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Flying Dutchman
Development


Designer	Uus Van Essen and Conrad Gülcher
Location	Netherlands
Year	1951
No. built	more than 10,000
Builder(s)	Sunbeam Yachts Alpa Yachts Mader Bootswerft MacKay Boats Plastrend/Composite Technologies Lanaverre Lockley Newport Boats Advance Sailboat Corp. Binks Yacht Constructions Chantier Naval Costantini Mobjack Manufacturing
Role	Racing sailing dinghy
Name	Flying Dutchman
Boat
Crew	two
Displacement	287 lb (130 kg)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fiberglass or wood
LOA	20.00 ft (6.10 m)
Beam	5.90 ft (1.80 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	centerboard
Rudder(s)	transom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
Sails
Sailplan	fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area	118.4 sq ft (11.00 m)
Jib/genoa area	64.5 sq ft (5.99 m)
Spinnaker area	226.0 sq ft (21.00 m)
Upwind sail area	182.9 sq ft (16.99 m)
Racing
D-PN	82.6
RYA PN	289
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The Flying Dutchman is a Dutch planing sailing dinghy that was designed by Uus Van Essen and Conrad Gülcher as a high performance, one design racer and first built in 1951.

The boat was an Olympic sailing class from 1960 until 1992.

Production

The boat was built in the past by Sunbeam Yachts, Alpa Yachts, Mader Bootswerft, MacKay Boats, Plastrend/Composite Technologies, Lanaverre, Lockley Newport Boats, Advance Sailboat Corp., Binks Yacht Constructions, Chantier Naval Costantini and Mobjack Manufacturing, starting in 1951. More than 10,000 have been built. In 2022 Mader Bootswerft were still producing the design.

Design

The Flying Dutchman is a racing sailboat, initially built of wood, with many modern boats made from fiberglass sandwich construction with a plastic deck. Cold-molded plywood is still used and some sailers prefer that material.

The boat has a fractional sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. Modern boats may have plastic rudders and centerboards. It displaces 287 lb (130 kg).

The boat has many adjustable settings available while sailing, including the genoa halyard, shroud tension and the mast rake. The crew can use a trapeze to balance the boat.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 226.0 sq ft (21.00 m) and in fact was the first design equipped with a spinnaker bow chute.

The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick D-PN of 82.6 and a RYA PN of 879.

Operational history

The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the International Flying Dutchman Class Organization.

The Flying Dutchman was an Olympic sailing class in double-handed dinghies from 1960 until 1992.

Due to its complexity, the design's cost has been a barrier to its wider acceptance.

A Classic Sailboats review noted that "the 'fastest double-handed dinghy in the world' made its Olympic debut in Naples in 1960. It was based on the new go-fast concept of a trapezing crew and a large spinnaker. The ideal crewman should be tall, heavy, nimble and smart – not a simple recipe to follow. The FD has a long waterline and normally planes on the beat. But the large genoa jib makes tacking slow. Pure boatspeed is thus the key ingredient for success."

The United States Sailing Association describes the boat as "one of the most exhilarating dinghies you will ever be in."

Racing

Main article: List of Flying Dutchman (dinghy) championships

Boats on display

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England

References

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