Flying Scot

The Flying Scot is an American sailing dinghy, designed by Sandy Douglass as a one-design racer and first built in 1958. It is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass with a balsa core, featuring a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars. The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller, and a retractable centerboard. It displaces 850 lb and has foam flotation under the seats for safety.

The boat is equipped with a 200 sq ft spinnaker, a boom vang, and mainsail roller furling. Class rules prohibit the use of hiking straps, trapezes, leech cords, barber haulers, twings, or self-bailers, and mast adjustment is not allowed while racing. The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 90.3 and is normally raced with a crew of three sailors, although it can accommodate up to eight people. For more details, please visit the Wikipedia page on the Flying Scot.

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