OPTIMIST DINGHY (INT)
Sprit/Lug • Pram (Daggerboard) • Built 1947
Dimensions
- LOA
- 7.67 ft
- LWL
- 7.08 ft
- Beam
- 3.5 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.17 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.33 ft
- Displacement
- 77 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.29 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- —
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 97
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Construction
- Hull Type
- Pram (Daggerboard)
- Rig Type
- Sprit/Lug
- Hull Material
- Wood/FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1947
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 400000
Notes:
Immensely popular youth trainer, designed for and built by a large number of home builders.
The list shown here can only represent a small fraction of past and current professional builders.
U.S. Optimist Dinghy Assn.
P.O. Box 150127
222 E. Westmonte Dr. #101
Almonte Springs, FL 21401
407-774-7880
Fax: 407-774-6440
Designer
- Clark Mills (1915–2001)
Builders
- Far East Boat Co. (2002)
- Hartley Boats (1988)
- Johnson Boat Works (USA) (1896–1998)
- La Prairie (FRANCE) (1965–1978)
- LaserPerformance (2010–2025)
- McConaghy Boats (1967)
- McLaughlin Boat Works (1979)
- Nautivela (ITA) (1961)
- Performance Sailcraft (1970)
- Phileas Boats (FRA) (1993)
- SIBMA Navale Italiana (1962)
- Winner Boats S. L. (ESP)
- Xtreme Sailing Products (1993)
- Zim Sailing (USA) (2008)