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Default Help identifying this Sailing Dinghy
wrote:
I am looking for some more info or a spec of the following racing
dinghy.

Its an Elvstrom Boat, with Elvstrom sails. The length is 16ft.

The sail bag has the following written on it.

TRAPEZE Singlehander 1


Jere Lull wrote:
Found a little at http://www.ybw.com/sp/features/elvstrom/index.html


That's it; it is a TRAPEZ class dinghy. This was a high
performance all-purpose dinghy designed by Paul Elvstrom and
built by his company; not very many here in the US (in fact
I'm a little surprised there's any). It was capable of being
rigged as a cat for single handing or a sloop for two;
intended to be an international & Olympic class for the
truest possible one-design competition.

It was a pretty nice boat but IMHO never really matched the
470 for 2 or the Contender for 1.

http://uk.geocities.com/dinghydata/D...ses/Trapez.htm

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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