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Thistle

The Thistle is a high-performance one-design racing dinghy, also used for day sailing. The Thistle was designed by Gordon K. (Sandy) Douglass, 4040+ boats have now been built. Their construction originally used molded plywood. The builders started using fibreglass in the late 1950s. The current hull configuration uses a glass-reinforced polyester molded boat with wooden rails, centre board trunk, thwart, fore grating, and aft grating. The spars were once made from spruce, but are now of aluminum construction.

LOA 17' 0"
Beam 6' 0"
Draft up/dn 6"/4’6"
Weight 515 lb
SA (main and jib) 191 sq. ft.
SA (spin) 220 sq. ft.

Class website: Thistle Class Association
Builder websites: Great Midwest Yacht Company
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