12 foot dinghy

12' Dinghy
Current Specifications
Crew	1 or 2
Type	Monohull
Design	One-Design
Construction	Clinker (Original) GRP (modern)
Rig	Standing lug
Keel	Centerplate
LOA	3.66 m (12.0 ft)
Beam	1.43 m (4 ft 8 in)
Draft	0.92 m (3 ft 0 in)
Hull weight	104 kg (230 lb)
Mainsail area	9.3 m2 (100 sq ft)
D-PN	SW 103
Development
Year	1912
Designer	George Cockshott
Location	United Kingdom
Infobox last updated: 13-AUG-2011
Vintage Yachting Class

Designed by George Cockshott, an amateur boat designer from Southport, over ninety years ago, the International Twelve Foot Dinghy became the first one-design racing dinghy to gain international recognition. Today it is virtually forgotten in the United Kingdom, but the class still enjoys a sizeable following in the Netherlands, Italy and Japan, and is regaining popularity elsewhere.

The 12’ Dinghy took part in the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games as part of the closing ceremony. The winners of the events took the helm during a short in-harbor regatta sailed in 12’ Dinghies. Majthényi Szabolcs winner in the Flying Dutchman became the 2008 Vintage Inter pares (VIP).

The furure of the class

The foundations of the international association were laid at a meeting in the Hotel Jolanda, Portofino, Italy in May 2006 and this was followed by another meeting in Tuzla, Turkey in October 2007. During this time much progress has been made towards re-establishing the 12' Dinghy as a truly international class.

The 12 feet dinghy is one of the Vintage Yachting Classes at the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games.

Wall of Fame

Olympic Games^[1]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	0	2
2	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
3	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
4	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
		2	2	1	5

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Ostend details	Netherlands (NED) Cornelis Hin Frans Hin Johan Hin	Netherlands (NED) Arnoud van der Biesen Petrus Beukers
1928 Amsterdam details	Sweden (SWE) Sven Thorell	Norway (NOR) Henrik Robert	Finland (FIN) Bertil Broman

Vintage Yachting Games ^[2]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 Lake Como	7–15 July 2012

Cockshott Trophy^[3]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	2	2	0	4
2	Netherlands	0	0	2	2
		2	2	2	6

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2009	Italy (ITA) Giorgio Pizzarello	Italy (ITA) Stefano Pizzarello	Netherlands (NED) Fred Udo
2010	Italy (ITA) Uberto Capannoli	Italy (ITA) Giorgio Pizzarello	Netherlands (NED) Pieter Bleeker
2011 In process	Netherlands (NED) Pieter Bleeker	Italy (ITA) Uberto Capannoli	Netherlands (NED) Duud Dudok Van Heel

References

External links

• International Class Page
• Dutch Class Page

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