Flying Dutchman

Current Specifications
Class Symbol
Crew	2
LOA	6.06 m (19.9 ft)
LWL	5.5 m (18 ft)
Beam	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Draft	1.07 m (3 ft 6 in)
Hull weight	145 kg (320 lb)
Main & Jib area	18.6 m2 (200 sq ft)
Mainsail area	10.2 m2 (110 sq ft)
Jib / Genoa area	8.4 m2 (90 sq ft)
Spinnaker area	21 m2 (230 sq ft)
D-PN	80.1
RYA PN	879
PHRF	150.6
Infobox last updated: 11 August 2009
Vintage Olympic Class

The Flying Dutchman (FD) is a 20-foot long high-performance racing dinghy. Developed in the early 50's of the 20th century. It made its Olympic debute at the 1960 Olympics. The FD is still one of the fastest trapeze dinghies in the world ^[1]. It has hiking straps for the skipper, and a trapeze for the crew. With plenty of sail area, it is probably still the fastest dinghy upwind. The FD carries three sails: a mainsail, a 200% genoa, and a generous spinnaker. Its light weight and large sail area allows it to plane easily upwind. The FD has been the basis for many important innovations in sailing over the past half century.

• The first to use the trapeze, a feature commonly found on high performance dinghies and catamarans
• roller furling genoa
• windward sheeting traveler
• spinnaker chute
• spinnaker pole launchers
• composite construction.

These innovations have happened because the FD is an open one-design class, where limited development is allowed and encouraged. Parameters that influence the speed of the boat directly, including hull shape, weight, sail area are strictly controlled, but other areas are open for development. The Flying Dutchman served her Olympic tour of duty from 1960 till the 1992 Olympics (inclusive). Since 2008 the Flying Dutchman is one of the Vintage Olympic Classes at the Vintage Yachting Games.

History

It was in the late 1940s that the IYRU instigated a new modern 2-man international dinghy, the Tornado. She was not a success, as there was no leap forward compared to the existing pre-war classes.

The Royal Loosdrecht Yacht Club, Conrad Gulcher's club, obtained half a dozen Tornados and found them very uninspiring, Conrad had always been very interested in dinghy sailing and had collected any documentation connected with it. Pre-war he had enjoyed some international sailing in Germany and the UK and he had made many friends in the dinghy sailing scene. He imagined that with modern construction methods, moulded ply, a better boat could be constructed.

Being an Insurance Broker and not a designer he enlisted the help of Uus Van Essen, a naval architect and measurer for the Dutch Yacht Federation. They made a preliminary design and early in September 1951, it was sent to 30 top class helmsmen in Europe, including Bossom (SUI), John Cahmier (GBR), Charles Curry (GBR), Manfried Curry (GER), Ferry Laagwater (NED),Stewart Morris (GBR), Morits Skaugen (NOR) and Shorty Trimingham (BER), with the request to comment within two weeks.

The measurements were similar to the 15m² Wanderjolle of mid-European lakes and popular Flying Fifteen. By the end of September, 23 responses had been returned with sufficient new and sound ideas to redesign the boat.

Mr. Loeff, chairman of the CBC, was prepared to discuss the boat at the November meeting of the IYRU, only when he had seen her sail. This was hardly feasible but Conrad had the mould and hull built in one week and the boat finished in another. Complete with the Tornado rig it took to the water against the 12m² Sharpie and Tornado at Loosdrecht one week before the IYRU meetings and Mr Loeff took the plans to the IYRU for discussion.

Then it was decided to hold trials in the summer of 1952 in Holland and the name was born, suggested by Sir Peter Scott, the then president of the IYRU, the Flying Dutchman.

The trials were held on the Loosdrecht lakes and on the open water of the IJsselmeer at Muiden. 17 boats participated, some especially designed like the Osprey and Typhoon, others were existing classes including Hornet, Caneton, Thistle, Sharpie, Rennjolle, etc.

The results were clear and the Flying Dutchman (FD) was adopted; however with the limitation "for continental lakes only", and another set of trials was set up for 1953 at La Baule on the open sea.

In the mean time the small jib was replaced with the Genoa and a trapeze was added.

At La Baule there were again specially designed boats such as the Coronet, a smaller version of which later became the 505. Off the wind the Coronet with her bigger spinnaker and mainsail was faster (this is not just a recent problem) but on the wind the FD won.

It was clear that the FD did very well on the open sea and the "lakes" limitation was lifted. The Class started to blossom thanks to the promotional activities of Conrad through the Bulletin and a well structured Class Organisation.

By the 1960s there were fleets in all sorts of places such as the Lebanon, 25 in Morocco, 20 in Portuguese East Africa, Argentina, Venezuela, Thailand, apart from those in Europe, the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

In 1956 the FD participated (Conrad Gulcher and Bob Boeschoten) in the cross-channel race from Folkestone to Boulogne-sur-Mer, and was the fastest two-man dinghy in the race.

In 1957 the FD was selected to replace the Sharpie at the 1960 Olympic Games in Naples. The FD is no longer an olympic class since 1992 (it was replaced by the laser class). In 1959 The Class President Slotty Dawes was presented a cup for the FD Week. The Week, with its unlimited number of boats were allowed from each country, this proved very successful. The Week was very competitive whilst remaining friendly, competitors lent each other sails (there was no equipment limitation in those days) and was well supported - in 1965, 126 boats from 24 nations took part.

The FD rules were tailored to have one design speed factors i.e. hull shape and weight, foil shapes and sails restricted and the rest left open to encourage development. As new ideas have evolved they have often been taken up by other classes, e.g. trapeze, spinnaker chute, double floor construction, windows in sails and numerous developments in fittings and even personal sail numbers.

The one design was guaranteed by the very simple, and consequently cheap and easily repeatable measurement system defined by Uss van Essen and born of his experiences as professional KNWV measurer.

Many well known yachtsmen have had a spell in the FD for example Mark Bethwaite, the deKleer brothers, the Pajot brothers, the Kidd brothers, the Diesch brothers, Paul Elvstrom, Hans Fogh, Ben Lexcen, Cam Lewis, Peder Lunde, Stewart Morris, Keith Musto, Andre Nelis, Yves and Marc Pajot, Rodney Pattisson, Harry Dunning, Ralph Roberts, Bruno Trouble, Ted Turner, Mike Macnamara, John Loveday, Jo Richards, Roger Yeoman, Will Henderson, Peter White, Pat Blake, Jon Turner, David Wilkins, Art Lange, Lansing Lee, Lewis Mettler and Douglas Drake.

Like many classes over the last few years, there has been a decline in the active Flying Dutchman sailors, but this has now been reversed and the class is growing again.

Wall of Fame

Olympic Games ^[2]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	2	1	5
2	Spain (ESP)	2	0	0	2
3	Germany (GER)	1	1	2	4
4	Denmark (DEN)	1	1	1	3
4	United States (USA)	1	1	1	3
6	Norway (NOR)	1	1	0	2
7	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
8	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
9	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
9	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
11	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	2	2
12	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960, Naples	Norway (NOR) Peder Lunde, Jr. Bjørn Bergvall	Denmark (DEN) Hans Fogh Ole Erik Petersen	Germany (GER) Rolf Mulka Ingo von Bredow
1964, Enoshima	New Zealand (NZL) Helmer Pedersen Earle Wells	Great Britain (GBR) Keith Musto Tony Morgan	United States (USA) Buddy Melges William Bentsen
1968, Acapulco	Great Britain (GBR) Rodney Pattisson Iain MacDonald-Smith	Germany (GER) Ullrich Libor Peter Naumann	Brazil (BRA) Reinaldo Conrad Burkhard Cordes
1972, Kiel	Great Britain (GBR) Rodney Pattisson Christopher Davies	France (FRA) Yves Pajot Marc Pajot	Germany (GER) Ullrich Libor Peter Naumann
1976, Montréal	Germany (GER) Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Great Britain (GBR) Rodney Pattisson Julian Brooke-Houghton	Brazil (BRA) Reinaldo Conrad Peter Ficker
1980, Talinn	Spain (ESP) Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer	Ireland (IRL) David Wilkins James Wilkinson	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcs Detre Zsolt Detre
1984, Long Beach	United States (USA) Jonathan McKee William Carl Buchan	Canada (CAN) Terry McLaughlin Evert Bastet	Great Britain (GBR) Jonathan Richards Peter Allam
1988, Pusan	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Christian Grønborg	Norway (NOR) Ole Petter Pollen Erik Bjørkum	Canada (CAN) Frank McLaughlin John Millen
1992, Barcelona	Spain (ESP) Luis Doreste Domingo Manrique	United States (USA) Paul Foerster Stephen Bourdow	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jens Bojsen-Møller

Vintage Yachting Games ^[3]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
2	Germany (GER)	0	1	1	2

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2008, Medemblik	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcs Majthenyi Andras Domokos	Germany (GER) Kilian Koenig Johannes Brack	Germany (GER) Kai Schäfers Marcus Landgrebe
2012, Lake Como	7-15 July 2012	2012 Vintage Yachting Games

World Championship^[4]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	11	1	0	12
2	Germany (GER)	9	10	12	31
3	Hungary (HUN)	6	4	0	10
4	Great Britain (GBR)	5	5	3	13
5	Australia (AUS)	4	4	4	12
6	United States (USA)	3	0	0	3
7	France (FRA)	2	4	3	9
8	Switzerland (SUI)	2	0	0	2
9	Italy (ITA)	1	3	4	8
10	Spain (ESP)	1	2	1	4
11	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	1	3
12	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	6	7
13	Canada (CAN)	1	0	3	4
14	New Zealand (NZL)	0	5	0	5
15	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
16	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
17	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
17	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
17	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956, Starnberger See	Germany (G) Rolf Mulka Ingo von Bredow
1957, Rimini	Germany (G) Rolf Mulka Ingo von Bredow
1958, Attersee	Australia (KA) Rolly Tasker Ian Palmer	Italy (I)	Netherlands (H) Norman Oerlemans Bob Boeschoten
1959, Whitstable	Italy (I) Mario Capio Tullio Pizzorno	United Kingdom K) Adrian Jardine Angus Fryer	Germany (G) Rolf Mulka Ingo von Bredow
1962, St. Petersburg	Denmark (D) Hans Fogh Paul Elvstrøm	Australia (KA) Tanker	United Kingdom K) Stewart Jardine James Ramus
1963, Starnberger See	Switzerland (Z) Jean-Pierre Renevier Serge Graz	United Kingdom K) Keith Musto Tony Morgan	Italy (I) Mario Capio Sartori)
1965, Alassio	United Kingdom K) Richard Pitcher Ian McCormack	Italy (I) Mario Capio Sartori	East Germany (GO) Cochius Christoph
1967, Montréal	United Kingdom K) John Oakeley David Hunt	New Zealand (KZ) Smale Roberts	Austria (OE) Geiger Fischer
1969, Napels	United Kingdom K) Rodney Pattison Ian MacDonald-Smith	France (F) Draeger Nottet	United Kingdom K) Keith Musto John Wigglesworth
1970, Adelaide	United Kingdom K) Rodney Pattison Ian MacDonald-Smith	United Kingdom K) John Truett Edward Leask	Australia (KA) Chris Whitworth
1971, La Rochelle	United Kingdom K) Rodney Pattison Julian Brooke-Houghton	New Zealand (KZ) Jock Bilger Murray Ross	Australia (KA) Marc Bethwaite Alexander
1973, Rochester	Denmark (D) Hans Fogh Ulrich Brock	France (F) Marc Pajot Yves Pajot	Brazil (BL) Reinaldo Conrad
1974, Weymouth	East Germany (GO) Wolf Bernd Klenke	East Germany (GO) Herbert Hüttner Ulf Pagenkopf	Canada (KC) Hans Fogh Evert Bastet
1975, Abino Bay	France (F) Marc Pajot Yves Pajot	New Zealand (KZ) Jock Bilger Murray Ross	Germany (G) Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch
1977, Torbole	Switzerland (Z) J. Hotz A. Nicolet	Germany (G) Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Netherlands (H) Erik Vollebregt Sjoerd Vollebregt
1978, Hayling Island	Germany (G) Albert Batzill Rudolf Batzill	Germany (G) Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Spain (E) Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer
1979, Kiel	France (G) Bonet Poirey	Spain (G) Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer	Netherlands (E) Erik. Vollebregt Sjoerd Vollebregt
1980, Malmö	Canada (KC) Terence McLaughlin Evert Bastet	Germany (G) Albert Batzill Rudolf Batzill	Germany (G) Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch
1981, Palamos	Germany (G) Albert Batzill Rudolf Batzill	Germany (G) Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Italy (I) Savelli Gazzei
1982, Geelong	Germany (G) Anton Schwarz Peter Fröschl	Sweden (S) Hagander Kjell	Canada (KC) Terence McLaughlin Evert Bastet
1983, Cagliari	United States (US) Jonathan McKee William Carl Buchan	Germany (G) Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Soviet Union (SR) Sergey Borodinov Akimenko
1984, La Rochelle	Germany (G) Albert Batzill Klaus Wende	France (F) Marc Bouet Gandolphe	France (F) Delage Poiret
1985, Cargnano	Denmark (D) Jørgen Schønherr Poulsen	Germany (G) Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Italy (I) Mario Celon Claudio Celon
1986, Rio de Janeiro	Germany (G) Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Germany (G) Albert Batzill Klaus Wende	Canada (KC) Terence McLaughlin [Millen
1987, Kiel	Spain (E) Luis Doreste Andor Serra	Soviet Union (SR) Sergey Borodinov Viktor Budanzev	Germany (G) Markus Wieser Franz Wieser
1988, Medemblik	Denmark (D) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Christian Grønborg	New Zealand (KZ) Murrey Jones Gerg Knowles	France (F) Thierry Beger Erik Berger
1989, Alassio	Germany (G) Albert Batzill Peter Lang	Germany (G) Markus Wieser Peter Fröschl	Norway (N) Ole Petter Pollen Erik Bjørkum
1990, Newport	Denmark (D) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jens Bojsen-Møller	France (F) Thierry Berger Vincent Berger	Germany (G) Albert Batzill Peter Lang
1991, Tauranga	United States (US) Paul Foerster Stephen Bourdow
1992, Cadiz	United States (USA) Paul Foerster Stephen Bourdow	New Zealand (NZL) Murrey Jones Greg Knowles	France (FRA) Thierry Berger Vincent Berger
1993, Travemünde	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jens Bojsen-Møller	Germany (GER) Stephan Schurich Mark Dieckmann	Germany (GER) Andreas Piettner Max Friedrich
1994, Adelaide	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos
1995, Torbole	Australia (AUS) Ian McCrossin James Cook
1996, Balatonfüred	Germany (GER) Ulf Lehmann Stefan Mädicke	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Germany (GER) Uwe Steingross Sven Hermenau
1997, St. Petersburg	Australia (AUS) Ian McCrossin James Cook	Italy (ITA) Roberto Cipriani Stefano Morelli	Germany (GER) Hans-Peter Schwarz Roland Kirst
1998, Den Oever	Netherlands (NED) Enno Kramer Hein Dijksterhuis	Australia (AUS) Ian McCrossin James Cook	Netherlands (NED) Wim Lageslag Jacob Bojsen-Møller
1999, Lee-on-the-Solent	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Schonherr Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Germany (GER) John Borowski Andreas Berlin	Netherlands (NED) Enno Kramer Hein Dijksterhuis
2000, Durban	Australia (AUS) Ian McCrossin James Cook	Germany (GER) Hans-Peter Schwarz Roland Kirst	United Kingdom GBR) John Best James Cole
2001, Gilleleje	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos	Germany (GER) Hans-Peter Schwarz Roland Kirst
2002, Tavira	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos	Germany (GER) Hans-Peter Schwarz Roland Kirst	Italy (ITA) Roberto Cipriani Stefano Morelli
2003, Sandringham	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos	Australia (AUS) Norman Rudge Richard Scarr	Germany (GER) Hans-Peter Schwarz Peter van Koppen
2004, Warnemünde	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Germany (GER) Jörn Borowski Andreas Berlin
2005, Balatonföldvár	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen=Møller	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos	Australia (AUS) Norman Rydge Richard Scarr
2006, St. Petersburg	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos	Germany (GER) Hans-Peter Schwarz Roland Kirst	Italy (ITA) Roberto Cipriani Stefano Morelli
2007, Los Alcázares	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Spain (ESP) Carlos Beltri Javier Cayuela	Germany (GER) Dirk Bogumil Michael Lisken
2008, Napier	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos	Australia (AUS) Ian McCrossin James Cook	Australia (AUS) Norman Rydge Richard Scarr
2009, Medemblik	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos	Netherlands (NED) Bas van der Pol Marc van der Pol

Continental Championships

Asian Games ^[5]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	1	0	0	1
2	Thailand (THA)	0	1	0	3
3	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1970, Bangkok	Japan (JPN) Akira Yamamura Takashi Yamamura	Thailand (THA) Dawee Chullasapya Suthep Indrakosoom	India (INA) John Gunawan David Udjulawa

Pan American Games ^[6]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	2	0	4
2	Brazil (BRA)	2	1	0	3
3	Canada (CAN)	0	1	3	4

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1959, Chicago	United States (US)	Canada (KC)
1963, São Paulo	Brazil (BL)	United States (US)	Canada (KC)
1967, Winnipeg	United States (US)	Brazil (BL)	Canada (KC)
1971, Mexico City	Brazil (BL)	United States (US)	Canada (KC)

European Championship^[7]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	10	2	2	14
2	Denmark (DEN)	5	3	1	9
3	Hungary (HUN)	5	1	1	7
4	Germany (GER)	2	6	7	15
5	Switzerland (SUI)	2	1	1	4
6	Italy (ITA)	2	0	1	3
7	East Germany (GDR)	1	4	1	6
8	Spain (ESP)	1	3	1	5
9	France (FRA)	1	1	3	5
10	Canada (CAN)	1	1	1	3
11	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	0	3
12	Norway (NOR)	0	2	0	2
13	Austria (AUT)	0	1	2	3
14	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	3	3
15	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
15	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1955	Denmark (D) Poul Elvstrøm Aage Birch
1956	Italy (I) Vittorio Porta Beppe Barnao
1957	Switzerland (Z) Pierre Siegenthaler Michel Buzzi
1959, Juelsminde	Germany (G) Detlev Kreidel Joachim Möller	Austria (OE) Fereberger	United Kingdom K) Adrian Jardine Angus Fryer
1960, Sandham	Denmark (DEN) Hans Fogh Ole Erik Petersen	Switzerland (Z) Pierre Siegenthaler Michel Buzzi	United Kingdom K) Dawes
1961, Attersee	Switzerland (Z) Pierre Siegenthaler Michel Buzzi	Germany (G) Kadelbach	Netherlands (H) Ben Verhagen
1962, Muiden	United Kingdom K) N. Wooderson Johnson Christopher Davies	Norway (N) Peder Lunde, Jr. Bjørn Bergvall	France (F) Auclair
1964, Whitestable	United Kingdom K) Keith Musto Arthur Morgan	Denmark (D) Hans Fogh Ole Erik Petersen	Austria (OE) Geiger Fisher
1966, Horten	United Kingdom K) John Oakeley David Hunt	United Kingdom K) Keith Musto Arthur Morgan	France (F) Draeger Gavier
1967, Bendor	United Kingdom K) John Oakeley David Hunt	United Kingdom K) Rodney Pattison Iain MacDonald-Smith	Austria (OE) Geiger Fischer
1968, Balatonfüred	United Kingdom K) Rodney Pattison Iain MacDonald-Smith	France (F) Bertrand Cheret Bernard Trouble	Netherlands (H) Ben Verhagen Nick de Jong
1969	United Kingdom K) Rodney Pattison Iain MacDonald-Smith
1970, Mar Menor	United Kingdom K) Rodney Pattison Iain MacDonald-Smith	East Germany (GO) Herbert Hüttner Dietmar Gede	Italy (ITA) Massone
1971	United Kingdom K) Rodney Pattison Julian Brooke
1972, Medemblik	United Kingdom K) Rodney Pattison Christopher Davies	Germany (G) Ullrich Libor Peter Naumann	Netherlands (H) Fred H. Imhoff Simon Korver
1973, Thun	East Germany (GO) Herbert Hüttner Ulf Pagenkopf	East Germany (GO) Fröbe Mayer	France (F) Marc Pajot Yves Pajot
1975, Travemünde	United Kingdom K) Rodney Pattison Julian Brooke-Houghton	Germany (G) Albert Batzill Rudolf Batzill	Switzerland (Z) J. Hotz A. Nicolet
1976, Hyères	Canada (KC) Hans Fogh Evert Bastet	East Germany (GO) Uwe Steingross Jörg Schramme	Germany (G) Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch
1982, Silvaplana	Denmark (D) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Germany (G) Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Germany (G) Wiesner Dressendörfer
1986, Rijeka	Germany (G) Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Canada (KC) Frank McLaughlin John Millan	Japan (J) Sato Wakanaga
1987	France (F) Thierry Berger Vincent Berger	Denmark (D) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Spain (E) Luis Doreste Andor Serra
1988, Palma de Mallorca	Spain (E) Luis Doreste Miguel Noguer	Norway (N) Ole Petter Pollen Erik Bjørkum	Germany (G) Albert Batzill Peter Lang
1989, Balatonfüred	Hungary (M) Tamás Pomucz Béla Argay	East Germany (GO) Ulf Lehmann Stefan Mädicke	East Germany (GO) Jörn Borowski Matthias Kroh
1990	Soviet Union (SR) Georgiy Schaidukov Viktor Budanzev	Spain (E) Luis Doreste Domingo Manrique	Germany (G) Andreas Willim Carsten Kemmling
1991	Italy (I) Lusa Santella Flavio Grassi	Spain (E) Luis Doreste Domingo Manrique	Germany (G) Albert Batzill Peter Lang
1992	France (FRA) Thierry Berger Vincent Berger	Spain (ES) Luis Doreste Domingo Manrique	Canada (CAN) Frank McLaughlin John Millan
1997, Mar Menor	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos	Germany (GER) Michael Dorrer Josef Seebauer	Germany (GER) Andreas Gillwald Martin Romberg
2000, Elba	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos	Germany (GER) Hans-Peter Schwarz Roland Kirst	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Schønherr Jørgen Bøjsen-Møller
2003, Dervio	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Germany (GER) Hans-Peter Schwarz Roland Kirst	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos
2006, Neusiedl	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Germany (GER) Dirk Bogumil Michael Lisken
2008, Rabac	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcz Majthényi András Domokos	Australia (AUS) Norman Rydge Richard Scarr

National Champions

	Netherlands (NED)
1956	Jaap Helder J.C. van Meggelen
1957	Jac. Kraan Henk Kraan
1958	Jaap Helder J.C. van Meggelen
1959	Jaap Helder J.C. van Meggelen
Olympic Years	Netherlands (NED)
1960	Ben Verhagen H. J. Konst
1961	Bart Kraan Henk Kraan
1962	Jan van Staveren Henk Kraan
1963	Guus Bierman S. H. den Jong
1964	Heike Blok Jan van Balkom
1965	Not Sailed
1966	Ben Verhagen Nick de Jong
1967	Ben Verhagen Nick de Jong
1968	Ben Verhagen Nick de Jong
1969	Fred H. Imhoff Nol Tas
1970	Not Sailed
1971	Not Sailed
1972	H. Huttner D. Gedde
1973	Sjoerd Vollebregt Erik Vollebregt
1974	Not Sailed
1975	Not Sailed
1976	Sjoerd Vollebregt Erik Vollebregt
1977	Fred H. Imhoff Wibo de Groot
1978
1979	Guus Bierman Peter van Koppen
1980	Guus Bierman Peter van Koppen
1981
1982	Guus Bierman Peter van Koppen
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
	Netherlands (NED)
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001	Klaas Tilstra Adriaan Schmal
2002	Bob Smolders Frank Havik
2003	Klaas Tilstra Adriaan Schmal
2004	Klaas Tilstra Theo Rutten
2005	Ludtke Peter van Koppen
2006	Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken
2007	Jorgen Bojsen-Moller Peter van Koppen
Vintage Years	Netherlands (NED)
2008	Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken
2009	Bas van der Pol Marc van der Pol
	Netherlands (NED)

References

External links

• International Flying Dutchman Class Home Page
• California and west coast FD class Home Page
• International FD Bulletin Forum