ing Dutchman for the family trade. In Europe many families trail these 

 boats to the coast and cruise in them. You and I would probably not take 

 to it, but they apparently have great sport. 



"My boat is 'fully recoverable,' which means that if you can take it out 

 you can bring it back by itself. This, in my opinion, is the greatest advance 

 in sailboat construction that I have ever seen. I can turn my boat over, all 

 the way over or 360 degrees, and sail it away dry." 



In an article in the English magazine Yachts and Yachting, comparing 

 the Flying Dutchman with the 5-0-5, it was pointed out that the stability 

 of the Flying Dutchman permits her to lie afloat at a mooring with the 

 mast up, whereas this cannot be done with some other kinds of light planing 

 boats. 



In the i960 Olympics the winners were eighteen-year-old Peder Lunde 

 and young Bjorn Bergvall of Norway. Harry Sindle, the U.S. skipper and 

 a topnotch racing man, had never been in it, and wound up twentieth. The 

 competition was terrific and Sindle had a few bad breaks. Prices of new 

 boats run from $1200 to $2000, old $800 to $1000. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. ig'io"; waterline 18'; beam 5'ii''; draft 

 without centerboard 6", with C.B. 3'8"; sail area 200 sq. ft. (spinnaker al- 

 lowed); weight 276 lbs. minimum; trailable, also cartop; racing crew, two. 



FLYING FIFTEEN 



Designed in the late forties by Uffa Fox, the idea behind the Flying 

 Fifteen (20 feet over-all) was to create a fast planing boat which wouldn't 

 capsize. It is claimed that she is capable of 16 knots and is the "only true 

 planing keel boat," combining the exhilaration of a fast centerboarder 

 with the safety of a keel yacht. 



There are over five hundred boats in the class throughout the world, in- 

 cluding between twenty-five and fifty in the United States. Foreign boats 

 are located in England, Ireland, France, Africa, the Bahamas, New Zea- 

 land, Mexico, Guatemala, and Venezuela. In the United States fleets are 

 being organized in Sorrento, Maine; California; Marblehead and Martha's 

 Vineyard, Massachusetts; and on Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. 



Narrow for her over-all length, shallow considering her keel, she is an 

 attractive, sporty boat which has the appearance of being fast, wet, and 

 exciting. 



Principal importers or builders are Geonautics (23 Arrow St., Cambridge 

 38, Mass.) and Wayne Wilson (San Clemente, Calif.). W. H. Wainwright 

 (61 Highland St., Cambridge 38, Mass.) is Secretary of the association in 



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