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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]

Production

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]

Design

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Flipper sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Carter Pyle". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b Routh, David. "Flipper". shortypen.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b Newport Boats (July–December 1966). "Meet Flipper". Boating magazine. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Flipper Export sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Mobjack Manufacturing Corp". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  7. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Lockley Newport Boats (USA) 1964 - 1988". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper_(US_dinghy)