It is ideal for a sailor to remain in the Opti class as long as physically possible. If any of our sailors show exceptional talent, more opportunities for more competitive racing helps our club develop that talent. Many opportunities for racing locally, regionally, nationally, and internationallyīecause the Optimist Class has such a long and well established class association (IODA), there are many more opportunities to sail against other competitive sailors in an Opti versus other training dinghy designs. This means there is a larger market of used gear and boats which is more affordable for a community supported program. For a community sailing program, like Hatteras Sailing, it is a prudent decision to choose a boat that is very popular with a long history. They are expensive to own and expensive to maintain. Hatteras Sailing chooses to sail the optimist for the same reasons thousands of other sailing and yacht clubs worldwide: Availability of boats, gear, and competition From that angle, the Optimist is the unsung hero of junior sailing, and just skirts the line between safety, simplicity, and performance. An uninformed observer may look at an optimist and see a little kids pram, but an optimist is a fairly high performance little dinghy, and the rigging is cleverly adjustable. There are many reasons for a juniors program to adopt the Optimist Class as the training boat for young first time sailors. The International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA) was formed in 1965 and remains one of the most active racing classes in sailing. The boat was designed and first built in Clearwater, Florida but quickly traveled to Europe and throughout the world. The class was launched in 1947, and has a long history as the training boat on which the world’s best sailors learn the basics. The Optimist Class sailboat has been the standard for youth and junior sailing programs for decades. Why does Hatteras Sailing sail the Optimist Class?
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