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| | 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. |
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