Flying Dutchman (dinghy)
The Flying Dutchman (FD) is a 20-foot one-design high-performance two-person monohull racing dinghy. Developed in the early 1950s in the Netherlands, its large sail area per unit weight allow it to plane easily when sailing upwind. The boat utilizes a trapeze harness for the crew and hiking straps for the skipper to counterbalance the wind force on its sails. It made its Olympic debut at the 1960 Olympic Games.
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| Development | |
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| Designer | Uus Van Essen Conrad Gülcher |
| Location | Netherlands |
| Year | 1951 |
| Design | One-Design |
| Role | International class |
| Name | International Flying Dutchman |
| Crew | 2 |
| Boat | |
| Crew | 2 |
| Draft | 0.15 m (5.9 in) 1.07 m (3 ft 6 in) |
| Trapeze | Single trapeze |
| Hull | |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | GRP Cold moulded plywood Composite (Wood/GRP) |
| Hull weight | 130 kg (290 lb) |
| LOA | 6.06 m (19.9 ft) |
| LWL | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Beam | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | Centerboard |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 10.2 m2 (110 sq ft) |
| Jib/genoa area | 8.4 m2 (90 sq ft) |
| Spinnaker area | 21 m2 (230 sq ft) |
| Upwind sail area | 18.6 m2 (200 sq ft) |
| Racing | |
| D-PN | 80.1[1] |
| RYA PN | 879[2] |
| PHRF | 150.6 |
| Former Olympic class | |
The FD is still one of the fastest racing dinghies in the world.[3]
Events
Olympic Games
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 nations) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
Asian Games
Source:[4]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (3 nations) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 Bangkok |
Akira Yamamura Takashi Yamamura |
Dawee Chullasapya Suthep Indrakosoom |
John Gunawan David Udjulawa |
Pan American Games
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Totals (3 nations) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 Chicago |
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| 1963 São Paulo |
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| 1967 Winnipeg |
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| 1971 Mexico City |
World Championship
Source:[5]
European Championship
Source:[11]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (18 nations) | 33 | 27 | 26 | 86 | |
Vintage Yachting Games
Source:[13]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Medemblik |
Szabolcs Majthenyi Andras Domokos |
Kilian Koenig Johannes Brack |
Kai Schäfers Markus Landgrebe |
| 2012 Lake Como |
Christoph Aichholzer Philipp Zingerle |
Silvia Aichholzer Christoph Zingerle |
Ginés Romero Bernabeu Alvaro Moreno Egea |
| 2018 Copenhagen |
not held in FD class | not held in FD class | not held in FD class |
References
- "Centerboard Classes". US Sailing. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- "RYA Portsmouth Yardstick Scheme 2007" (PDF). Royal Yachting Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- Portsmouth tables Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Asian Archived 25 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Worlds Archived 20 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- "Sports123 - Flying Dutchman Worlds". Archived from the original on 20 February 2010.
- http://www.fdworlds2017.com/2017/09/29/day-6-final-results/
- "Flying Dutchman - World Championship 2018 - Medemblik NED - Final results - Gold for Bojsen-Möller/Bojsen-Möller DEN". sailing-news.com. 30 July 2018.
- "2019 FD World Championships - Final Results".
- "2021 FD World Championships - Final Results".
- European Archived 25 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- "Zbigniew Szpetulski". Polski Związek Żeglarski (in Polish). Polski Związek Żeglarski. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- Vintage
External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flying Dutchman (dinghy). |
- International Flying Dutchman Class Home Page
- Flying Dutchman - International Sailing Federation
- Flying Dutchman USA
- International FD Bulletin Forum
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