Classes Sailed
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The Laser is a single handed racing dinghy. It forms one of the larger fleets at Welton and is a very popular class world wide. The class also boast the largest membership of a class association in the world. From Olympic sailing to club level the “One Design” rules ensure that is the helms ability not their budget that wins races. The basic design is available with 3 sail plans, the Radial Rig and the 4.7 rig. are both small sail plans to help junior and less energetic sailors compete in this exciting class. Crew: |
The Laser Radial is a variant of the Laser Class, but numerous enough in its own right to have its own racing program at Events. Basically the same Hull as the laser the Radial has a smaller sail plan to make the boat more suitable to lighter crews and the more experienced Juniors. We regularly have 3 or 4 racing at Welton. Another variant of the Laser, that like the Radial has a reduced sail plan is the Laser 4.7. The 4.7 is more suited to even lighter crews or less experienced sailors. Crew: |
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The Streaker is a single handed racing dinghy. It forms one of the larger fleets at Welton. It offers lively racing performance, in a broad range of conditions, belying its relatively modest handicap Crew: |
The Topper is a single handed dinghy popular for Juniors. Its rugged construction and not over powering rig make it is a good training boat. The Club includes some Toppers in our fleet of Club Boats. Crew: |
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The Enterprise is a long established Racing Class. It has “One Design” rules so in theory older boats can be raced competitively against the newest. While suitable for novices, it can offer the experts some very tactical racing. Crew: |
The Pico is a versatile one or two man dinghy from the same stable as the Laser. It can be rigged in either an Una or Bermudan format. The Pico is popular for Juniors and Teaching as it is both easy and fun to sail. The Club has several Picos in our fleet of Club Boats Crew: |
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The Scorpion is a two man hiking performance dinghy, Crew: |
The Wayfarer is a larger 2 man or family dinghy. It is suitable for Racing and family cruising. We have a couple that regularly sail at Welton Crew: |
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The Miracle is a family friendly class with a growing racing scene. Originally conceived as a larger version of the Mirror, it is now very much a class in its own right. Crew: |














