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.

Design

thumb|left|Crew trapezing on a Flying Dutchman

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.

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.

Racing

Boats on display

  • National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England

See also

  • List of sailing boat types

Related development

  • International FJ

References

  • Mader Bootswerft official page
  • Flying Dutchman - International Sailing Federation