What is OP sailing? OP-class sailboat details

What is OP sailing? OP-class sailboat details

The OP ship has been developing very rapidly in China in recent years. A lot of young people from primary and secondary schools have registered for the OP sailing boat for their children during the summer vacation. Usually the training time is about five days, and the tuition fee is from 4,000 to over 10,000. Wait. As a youngster's interest in sailing and control of the wind, the OP-class sailboat is indeed very practical. When the child is young, he can skillfully drive the OP sailing boat. When he grows up, he can quickly get started by driving any sailing boat with a strong physical fitness.

The OP-class sailboat was named Optimist. Designed by famous designer Clark Mills in 1947, it was a small, single-operated sailing boat. It was originally designed for children to learn sailing and was subsequently modified by various sailing companies. As it is today, the OP-class sailboat does not refer to a certain ship type but refers to a ship of this size.

OP class sailing parameters
2.30 meters long
1.13 meters wide
Weight 35 kg
Sail area 3.25 square meters

The OP-class sailboats usually provide the same type of ships by the event organizers at the time of the competition, and the boats purchased by each club usually have slight differences. Well-known events include Olympic events, world championships, Asian championships, etc.........

The small sailboat on the map above is the pressure side action by an adult-driven OP-class sailboat.

The figure above shows the names of the various parts of the OP-class sailboat. From the figure, it can be seen that the OP-class sailboat is a steer-type single sailer with a single mast and only one mainsail. The control of the OP boat is very easy. The main learning of the OP boat is how to use the wind to travel to its own desired destination and the choice of route. The construction of the boat is also very simple, but it is not easy to turn over any operation. The names and operation methods of the above components will be gradually released in the corresponding teaching sections of the Navigation Network I want. This post is mainly a brief introduction for the OP-class sailboats.

OP-class sailboat side anatomy

OP-class sailboats also have such hollow seals. The advantage of this is that they do not require buoyancy bags or shipwrecks. The level is higher than that of the buoyancy bags in the figure above, but it is less used in the market.

The OP-class sailboat is very small and light. On the land, a boat can be towed by humans on two wheels.

You can often see spectacular scenes of dozens of OPs going to the sea at the seaside.

Because of their large size, adults are suitable for driving OP-class yachts under heavy wind pressure. Their speed is also faster.

Kids driving an OP-class sailboat

I think that next summer I can have a "I want to sail for the second generation of OP Summer Camp" in Weihai. Then we can talk to everyone about a cheap price for the children to learn. When we grow up, we can develop our sailboat sailing.

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