How many dinghies are left and still racing is uncertain. One authority 

 reports that the class has dwindled to fewer than a dozen; another guesses 

 that thirty-five are still racing. Two of the original boats are said to be 

 still in existence, a real tribute to their builders and owners. At the seventi- 

 eth-anniversary race, one well-known and well-beloved member of the 

 summer colony, dressed in gob's togs, wore a sign reading "I learned to sail 

 in 1893." And sail she did in her fifty-year-old dinghy with an ex-com- 

 modore of the club who had been a consistent winner before the turn of 

 the century. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. i4'5V2"; beam 4'ii"; draft 13W with 

 centerboard up; sail area 118 sq. ft. with two sets of reef points which are 

 used at the direction of the race committee. Genoas are not permitted, nor 

 are sail battens. 



O'DAY 17 



Ulfa Fox designed this sloop in collaboration with George D. O'Day 

 specifically with junior training in mind. The boat is the basic Day Sailer 

 hull with an open cockpit, a larger sail area (160 sq. ft. compared to 145), 

 and a heavier weight (620 lbs. compared to 580). Otherwise the boats are 

 similar. This is a new class, put on the market by the O'Day Corporation 

 (9 Newbury St., Boston, Mass.). The boat is said to be fast and will plane 

 in strong breezes. It would seem too heavy for light wind planing. Price 

 is $2000 compared to $1890 for the Day Sailer. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. iG'g''; waterline 16'; beam 6'3"; draft 

 without centerboard 7", with C.B. down 3^'; sail area 160 sq. ft. (spinnaker 

 used); weight 620 lbs.; trailable. 



O.K. DINGHY 



Designed by Knud and Axel Olsen of Denmark, the 13'!" O.K. Dinghy 

 is a cat-rigged, hghtweight, fast planing boat with an unstayed rotating 

 mast, intended for single-handed racing. It is a one-purpose boat and would 

 not do for fishing or as a dinghy for a larger boat. Nor is it a boat for train- 

 ing. There are about fourteen hundred of these boats altogether, including 

 eighty-five in the United States, chiefly in Seattle and the Pacific North- 

 west. Fleets are also forming in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, 

 and in Miami, Florida. Construction is V^' plywood or fiber glass. 



There is an International O.K. Dinghy Racing Association which should 

 be consulted for information on the class, builders, etc. Albert J. Van De- 



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