Development | |
---|---|
Designer | Carter Pyle and Joe Quigg |
Location | United States |
Year | 1966 |
No. built | 582 |
Builder(s) |
Newport Boats Mobjack Manufacturing |
Role | Children's day sailer |
Name | Flipper |
Boat | |
Displacement | 80 lb (36 kg) |
Draft | 2.20 ft (0.67 m) |
Hull | |
Type | monohull |
Construction | fiberglass |
LOA | 8.00 ft (2.44 m) |
Beam | 3.92 ft (1.19 m) |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | daggerboard |
Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Cat rig |
Sails | |
Sailplan | Catboat |
Mainsail area | 37.00 sq ft (3.437 m2) |
Total sail area | 37.00 sq ft (3.437 m2) |
The Flipper is an American sailboat that was designed by Carter Pyle and Joe Quigg as a daysailer intended for children, first built in 1966. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Named for the period TV series, the boat is sometimes confused with the 1970 Danish Flipper dinghy, sometimes called the Flipper Export, of which 15,000 were built. [5]
The design was built by Mobjack Manufacturing in Gloucester, Virginia and Newport Boats in Newport, California, United States. A total of 582 boats were completed starting in 1966, but it is now out of production. [1] [3] [6] [7]
The Flipper is a recreational sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. The hull bottom is foam-filled, making it unsinkable. It has an unstayed catboat rig, a nearly plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and a removable daggerboard. The hull displaces 80 lb (36 kg) fully-rigged. [1] [4]
The boat has a draft of 2.20 ft (0.67 m) with the daggerboard extended and 2 in (5.1 cm) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or automobile roof. [1]
For sailing the design is equipped with boom vang and a center boom-mounted mainsheet. [1]
Development | |
---|---|
Designer | Carter Pyle and Joe Quigg |
Location | United States |
Year | 1966 |
No. built | 582 |
Builder(s) |
Newport Boats Mobjack Manufacturing |
Role | Children's day sailer |
Name | Flipper |
Boat | |
Displacement | 80 lb (36 kg) |
Draft | 2.20 ft (0.67 m) |
Hull | |
Type | monohull |
Construction | fiberglass |
LOA | 8.00 ft (2.44 m) |
Beam | 3.92 ft (1.19 m) |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | daggerboard |
Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Cat rig |
Sails | |
Sailplan | Catboat |
Mainsail area | 37.00 sq ft (3.437 m2) |
Total sail area | 37.00 sq ft (3.437 m2) |
The Flipper is an American sailboat that was designed by Carter Pyle and Joe Quigg as a daysailer intended for children, first built in 1966. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Named for the period TV series, the boat is sometimes confused with the 1970 Danish Flipper dinghy, sometimes called the Flipper Export, of which 15,000 were built. [5]
The design was built by Mobjack Manufacturing in Gloucester, Virginia and Newport Boats in Newport, California, United States. A total of 582 boats were completed starting in 1966, but it is now out of production. [1] [3] [6] [7]
The Flipper is a recreational sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. The hull bottom is foam-filled, making it unsinkable. It has an unstayed catboat rig, a nearly plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and a removable daggerboard. The hull displaces 80 lb (36 kg) fully-rigged. [1] [4]
The boat has a draft of 2.20 ft (0.67 m) with the daggerboard extended and 2 in (5.1 cm) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or automobile roof. [1]
For sailing the design is equipped with boom vang and a center boom-mounted mainsheet. [1]