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Holdfast Trainer

South Australian sailing dinghy

Field	Value
name	Holdfast Trainer
image	Holdfast Trainer fully rigged.jpg
imagesize	200
alt	A Holdfast Trainer (sail number 763), on the beach at Brighton, South Australia. Both the mainsail and the jib are visible, as is the watertight bulkheads surrounding the cockpit.
caption	Holdfast Trainer at Brighton, South Australia
class_symbol	H
crew	2 people under the age of 16
loh	8 ft
keel	Daggerboard
spinnaker	Whisker Pole to reverse jib down wind
trapeze	No
year	1948
location	Holdfast Bay, South Australia
role	Sail trainer
updated	20 January 2010
olympic	no

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The Holdfast Trainer is a South Australian sailing dinghy designed in 1948 for junior sailors under the required age of 16. Based on the Sabot, the class features a hard-chine wooden or fiberglass hull with a flat (or "pram") bow and a daggerboard. Unlike the Sabot, the Holdfast Trainer has both a main and a jib in order to facilitate a two-person crew and to teach jib handling. To make space for the jib, the mast was stepped further back and a bowsprit was added. Modern versions include waterproof bulkheads to provide additional flotation.

The boat has been sailed for many years by 8 to 15 year olds at South Australian sailing clubs, with the first state championships being held in 1958 and still continuing on today. One of those clubs, the Port Lincoln Yacht Club, has continuously sailed the dinghy for over 50 years, and held their 50th Anniversary celebrations for the class in 2010 at the recent states and metropolitan championships.

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall learned to sail in a Holdfast Trainer.

References

"The Holdfast Trainer". YACHTe.
"The Junior Class – Holdfast Trainers". Port Lincoln Yacht Club.
Harrison, Billie. (14 January 2010). "50 years at the start line". Port Lincoln Times.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjCW18Z5i_Q Steven Marshall's Story], ''Liberal Party SA'' (YouTube), January 19, 2018.

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