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Dinghy, is a boat, measuring 14–17 feet, sometimes coming rigged with a spritsail. Every household once had at least one dinghy. The dinghy was quite often used by the children learning to sail. When teenage boys practiced boat-building, their first project was often a dinghy. The young boat-builder would then perhaps sell the boat and use the money to buy a bicycle.
Seal hunting boats have been used by seal hunters for hundreds of years.
Compared to other utility boats, the 24–32 foot seal-hunting boat, equipped with a mast, was quite large. The seal hunters would load all their provisions, equipment, and clothes for the long seal-hunting expedition onto the boat. The seal hunting boat served as a base camp for the hunters during the expedition, which could last for several weeks. The hunters also slept in the boat.
The seal-hunting dinghy was a smaller vessel used on sealing expeditions.
When the hunters went out on day trips from the base camp, they would take the dinghy. Seal-hunting dinghies were sometimes equipped with a mast in the bow. A typical dinghy had two runners under the hull, which made it easier to push the vessel on the ice floes.
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Dinghy Sailboat for Sale
The purpose of this booklet is to tell you something about our Tech Dinghy and how to sail it, and specifically to provide you with the information necessary to pass the Nautical Association’s Provisional, Crew, and Helmsman. Please do not think of these skill checks as tests, but instead, as measures of your understanding of our sport.
We don’t expect perfection from our beginners, but only that our members be able to safely handle the boats and themselves on the lake. For those who wish it, there will be much more that can be learned about other boats and other waters, but what can be learned here will provide the basis to build on.
The Tech was designed specifically for MIT by Professor George Owen, and the first boats were made for the opening of the Sailing Pavilion in 1935. These boats were built of wood, lapstrake construction by the famous Herreshoff Yard in Bristol, Rhode Island. They featured a movable mast so they could be either a sloop or cat rigged. A large half-model of
these early boats still exist in the stairway at the Pavilion.
In 1953 the first fiberglass Techs were built by Beetle Boat of Cape Cod, and their construction marked a pioneering effort in this material that would soon take over the boat-building industry. These boats had a relatively low freeboard and were famous for their rugged construction. Our present Techs were built in 1993 by OSP Composites of Wisconsin, and the design was modified by yacht-designed Halsey Herreshoff, grandson of the original builders.
The boats are 12 1/2 feet long, cat-rigged, weigh about 200 pounds, and represent the best technology in heavy-duty fiberglass construction. Although it is designed as a beginner’s boat and for casual recreational use, the Tech is a popular boat for racing and one of the most popular college racing classes. The fittings and adjustments on the Tech permit the skilled sailor to fine-tune the boat for top performance. The Tech is so well-balanced it is possible to sail the boat without a rudder with only minute adjustments to trim