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Otter is a classification referring to a particular design for a two- Otter
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Help main, a jib and an optional symmetric spinnaker. The hull
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has a draft of 3 ft 6 in with the centreboard down. The sail area
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(main and jib) is 75 sq. ft.[1] The class symbol is a stylised glass
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bubble; due to the original lightweight "cigar box cedar"
Tools construction of the prototypes, the name 'Bubble' was first used
What links here for the boat. [2] John Baker obtained the plans for an expanded +
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Boat
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Bubble'.[3] After being put into production by Baker, the name
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'Otter' was adopted; coming from the river of the same name in
Page information Draft 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m)
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Wikidata item The Otter also handles well and can be sailed with larger crews Hull weight 165 lb (75 kg)

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than the two man racing crew. The boats are also incredibly easy LOA 11 ft 11 in (3.63 m)
to sail single handed as well. However, when sailing with more Beam 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m)
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than two people the boat does tend to sit quite low in the water
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Mainsail area 56 sq ft (5.2 m2 )
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The Otter was originally designed by George O'Brien Kennedy Jib/genoa area 19 sq ft (1.8 m2 )
for G.R.P. Moulding, and was first produced in the mid 1960s by Spinnaker area 70 sq ft (6.5 m2 ).
John Baker, Kenton Forge Ltd. The production was moved at [edit on Wikidata]
least once, with later boats being produced by Chris Clarance
Marine, Shaldon, Devon. The boats were produced for at least 22 years, with at least 1173 boats being
produced.[1]

The last Otter dinghies were built by Mark Giles and bore sail numbers up to and including 1201. Some of the
later Otters were built with a retracting bowsprit and stub spinnaker chute for use with an asymmetric spinnaker
launched out of a bag lying on the foredeck. These later boats bore a CE mark, which was not used on boats built
in the UK until about 2003, so the Otters were being built at least up to that date.

The Otter dinghy was marketed as a do-everything dinghy; the sales brochure describes the boat as both
competitive, as well as being "Ideal for the young and not so young". It is further described as rowing well, and
being suited to a small outboard engine. The boat was supplied with an additional thwart and rowlocks for use
when under power and rowing.[1]

Several versions of the Otter were manufactured. The original design consisted of a single skin glass fibre hull
and a Gunter rig (without spinnaker). Later models used the more successful Bermudan rig (with optional
spinnaker), and a double skinned 'unsinkable' hull with integrated buoyancy tanks. The hull weight and sail area
depend on the version. The adjacent picture shows the original wooden masted Gunter sailplan.

The otter dinghy no longer appears in the official Portsmouth Yardstick List., [4] however, during production it had
a PY of 134, placing it similar to but slightly fast than the Topper with a PY of 136. [1] According to Noblemarine,
the Otter has a PN of 1275, but this source of this information is unknown and may be unreliable since the other
dimensions quoted are contradictory to the manufacturer's description. In 2007 the RYA also quoted the Otters
PN as 1275 but have since removed the boat from the list.[5]

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1. ^ "Justin's Otter page" . Folk.ntnu.no. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
2. ^ "Not all at sea", by George O'Brien Kennedy, ISBN 0-907677-97-5
3. ^ "1964 Dinghy Year Book", ed. Richard Creagh-Osborne, pub. Adlard Coles Ltd.
4. ^ [1] [dead link]

5. ^ "Otter Dinghy - Information regarding the Otter Class" . Noblemarine.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-13.

External links [edit]

Otter Dinghy Forum on Sailsite (currently the closest there is to an owners association)

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