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Flying Scot (dinghy)

Index Flying Scot (dinghy)

The Flying Scot is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Sandy Douglass as a one-design racer and first built in 1958. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 39 relations: Aluminium, American Sailboat Hall of Fame, Bailing (boats), Beaching (nautical), Bermuda rig, Boat trailer, Boom vang, Centreboard, Deer Park, Maryland, Dinghy sailing, Douglass & McLeod, Draft (hull), Fiberglass, Fractional rig, Hiking (sailing), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, List of sailing boat types, Mainsail, Mechanical advantage, Monohull, Ochroma, One-design racing, Portsmouth Yardstick, Roller furling, Rudder, Running rigging, Sailboat, Sailing (sport), Sailor, Sandy Douglass, Sloop, Spinnaker, Stem (ship), Tanzer Industries, Tiller, Transom (nautical), Trapeze (sailing), United States, United States Naval Academy.

  2. 1950s sailboat type designs
  3. Sailboat type designs by Sandy Douglass
  4. Sailboat types built by Customflex
  5. Sailboat types built by Douglass & McLeod
  6. Sailboat types built by Lofland Sail-craft
  7. Sailboat types built by Tanzer Industries

Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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American Sailboat Hall of Fame

The American Sailboat Hall of Fame is a defunct hall of fame honoring 26 production sailboats built-in the United States.

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Bailing (boats)

Bailing is the process of removing water from a vessel.

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Beaching (nautical)

Beaching (or landing) is the process in which a ship or boat is laid ashore, or grounded deliberately in shallow water.

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Bermuda rig

A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats.

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Boat trailer

A boat trailer is designed to launch, retrieve, carry and sometimes store boats.

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Boom vang

A boom vang (US) or kicking strap (UK) (often shortened to "vang" or "kicker") is a line or piston system on a sailboat used to exert downward force on the boom and thus control the shape of the sail.

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Centreboard

A centreboard or centerboard (US) is a retractable hull appendage which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a sailboat, known as a centreboard trunk (UK) or centerboard case (US).

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Deer Park, Maryland

Deer Park is a town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States.

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Dinghy sailing

Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls. Flying Scot (dinghy) and Dinghy sailing are dinghies.

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Douglass & McLeod

Douglass & McLeod was an American boat builder based in Grand River, Ohio.

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Draft (hull)

The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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Fractional rig

A fractional rig on a sailing vessel consists of a foresail, such as a jib or genoa sail, that does not reach all the way to the top of the mast.

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Hiking (sailing)

In sailing, hiking (stacking or stacking out in New Zealand; leaning out or sitting out in United Kingdom) is the action of moving the crew's body weight as far to windward (upwind) as possible, in order to decrease the extent the boat heels (leans away from the wind).

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works.

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List of sailing boat types

The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies, and multihull (catamarans and trimarans).

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Mainsail

A mainsail is a sail rigged on the main mast of a sailing vessel.

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Mechanical advantage

Mechanical advantage is a measure of the force amplification achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine system.

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Monohull

right A monohull is a type of boat having only one hull, unlike multihulled boats which can have two or more individual hulls connected to one another.

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Ochroma

Ochroma pyramidale, commonly known as the balsa tree, is a large, fast-growing tree native to the Americas.

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One-design racing

One-design racing is a racing method which may be adopted in sports using complex equipment, whereby all vehicles have identical or very similar designs or models, avoiding the need for a handicap system.

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Portsmouth Yardstick

The Portsmouth Yardstick (PY) or Portsmouth handicap scheme is a term used for a number of related systems of empirical handicapping used primarily in small sailboat racing.

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Roller furling

Roller furling is a method of furling (i.e. reefing) a yacht's staysail by rolling the sail around a stay.

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Rudder

A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually air or water).

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Running rigging

Running rigging is the rigging of a sailing vessel that is used for raising, lowering, shaping and controlling the sails on a sailing vessel—as opposed to the standing rigging, which supports the mast and bowsprit.

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Sailboat

A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship.

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Sailing (sport)

The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs.

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Sailor

A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship.

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Sandy Douglass

Gordon K. "Sandy" Douglass (October 22, 1904 – February 12, 1992) was an American racer, designer, and builder of sailing dinghies.

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Sloop

A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast.

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Spinnaker

A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind on courses between a reach (wind at 90° to the course) to downwind (course in the same direction as the wind).

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Stem (ship)

The stem is the most forward part of a boat or ship's bow and is an extension of the keel itself.

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Tanzer Industries

Tanzer Industries Limited was a Canadian boat manufacturer based in Dorion, Quebec.

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Tiller

A tiller or till is a lever used to steer a vehicle.

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Transom (nautical)

In some boats and ships, a transom is the aft transverse surface of the hull that forms the stern of a vessel.

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Trapeze (sailing)

In sailing, the trapeze is a wire that comes from a point high on the mast, usually where the shrouds are fixed, to a hook on the crew member's harness at approximately waist level.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

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See also

1950s sailboat type designs

Sailboat type designs by Sandy Douglass

Sailboat types built by Customflex

Sailboat types built by Douglass & McLeod

Sailboat types built by Lofland Sail-craft

Sailboat types built by Tanzer Industries

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Scot_(dinghy)