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Butterfly (dinghy)

Sailing dinghy

Field	Value
name	Butterfly
crew	1-2
type	Monohull
design	Scow
loa	3.632 m
beam	1.372 m
draft	.660 m
hull	61 kg
mastheight	5.486 m
mainsail	6.967 m2
d-pn	108.3
year	1961
designer	John Barnett
location	Libertyville, Illinois

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Camp Manito-wish YMCA sailors have been sailing the Camp's fleet of Butterly sailboats since 1979.

The Butterfly is a one-design sailing dinghy, originally designed for a crew of two, but now most commonly raced single-handed. It was designed in 1961 in Libertyville, Illinois by John Barnett. The 12 ft hull is a scow design. The craft has a stayed 18 ft mast set as a Marconi rig with a single mainsail with a 75 sqft surface area. The cockpit is 15 ½" deep, exceptionally deep for this size of sailboat, and can accommodate an adult up to 6 feet in height.

History

The boat was first designed by John Barnett of Libertyville, Illinois in 1961, who was inspired to make a smaller version of the C Scow, a popular sailing skiff. With the help of Dr. Robert Chamberlain, Mike Daskilakis, and Jim Miller the class was officially launched in 1962. The first Butterfly nationals was held at Grand Rapids Yacht Club in 1962, after which the boat was declared the official training boat of the Western Michigan Yachting Association. Barnett quickly moved production to Kenosha, Wisconsin where it stayed until he sold the company in 1982 to Hedlund Marine in Willmette, Illinois, but production was kept in Wisconsin. In 2007, Hedlund Marine sold production to Windward Boatworks of Princeton, Wisconsin.

Fleets

Crystal Lake Yacht Club
Glen Lake Yacht Club
Grand Rapids Yacht Club
Leland Yacht Club
Long Lake Yacht Club
Missouri Yacht Club
Muskegon Yacht Club
Powers Lake Yacht Club
Sail Dubay
Camp Michigania Yacht Club
Spring Lake Yacht Club
Torch Lake Yacht Club
Union Sailing Club
White Lake Yacht Club
White Rock Boat Club

Sources

National Butterfly Association: boat specifications and class history

References

"Butterfly sailboats". Toad Marine.
"Butterfly History". Butterfly Nationals.
"Fleets". Butterfly Nationals Association.
"Butterfly fleets". Butterfly Class Association.

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