ing and rowing dinghy which could be easily carried by ocean-going yachts. 

 The fact that for a number of years these dinghies have been carried by 

 Bermuda Race winners as well as by many others in that race would seem 

 to indicate that Bill achieved his purpose, A list of well-known yachtsmen 

 carrying these dinghies as tenders, or for scooting around in port when 

 the hook is down, would be a long one. About thirteen hundred of the 

 Midgets have been built to date, most of them for the purposes described, 

 though here and there they are raced actively. They are very appealing 

 little fiber-glass boats with their red or blue sails. 



The Midgets come in two models: a regular y'g" model at $440, f.o.b. 

 Warren, Bhode Island, and a slightly larger y'li" high sheer model at 

 $450. Both prices include the sail, oars, rowlocks— the complete boat. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. j'q'' and y'li"; beam 4'; draft, several 

 inches without daggerboard; sail area 35 sq. ft.; weight (regular) 78 lbs., 

 (high sheer) 80 lbs.; cartop carried. 



DYERSIN (Class D) DINK 



The original 10-foot one-design Class D Dinks, cat rigged, were designed 

 by Philip L, Rhodes and introduced in 1934 at the New York Motor Boat 

 Show, where Bill Dyer has been introducing dinghies and other boats ever 

 since. Like the more recent Dyer Dhows, they are made at The Anchorage 

 (Warren, R.I. ). At the beginning of World War II this was the largest 

 class of one-design Frostbite (winter-racing) dinghies in the United States. 

 Fleets raced at many points along the Atlantic Coast, on the Great Lakes, 

 and on the Pacific Coast. The first Inter-collegiate Frostbite Dinghy Race 

 was held in Class D Dyer Dinks at Bristol, Rhode Island, and several col- 

 leges adopted them for racing. 



Some of the original Class D Dinks are still racing, but the class has 

 now turned to fiber-glass construction and the two most active fleets are 

 at the Riverside Yacht Club, Riverside, Connecticut, and the Huntington 

 Yacht Club, Huntington, Long Island. The Long Island Sound Frostbite 

 Championships were held in these Class D (now called Dyersin) Dinks 

 at the Riverside Yacht Club in the spring of 1961. 



John P. Hansel ( 191 Riverside Ave., Riverside, Conn.) is the class Secre- 

 tary. Price is $666 new, no kits. There are about 970 now in use— making 

 the total of Dyer Dhows, Sailing Midgets, and Dyer D Dinks over forty- 

 two hundred. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. 10'; beam 4'3"; sail area 66 sq. ft. (no 

 spinnaker); weight 135 lbs. 



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