Five main classes of dinghy are sailed at Ragley, providing a range of boats to suit all abilities and ages. In increasing order of speed they are
Mirror,
Topper,
Enterprise,
Laser,
Merlin.
They can be seen here (click picture to expand) The Laser and Topper are single sail, single handers.
The others have Jib and Main and are two man dinghies. At Ragley, particularly in light winds, some are sailed single handed, so there is often an opportunity for new crew members, to try sailing.
Mirror
An ideal family boat, widely raced nationally and internationally, the mirror association has more details.
Last season the Autumn Handicap was won by a mirror.
The Mirror is an ideal boat for children and can be sailed by two children or an adult and a child,
it is a bit of a squash for two adults.
Some hints on adjusting the sails are available at Speedsailsclick on tuning guide.
The handicap races adjust for differences in boat speed using figures based on the
Portsmouth Yardstick, adjusted for experience at Ragley.
The current RYA figures are available on the RYA web site,
which is designed to prevent linking to pages, so you just have to search.
The RYA Factors in April 2004 were
Class
Factor
Mirror
1386
Mirror, Single Handed, No Spinaker
1372
Topper
1290
Enterprise
1116
Laser Radial
1101
Laser
1078
Merlin
1024
Only the Mirror has separate figures for Single Handed.
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