LENGTH: 10 FT. SAIL AREA: 66 SQ. FT. BEAM: 4 FT, 3 IN. WEIGHT: 45 LBS.

Frostbiting has now reached a height of enthusiasm never dreamed of by the handful of diehards who introduced this sport on a wind, rain, and snow-swept New Year's Day years ago. Every Saturday and Sunday throughout the winter, thousands of yachtsmen and intercollegiate and interscholastic sailors get together all over the country to race their dinghies.

The largest class of one-design sailing dinghies in the country today is the Class "D" Dyer Dink. Over 800 of them have been sold by The Anchorage, Inc., of Warren, R. I., who are the manufacturers. Their popularity is deserved, for they can be used as yacht tenders throughout the summer season and then raced during the winter when the parent boats are laid up. When used as tenders, they tow well and have a large carrying capacity—as many as six or seven people can crowd into one without dangerous overloading.

One phase of dinghy sailing that appeals to some is "land cruising." A dink can be put atop a car and "cruised" from one body of water to another, launching wherever the sailing looks attractive.

Most of these dinks are constructed with conventional lap strake wooden hulls. The large majority being sold currently, however, are built of reinforced plastic. The two types are approximately the same in price: $710 for the lap strake boat and $675 for the plastic version. Like all dinks built by The Anchorage, this model was designed by Philip L. Rhodes.

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