The Optimist
One-design class
Single-handed youth dinghy with a sprit rig and daggerboard; displacement is hull weight.
- Designer
- Clark Mills
- First built
- 1947
- Length
- 2.36m
- Waterline
- 2.18m
- Beam
- 1.12m
- Draft
- 0.84m
- Displacement
- 35kg
- Sail area upwind
- 3.3m²
- Keel
- lifting
The design's published figures; this boat may have been changed since. Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Season by season
2024
1 races · 0 wins · 1 podiumsAverage toughness20| Date | Race | Division | Place | Skipper / owner | Boats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jan | Monaco Optimist Team Race | Team racing | 2nd | 18 | Results |