UK Dinghy Database: Homepage
The database has over 170 dinghies with key information, for example handicap, length, sail area, hull weight and on a separate page, class associations.
The book store has 100+ books broken down into different sections, for example
Catamaran (4 books.),
Laser (5 books.) and
Racing (24 books.).
The bookstore is run in association with
Amazon.co.uk.
The adverts are a free opportunity for people to advertise their dinghies ~ offered or wanted.
The sailing terms has a diagram of of the common rig types, the Bermudan Rig and the Cat or Una Rig. There is also the more unusual rig of the Optimist, called the spritsail.
The information contained with in the maximum boat speed is only accurate when there are no waves on the water.
There is the list of the phonetic alphabet and morse code, numbers and letters, with a translator for both.
There are pictures of some large yachts that are mainly from Cowes Week in 1999.
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