Sailboat Optimist Plans

Optimist sailboat build: building the wood/epoxy optimist in 1947 a gentleman named clark mills designed a small sail boat for kids to learn to build and sail called the optimist. the plans for the boat can be found from many sources for free on the internet.. Clark mills designed the original optimist pram in 1947. his intention was to offer a simple boat that children could use to learn to sail and build themselves. we chose to name our version of the optimist the "club racer" to reflect the original idea behind the design.. Published on feb 8, 2014 this is the first of three optimist dinghies we are making from cabbs (cleveland amateur boatbuilding and boating society) plans. the plans have been redrawn from clark mills original drawings for the optimist in 1947..

Optimist

Links to boat plans, some free boat plans and designs

Basic intro: parts of boat & points of sail - moxie & epoxy

This optimist is based on international optimist class rules plans, i designed this one to be really fast building without any mold, after cutting parts with laser machines, i built and glued the. I started by ordering the plans of a “wood/epoxy” boat from ioda who are in ireland but need to be paid in us dollars! ($56 which is about £30) they come with a book called “a guide to building a wood epoxy optimist” some of which is useful, but how to build an optimist. 2016 international optimist class rules authority*: international sailing federation 29 plans. index of current official plans. 30 addendum - information and references to isaf advertising code 1. 1 general 2.4.1 no boat is permitted to race in the class unless it has a valid measurement certificate..