One Design Resources

There was a great difference in boats, of course. For a long time I was on a boat that was so slow we used to forget what year it was that we left port in. But of course this was at rare intervals.

- Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi

One Design Resources

You might also check the email lists section on the main sailing page since some designs only have email lists and also the sailboat manufacturers page.

Achilles 24
The Alberg 22 Site
The Chesapeake Bay Alberg 30 One-Design Association
The Swedish Albin Express Class Association: The Express was designed in 1978 by the Swedish yacht designer Peter Norlin. Most Express boats were manufactured by Albin Marin during the hectic years 1979 thru 1982. More than 1100 Expresses has been sold. Most sail in Swedish waters, a few in Finland, Norway, Denmark and Germany.
Allied Seawind: Information for Allied Seawind owners (the original 30 ft. version)
Aloha Owners Association: Website for owners of Aloha 27(8.2), Aloha 28(8.5), Aloha 30 and Aloha 32 sailboats built by Ouyang Boat Works in Whitby, Ontario, Canada during the 1970s and 1980s.
Aloha 27: Built by Ouyang Boat Works, Whitby, Ontario from 1979 to 1986, about 186 of this Robert Perry design were built .
Atlantic One Design
Australian 16ft Skiffs: The Official homepage of the Australian 16ft Skiff.
Baba Sailboat
Banjer 37 Motorsailer Club
Bear Boat Owners Assocation
Beneteau Owners Association
Chicago Beneteau 40.7 Fleet: On Lake Michigan.
International Blue Jay Class
Bluenose One Design Class
Bristol owners page: A site that contains information on some of the older Bristols. It contains info on the 19, 24,30,35,39 and 40. This was done to exchange diagrams an information between owners, as Bristol Yachts has folded. It contains accurate information and specs as well as links to owners.
Bristol 29.9 Sailing Vessel Owner's Association: A place to promote the sharing of information among owners of the Bristol 29.9 sailing vessel.
The B&R 23 Home Page: The B&R23 was designed by the free thinking design team Lars Bergstrom and Sven Ridder without consideration for the type of rules that have a handicap rating system. The aim was to make a fast, enjoyable, high-performance sailboat without neglecting safety.
The Buccaneer 18 Homepage
C&C Sailing Association: See also South Shore Yachts.
C&C 27 Association
Cal 20 Class Association
Capri 14.2 National Association
Mainsheet, the Magazine for Catalina and Capri Owners: There is also the Catalina 27 Association which includes tons of Catalina Resources on the Internet. And Catalina 22.
Catalina 25 and Catalina 250 National Association
Catalina 30 Yacht Owners One-Design Association
CH++: CH++ - a project to develop a new single handed racing dinghy
Chebacco: Bolger-designed cat ketch.
Cheetah 30
Cherub Class
Cheoy Lee Association
Columbia 50 Cruising Club
Comet Class
Com-Pac Yacht Owners Association: Includes information on Com-Pac Yachts including a mailing list for owners.
International Contender Homepage: Contains information on the Contender, and also a list of national class associations with online information.
Contessa 32 Class Association
Corsair Class Association of Australia
C&C Corvette Association
CSY Home Page
UK Dart18 Class Association
The Day Sailer Association: An Uffa Fox & George O'Day design, it has a 16' 9" planing hull with pivot centerboard.
Designers Choice Home Page
The Dickerson Site: This site is dedicated to the Dickerson Sailing Yacht.
Douglas 32: Dedicated to sharing information with owners of the Douglas and Hullmaster 31/32 series of sailing vessels.
International Dragon Association: See also the The Swedish Dragon Association, the International Dragon Class in Germany, or the International Dragon Class in Finland.
Drascombe Owners Association, North America
EFSIX: The Efsix is a fast, comfortable open sailing boat with a retractable keel.
International Eight Metre Association
11:Metre One Design Class Association: Also check out 11:Metre CA Germany, 11:Metre CA Norway, and 11:Metre CA Belgium.
11.5 Escape Class Association
Elliott 7
Ensign Class Association: See also The Unofficial Ensign Sailing Home Page.
International Etchells Web Site: There is also an Etchells mailing list.
E-Scow Home Page
The International Europe Dinghy: Homepage for the Europe Dinghy, a single-handed, high-performance boat that is the Women's singlehanded Olympic class. Fleets exist throughout the world, sailed by men and women, and the page contains information on events, ranking and technical data.
Express 27 Detroit Fleet
Fantasia 35: A Bruce Bingham designed 35' cutter.
Farr 3.7 Class: Info on the New Zealand "Farr 3.7 Class".
Finnish Eight Metre Association: Information on Finnish 8mR boats.
Finn Class: Includes internet Edition Of The International Finn Class Magazine.
International Fireball Page: The Fireball is a high-performance International racing dinghy. It has a crew of two, with trapeze and spinnaker. Major fleets race Fireballs in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Switzerland, France, Czechoslovakia, North America and many other countries.
Fisher Owners Association
International 505 Home: 5o5 Dinghy Class Association.
Flicka Sailboat
International Flying Dutchman Class
FJUS: United States national organization for the International Flying Junior.
The Flying Scot Page: The Flying Scot is a large (19' LOA), beamy (6' 9") centerboard dinghy that is sailed throughout North America.
Club 420 Class Association
International 470 Class
Force 5 Class Association
International 420 Class
49er: The new olympic skiff.
Friendship Sloop Society
Gemini Gems Home Page: Cruising Catamarans.
Grampian Owners
Gulfstar Owners Club
Hampton One-Design
Harpoon 5.2: Info on the C&C designed Boston Whaler Harpoon 5.2, as well as the Harpoon 4.6 Trainer and 6.2 Cruiser.
Hartley TS16 Trailer Sailer: Information on the most popular trailer sailer in Australia.
Herreshoff "s" Class Association of Western Long Island Sound
Highlander Class Association: 20' daysailer by Sandy Douglass, designer of the Thistle and Flying Scot.
Hirondelle Owners' Community
International Hobie Class Association: As well as the Dutch Hobie Cat Association, the North American Hobie Class Association.
Hobie 33 North American Class Association
The New Zealand H28 Yacht Owners' Association: The H28 was designed by L. Francis Herreshoff in 1942.
HunterOwners.com
Hurley Owners Association: Hurley Marine, Ltd. was one of the UK's larger boat builders. This site is devoted to Hurley's range of sailing yachts, and especially to the Hurley 22.
Ideal 18: Information from Shumway Marine, the US distributor of the Ideal 18.
IF-boat: The Swedish IF-boat association. See also the Danish IF-boat club and the Norwegian IF-boat club
Interlake Sailing: A site devoted to the 18-foot Interlake class.
Iroquois owners' resource page: Information on Iroquois and other Sailcraft cats including minutes of the annual IOA meeting in the UK.
Islander Sailboats: Information Islander Sailboats.
Islander 36 Association: The San Francisco Islander 36 Association.
International J/24 Class Association
Jeanneau Owners Network
Johnson 18 Class Association
Joker Owners Association: Site is dedicated to the Joker class of trailer yachts which were designed by International Multihull designer Ron Given.
Jolle Klasse B: A small wooden sailing and rowing dinghy of which over 800 of them were built from 1908 - 1962 by the famous shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder near Bremen/Germany.
Kettenburg Boat Owners Association
Kittiwake 23 Registry: Providing a registry for the existing Kittiwake 23 sailing yachts manufactured by Kenner, Ray Greene & Co., and River City Sailcraft and a forum for Kittiwake owners.
San Francisco Bay Knarr Association: One-design class racing fleet - 30' sloop actively raced in Denmark, Norway and San Francisco.
UK and Dutch Leisure Owners Associations: For owners of the Leisure class of yachts, built in the UK and Germany, ranging from the Leisure 17 up to the Leisure 29.
International Lightning Page: This is a page devoted to people interested in International Lightning Class sailboats.
International 14: World Class association.
Jet 14: The JET 14, a two-man, non-trapezing dinghy, was developed by Howard Siddons in 1955.
JY Sailboats: Including the JY 15
Laser: The home page for Laser Sailing. It includes an HTML archive of the Laser mailing list and some other stuff. Maintained by Will Sadler. There is also a Brazilian Laser Page, and more at Things to do for a Laser.
Laser28.com: Home page for owners and sailors of Laser 28.
Laser 500 Web site: Site for 5000 facts, details of current results and future events.
Martin 16
Matilda Sailboats Homepage: Specifications of Matilda 20 & Matilda 23 sailboats built by Ouyang Boat Works in Whitby, Ontario, Canada during the 1970s.
Maxi Racer West Class Association: In Swedish, but bilder (pictures?) are of course international.
MC Scow
Melges 24 Home Page: Info on the Melges 24.
Melonseed Skiff: The original drawings of this boat appeared in Chapelle's "American Small Sailing Craft", and were dated prior to 1888.
Mercury Class Yacht Racing Association (MCYRA)
Merit 25: Maintained by Paul Kamen, aka fishmeal
Mirage-Kirby Owner's Group: Info on Mirage Sailboats.
International Mirror Class Sailing Dinghy: See also Mirror Class Association of Victoria
Moore 24: Includes Santa Cruz races and '95 Roadmaster series.
Morgan Out Island 28 Page: A site from Rob and Crystal Rall.
Morgan 38 Owners' Group: This page includes information on the "Charley Morgan" 38, the 382/383/384 series, and the new Catalina/Morgan 38s.
Morgan 41 Page
International Moth Class Association Germany: Also a UK one. And a paper on Moth Design.
M-20 Scow: The M-20 was designed in 1963 by Buddy and Harry Melges of Zenda, WI.
Nacra Catamarans in Austalia
Nantucket Clipper Owners Site
National Sonata Class Association
Nelson/Marek 36
Nimble Boat Owners Club
International Nonsuch Association
Nordica Sailboats: Info about boats built in Canada by a company called Exe Fibercraft in the mid 70's to the early 80's and sold under the name of Nordica.
The NS14 Sailing Dinghy: Information on this one design developed in Australia
Offshore Yachts Class Owners' Association: Looks after the interests of boats made by Offshore Yachts Ltd.
OK Dinghy International Association (OKDIA)
International One Design Class
International 110 Class
Optimist: See also info from Optimist USA/Sturgis Boat Works
Pacer Association of Australia: The Pacer is a 3.8m one design sloop rigged family dinghy, complete with spinnaker.
Pandora Owners Association
Pan Oceanic Owners Group: Pan Oceanic Owners Group is for anyone owning or interested in owning a Brewer designed Pan Oceanic 38, 43, or 46.
Paper Tiger Catamaran
The Queensland Paper Tiger Catamaran Association: The Paper Tiger is a light weight catamaran 14 ft (4.2m) long found mostly in Australia and New Zealand.
Pearson Renegade Home Page: Also includes other Pearson links/
Pearson 365 International Owners Association
The (Pearson) Vanguard Page: Information on Pearson Vanguards.
San Francisco Pelican Sailboats: Information on the Pelican 12, 16, 18 and YANGTZE 18.
International Penguin Class Dinghy Association
Phoenix Class Owners Association
Picnic Cat Association
National Pintail Class Association: The Pintail is a 14 foot family cruising/racing daysailer built by boat builder MFG starting in 1966. Since then over 2000 boats have been built and are active in fleet racing across the United States.
Precision Owners Page
Lee's Precision 165 Page
Ranger 23 Owners & Class Association
Rebel Class
Rhodes 19 Class Association
Rhodes Reliant and Offshore 40 Sailboat Home Page: Network for owners of Rhodes Reliants, Offshore 40s, and Empire 40s, sail boats, designed by Philip Rhodes and built by Cheoy Lee in 1963-76.
Rival 22: Information in Swedish from Anders Hynen.
RS Class Association: Information on the RS line of boats.
S2 6.9 Owners Page: This website gives specs, pictures, diagrams, boats wanted & for sale, and a bulletin board for the S2 6.9. The S2 6.9 is 22' loa, 8' beam, 2200 lb displ, 4'6" - 10" (brd up) draft and is easily trailered. The 6.9 is 7/8th scale of the S2 7.9 (or the 7.9 is 8/7th scale of the 6.9). About 400 boats were produced and while most have a lifting keel, some models of both the 6.9 and the 7.9 had a fixed keel. The boat is commonly used for racing, daysailing, overnighting, and trailer cruising. It sleeps four, has a porta-potti, and 4'6" headroom.
San Juan 21 Class Association: Also a bulletin board San Juan 21 Harbor.
San Juan 24 Class Association
San Juan 28/29 Sailboats
Santa Cruz 27 National Association
Santana 20 Class Association
Santana 22 Site
Santana 525 Home Page
Scanmar Owners' Association
Schock 35 Class Association: See also The "Unofficial" Website For Schock 35 Racers
The Slocum Spray Society of Australia Inc.: Dedicated to continuing the adventuresome spirit of Joshua Slocum and to promote the Spray design as the ultimate cruising vessel.
Sea Sprite Association: This site is dedicated to the classic sailing yacht the Sea Sprite 23 first designed by Carl Alberg in 1957, followed later by the 28', 30' and 34' Sea Sprite designed by William Luders.
1720 Home Page: In 1991, a group of sailing enthusiasts who are members of the World's oldest yacht club, The Royal Cork founded in 1720 on the shores of Cork Harbour on the southern coast of Ireland, approached a number of international yacht designers with an idea to produce a new Cork Harbour One Design to replace the famous class that was designed and built in 1895/96 and raced in Cork until the 1960's.
American Shark Association: The Shark is a 10x20' one design boat.
Canadian Shark Class Association: Shark 24.
Shields Class
Silver Motor Yacht Association: An association for owners and enthusiasts of the boats built by James A Silver Ltd. Rosneath in Scotland, UK. They built sailing boats too!
Six Metre Class (6mR): 6 Metre Class.
Soling Home Page
Sonar
Southern Cross Owner's Association: A non-profit group of owners and enthusiasts for Southern Cross Yachts (28, 31, 35 and the 39).
Snipe Class WWW Server: The home page for Snipe Sailing, including class history, contacts, photographs, etc. Also, the Official Italian Snipe WWW Server.
South Coast Seacraft Owners' Association
Spencer Yacht Owners Group
Square Meter sailboats: With particular attention to the history and development of the Nordic 22Sq.meter class of Norway.
International Star Class: Lists info on the Star Class as well as links to the districts.
SCOAP - Streaker Class Owners Association of the Philippines
Sunfish: Sunfish Class information including bulletin board and mailing list.
North American Tasar Association
Tasar Association UK (TAUK): See also Tasar Dinghy Page.
The Tanzer 16 Page
Tanzer 22 Class Association
Tanzer 26 unofficial website
Tartan 27 Owner's site
Tayana Owners Group: A volunteer organization serving Tayana and Vancouver yacht owners.
International 10 Square Meter Sailing Canoe: The Swedish Homepage
International 10 Square Meter Canoe Page: The U.S. Homepage
The Thistle: Info on Thistles. See also info on Thistle mailing list.
International Thunderbird Class Association
Tinker Class Owners Association
Triton One Design Class of San Francisco Bay
International 210 Association
International 2.4 Metre Class: See also the U.S. Class Association .
U.S. Mariner Class Association
Ultimate 20 Class Association
UK 18ft Skiff
Vanguard 15 Class Association: Part of information on Vanguard Sailboats.
Vega Association of Great Britain: For all those interested in the Albin Vega 27'. And the American Vega Association.
Victoria 18
The Victorian `125' Association: The 125 is a 12.5 foot (3.83 m) two person intermediate sailing dinghy complete with spinnaker and trapese.
Victory 21
VJ Amateur Sailing Association: The VJ was designed in 1932 by the naval architect Charles Sparrow, as an exciting, low cost, intermediate sized skiff for the Vaucluse Amateur Sailing Club on Sydney Harbour thus the name VJ (Vaucluse Junior).
The West Wight Potter Web Page
The Wayfarer Sailing Dinghy: United States Wayfarer Association".
Westerly Owners Association
Windmill Class Association: The Windmill is a 15 1/2 foot, 2-person racing dinghy designed by boat-builder Clark Mills in 1953.
Wood-Pussy: Philip L. Rhodes design from the 1940's.
Yankee 30: Designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by Yankee Yachts in Santa Ana, California.
American Y-Flyer Yacht Racing Association
The Unofficial Norwegian Yngling Homepage: There is also a mailing list.
Zuma
One Design Classes on the Web: A great listing by Palmer Davis.
SailboatSpecs.com: Information about sailboat specifications (including pictures) and other useful sailing-related links.

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