Fleets at Yeadon Sailing Club
YSC welcome boats of various types and shapes. In order to maintain a safe environment there has to be guide lines as to the size and types of boat that can be used without endangering other sailors. At YSC there is a maximum boat length of 14 feet and boats must be mono hull. This encompasses quite a variety of boats, both single and two handed, some of which are listed below. Where there are a number of boats of the same class sailing regularly the committee may allocate this class with a fleet status. If you have any questions about boat types etc please contact us or speak to a committee member or fleet captain.
The current fleets are:
Laser
"The International Laser Class sailboat, also called Laser Standard and the Laser One is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person."More information:
Enterprise
"The Enterprise type is a two-man sloop-rigged hiking sailing dinghy with distinctive blue sails.Despite being one of the older classes of dinghies, it remains popular in the United Kingdom and about a dozen other countries, and is used for both cruising and racing."More information:
Topper
"The Topper is a very popular one-design boat with a large international following. Popular with young and novice sailors all over the world, it is recognized as a full International class by the ISAF and is an approved youth class of the RYA."More information:
Heron and Mirror
"The Heron Dinghy is a dinghy designed by Jack Holt of the United Kingdom as the Yachting World Cartopper (YW Cartopper)." "The Mirror was named after the Daily Mirror, a UK newspaper with a largely working class readership. The Mirror was from the start promoted as an affordable boat, and it has probably done more than any other design to make dinghy sailing in the UK a sport available to anyone."More information:
- www.heron-dinghy.org.uk
- General Information on the Heron
- www.ukmirrorsailing.com
- General Information on the Mirror
Streaker
"A Streaker is a type of sailing dinghy designed in 1975 by Jack Holt. It is a light (minimum weight only 48 kg) one-person boat with a uni-rig stayed sail plan."More information:
National 12
"The National 12 is a two-person, two-sail, twelve-foot (3.6 metre) long sailing dinghy. They are sailed extensively in the UK. The National 12 is a development class with a long, famous and intriguing history."More information:
Solo
"The National Solo is a classic, one-design, single handed dinghy. Designed by Jack Holt in 1956,the Solo remains a popular dinghy, sailed at manyclubs in the UK, Holland and Australia."More information:
Handicap
"This fleet is made up of the smaller numbers of different boats in the club, including RS Feva's, Picos, Larks and Scorpions."More information:
*General introductions taken from Wikipedia