The Flying Dutchman is one of those designs that will quickly grab your attention. The lines of the hull are sleek and elegant. As you look closer key design features stand out: a hull nearly 20 foot in length and 6 foot beam, but weighs as little as 287 pounds (130 kilos). A fine entry point with a flat back end that easily promotes planing upwind. Underway, the FD is quite distinctive with its large, overlapping genoa dominating the powerful rig, crew on the trapeze wire and skipper hiked out. In a breeze the Flying Dutchman does fly, launching off wave crests or slicing through others. Forgiving to new sailors, stable and easily controlled by knowledgeable sailors, particularly in high winds, when it becomes one of the fastest of monohull dinghies and the ride becomes magical. This is the thrill of sailing…. Continue reading at: https://sailfdusa.org/this-is-flying-dutchman-sailing/
See also:
MSC Rigging Instructions (Textual)
FD Tuning guide: https://www.sailifdco.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FD-TUNING-GUIDE.pdf
Other links:
- News:
- FD news: https://sailfdusa.org/fd-news/
- Worlds Championship 2024 St. Petersburg FL:
- North American Championship 2022: https://sailfdusa.org/2022/08/07/2022-north-americans-results/
- Helly Hansen 2022 (San Diego):
- Worlds 2021: https://youtu.be/f27vVr-pbGs
- A boat with a rich history:
- From the UK: https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/244269/70-years-of-going-Dutch
- “… the FD was at the forefront of technical development, with the class being the first to develop a practical spinnaker chute system.”
- “70 years on and the FD is as relevant today as it was back in those early days of performance sailing. Sadly, too few people in the UK know just how good a Dutchman is…”
- https://sailcraftblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/17/olympic-classes-pt-3-this-was-considered-revolutionary-the-flying-dutchman-and-the-trapeze/
- “… it was the start of the Dutchman’s 40 year reign as the fastest of conventional dinghies”
- Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/648540
- The FD Bulletin (1958-): https://sailfdusa.org/bulletin/
- The Trapeze (1961-2009): https://sailfdusa.org/trapeze/
- Worlds 1959: https://youtu.be/f_8cg7KTxrc
- The “Leapfrog”: https://sailing.co.za/flying-dutchman-class-history-circa-1965/
- From the UK: https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/244269/70-years-of-going-Dutch
- A boat for all ages:
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/sailorbill/3644724544/in/photostream/
- My FD saved my life – This web site is home to the International Flying Dutchman Class Association of the United States (IFDCAUS) (sailfdusa.org)
- “Oh, did I mention, Heinz turned 80 this year?”
- GER 90 promo video:https://youtu.be/MbCaYQjWxc8
- A boat for fun:
- A boat for adventure sailing:
- Blog Andrei Pandele: Sailing the FD through the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. (Open in Chrome or Edge and accept the browser’s offer to translate in English):
- The Harstine Island GT:
- https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEUVYphDhrZztQ7V-r3e7a2VWCXzSbEvBv6XZDh8olgvG-EzEO73ihy1D_XSNgcJS9OxJlOxQIAshhiEc1egMt8CkOCi3AN1PywYqdxad8JqD4EU3peHQzzUr16h3NFoEdoZmz3RSAaqyK8lQ1K6TgtDEQ=w1720-h937-no?authuser=0 from https://photos.app.goo.gl/SpSRpdwvPvLHx4kV8
- https://goo.gl/maps/1orXt5xNpHdT5Cu76
- A boat worth restoring:
- New FD production step by step
- A boat always experimenting:
- The Match 2 fitted with asymmetric spinnaker, wings and double trapeze: https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/photo/341551
- US Sailing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) initiative. The engineering behind the FD:
- https://www.felciyachtdesign.com/yachts/one-design/fd-plana-tech/
- Gybing Centreboard: https://www.aeoloscomposites.com/flying-dutchman-construction
- https://www.aeoloscomposites.com/aeolos-flyingdutchman
- https://grabcad.com/library/flying-dutchman-dinghy-hull-1
- The Match 2: https://cad.grabcad.com/library/revisited-flying-dutchman-1
- https://www.facebook.com/AeolosYachts/photos/pcb.346023647315054/346144810636271
