Re: Sailing dingy

From: Scott Pack (scott.pack@dii.com)
Date: Fri Jan 21 2000 - 14:28:55 PST


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At 01:08 PM 1/21/00 -0800, The Costas wrote:
>You might run into
>problems when trying to find plans for a boat less than eight foot long.
>Eight foot is the magic length for a sailboat as under that means no
>license. As most builders of small dingys would like to save the legal
>fees, but still have a boat that can carry an adult, they usually max out
>the length to just under eight feet. That is one of the reasons that most
>boats of that length have two flat ends.

Hmm. I know that in WA state at least, 16 feet is the rule. This also
corresponds, I believe to CG rules about licensing and safety equipment.

-Scott



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