The Optimist is, quite simply, the dinghy in which the young people of the world learn to sail.

Sailed in over 110 countries by over 150,000 young people,
it is the ONLY dinghy approved by the International Sailing Federation exclusively for sailors under 16 years of age.

At the 2008 Olympics over 85% of the medal winning boat skippers were former Optimist sailors.

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International Optimist Dinghy Association
8 Deans Lane, Chesterton, Stoke-on-Trent,
Staffordshire ST5 6BU, Great Britain

Secretary: Sally Burnett
 Fax: +44 1782 801222*
e-mail:info@optiworld.org

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To order Plans for the WOODEN Optimist please click here.
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above are Registered
Trademarks of the
IODA in respect of
boats, sails and
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