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Development | |
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Designer | George Owen |
Location | United States |
Year | 1935 |
Builder(s) | Herreshoff Manufacturing, Beetle Boat Co., Paceship Yachts, Whitecap Composites |
Role | Sailing dinghy |
Name | Tech Dinghy |
Boat | |
Displacement | 250 lb (113 kg) |
Draft | 2.00 ft (0.61 m) with centerboard down |
Hull | |
Type | Monohull |
Construction | Wood or fiberglass |
LOA | 12.00 ft (3.66 m) |
Beam | 4.67 ft (1.42 m) |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | centerboard |
Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | catboat rig or Bermuda rig |
Sails | |
Sailplan | Fractional rigged sloop Masthead sloop |
Total sail area | 72.00 sq ft (6.689 m2) |
Racing | |
D-PN | 111.2 |
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The Tech Dinghy is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by George Owen, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as a one-design racer and for sail training. It was first built in 1935.[1][2][3]
The Tech Dinghy design was later developed into the Intercollegiate dinghy by Paceship Yachts.[1][4]