Flying Dutchman

A long, fast two-person dinghy with a trapeze and large genoa, an Olympic class for over thirty years.

The Flying Dutchman was sailed at the Olympic Games from 1960 to 1992. For a long time it was the fastest of the Olympic dinghies.

Materials: Wood and later fibreglass; sloop-rigged dinghy

Manufacture: Built in many countries to the same rules.

The long, flat hull.

The crew’s trapeze and the large genoa.

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