Saturday, June 11, 2011

A Dutch Schakel dinghy really moving

I previously posted about the Dutch Schakel dinghy when West River SC sailor Rene' de la Rie reminisced about his early teen years learning to race in one .

A plywood dinghy, they look moderately V'd in shape, maybe closest in concept to our Windmill class.

I came across this very short video of a contemporary Schakel (with trapeze) absolutely screaming along on a close reach. Now this is what dinghy racing is all about!


2 comments:

doryman said...

Those guys are GOOD!

Yacht Dubai said...

This dinghy is really moving. Great video of dinghy. Keep sharing such videos with us, Thank you.