Flipper (US dinghy)

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Flipper
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Development
Designer Carter Pyle and Joe Quigg
Location United States
Year1966
No. built582
Builder(s) Newport Boats
Mobjack Manufacturing
RoleChildren's day sailer
NameFlipper
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 area37.00 sq ft (3.437 m2)
Total sail area37.00 sq ft (3.437 m2)
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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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 Routh, David. "Flipper". shortypen.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 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.
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