Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 1.07 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 35 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 35 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.10 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly
Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 3 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
Comfort ratio 3
CoastalBluewater
At 3.29 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.
Capsize screening 3.29
LightHeavy
97 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
Displacement / length 97
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
Lighter than ~87% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~92% of boats her size on file
Narrower than ~100% of boats her size on file
Compared with 30 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
What the fleet has seen
The Optimist Dinghy (INT), as the fleet has seen it
Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.
The Optimist DINGHY (INT) is a 2.3-meter pram-hulled sailboat with a sprit/lug rig, designed by Clark Mills in 1947. It displaces 34 kg and is widely used as a youth trainer, built by numerous home and professional builders. Aboard *navegandoporelglobo*, a crew refurbished an Optimist dinghy by sanding and repainting it during a larger refit of their sailboat, Zen, for a transit from the Netherlands to Valencia, Spain.18:24
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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Sprit/Lug
Ratios
Displacement / length
96.9
Comfort ratio
3.1
Capsize screening
3.29
Hull speed
3.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
89
Hull
Hull type
Pram (Daggerboard)
Construction
Wood
Production
Years built
First built 1947
Units built
400000
Designer
Clark Mills
Builder
Far East Boat Co
Boats like this, on the water
More boats like her, on the water
Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.
RS Tera2.87 mSame hull family0.5 m longerA Paul Handley-designed cat-rigged dinghy featuring a lightweight 39kg hull and high power-to-weight ratio for youth racing
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