1054 words)

  
 Sail Search Default Directory
The International 10 Square Metre Canoe is the world's fastest single-handed monohull sailing dinghy, with a unique feature of a sliding seat that enables the helmsman to place his or her weight a long way out from the side of the hull.
The Flying Scot is a 19-foot centerboard daysailer.
The Flying Scot is also a great racer with a crew of two or three.
www.sail-search.com /search/Class_Associations_,038_Controlling_Bodies/Dinghy   (859 words)

  
 Enterprise (dinghy)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Enterprise type is a two-man hiking sailing dinghy with a distinctive blue sail and no spinnaker.
Despite being one of the older classes of dinghies, it remains popular and well used for both cruising and racing.
They are also relatively unstable in comparison with other dinghies of similar performance, they have handling characteristics which would generally be associated with much faster designs.
en.efactory.pl /Enterprise_(dinghy)   (164 words)

  
 Flying Heritage Collection - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Flying Heritage Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Flying Heritage Collection - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Flying Heritage Collection.
The Flying Heritage Collection is Paul Allen's private collection of 20th century military aviation.
It is housed on the grounds of Arlington, Washington's municipal airport.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Flying-Heritage-Collection.html   (117 words)

  
 BYC Sailing Regulations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
One deemed fully qualified and capable of handling a Flying Scot under normal racing and weather conditions, primarily with regard to the physical safety of the yacht and personnel aboard.
Official Flying Scot races counting toward elimination must have been scheduled at the BYC on the same date or dates.
Optimist Dinghy’s may be used in GYA or Optimist Dinghy Association Sponsored regattas.
www.biloxiyc.org /committees/race/sailingregs.html   (3409 words)

  
 Flying Scot® Sailboats
was flat-out flying at the 2004 Flying Scot NAs.
The Scot is a low-displacement design (she sits shallow in water) and she has a flat, tapered shape in the stern which allows her to plane.
The Scot is not a flopsy acrobatic design; the photo at left illustrates the Scot's stability.
www.flyingscot.com   (582 words)

  
 Flying Scot Sailboats of North Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Flying Scot is a strict "one-design" boat.
The ease of sailing a Flying Scot means that she is safe and fast on big water, yet small enough to be towed with a small car, and to be rigged, launched and retrieved by one person.
New Flying Scots are backed with a limited warranty of five years on the hull and two years on the rigging.
www.scotsntexas.com   (201 words)

  
 LNYC News - LNYC 2003 Dinghy Rack Assignment Form
As the first step in the assignment process, LNYC members wishing to use the dinghy racks in 2003 are asked to complete this application.
Members submitting an application will be assigned a rack location by June 7, and a decal identification number to be attached to the boat hull.
Rack location numbers will be designated by brass tags to be installed in May. Questions relating to this new assignment process should be directed to Steve Hesler, Junior Committee.
www.lakenormanyachtclub.com /news?newsid=795   (138 words)

  
 Flying Dutchman (dinghy) - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Flying Dutchman is a high-performance class of racing dinghy.
It has a planar hull, a hiking strap for the skipper, and a trapeze for the crew.
It can fly a mainsail, a roller furling 150% genoa, and can launch and retrieve a spinnaker from a port in the foredeck, at the bow.
www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Flying_Dutchman_(dinghy)   (92 words)

  
 Melbourne Yacht Club, Melbourne, Fl, USA
It was founded with the following objectives: to stimulate interest in boating and yachting, to advance the science of navigation and the art of seamanship; and to promote a fraternal spirit among its members and with other yachtsmen and yacht clubs.
In the 1960s the Club evolved into a dinghy sailing club and has since grown to a membership of approximately 150 families who have varied interests in boating.
Nationally ranked dinghy events are sponsored, such as the Flying Scot Husband/Wife Nationals.
www.melbourneyachtclub.com   (520 words)

  
 1999 Hall of Fame Inductee: International Optimist Dinghy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
From simple beginnings 52 years ago as a junior boat that could be home built of plywood for $50, the International Optimist Dinghy has become the most popular children's boat in the world.
So they turned to dinghy builder Clark Mills, who produced a design and then built the first boat in a day and a half.
In recent years, the U.S. Optimist Dinghy Association has grown quickly all along the East Coast, the South and the Midwest.
www.sailamerica.com /halloffame/dinghy.cfm   (271 words)

  
 Buy a New Flying Scot Sailboat through Flying Scot Racing
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www.flyingscotracing.com /FlyingScot_buy_now.htm   (186 words)

  
 Thistle (dinghy)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Thistle is a high performance racing dinghy, also used for day sailing, popular in the United States.
The Thistle was designed by Gordon K. (Sandy) Douglass who later designed the Highlander and Flying Scot.
(These names commemorate Douglass’s Scots heritage.) Starting in 1945, nearly 4000 boats have been built, originally in hot molded plywood, and since the late 1950s in glass-reinforced polyester.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Thistle-(dinghy).htm   (437 words)

  
 Europe (dinghy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Europe was introduced as an Olympic class in the 1992 Summer Olympics as the womens single-handed dinghy.
It will be replaced by the Laser Radial in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Classes of sailing dinghies, scows and skiffs (worldwide list)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Europe_(dinghy)   (82 words)

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