Flying Junior

The International Flying Junior or FJ is a sailing dinghy which was originally designed in 1955 in the Netherlands by renowned boat designer Van Essen and Olympic sailor Conrad Gülcher. The FJ was built to serve as a training boat for the then Olympic-class Flying Dutchman. The FJ has a beam of 4'11" and an overall sail area of 100 square feet (9.3 m2). These dimensions make the FJ an ideal class to teach young sailors the skills of boat handling and racing.

World Champions 2007, San Francisco Bay, Peter Wanders / Gisa Wortberg, GER 361
Flying Junior
FJ
Class symbol
Int. FJ's, Worlds 2007, San Francisco Bay
Boat
Crew2
Hull
Hull weight210 lb (95 kg)
LOA13 ft 3 in (4.04 m)[1]
Beam4 ft 11 in (1.50 m)[1]
Rig
Mast length20 ft (6.1 m)[1]
Sails
Spinnaker area80 sq ft (7.4 m2)[1]
Upwind sail area100 sq ft (9.3 m2)[1]
Racing
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Coen Gulcher helming one of the first Flying Juniors (1955)

In 1960 the Flying Junior formed its own class organization and by the early 1970s the Flying Junior was accorded the status of an International Class by the International Yacht Racing Union, the precursor to the International Sailing Federation. This status indicates that the class applies to strongly restricted class rules and holds regularly scheduled international regattas.

All documents about the history of the International FJ (Flying Junior) accessed in the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam.

Today the FJ is sailed in Japan, Canada, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and the United States. In the US, many high school sailing and Intercollegiate Sailing Association programs own fleets of FJs. The college and high school programs in the US use a version of the FJ known as the Club FJ, or CFJ. This boat is slightly different from the International FJ in that it does not use Trapeze and it has a smaller, non-spherical Spinnaker, may have different hull dimensions, and shroud and forestay locations, with respect to the International FJ.

Limitations to the equipment series for an FJ are: 1 mainsail, 2 jibs, 1 spinnaker (optional), 1 mast, 1 boom, 2 spinnaker poles, 1 centerboard and 1 rudder.

World Champions International FJ-Class (Flying Junior)
YearplaceHelmsmanCrewNationality
1963Italy - San RemoDuuk Dudok van HeelCocky v.d. Berg Netherlands
1965Sweden - SaltsjöbadenDuuk Dudok van HeelJoan v. Ogtrop Netherlands
1967Canada - MontrealDuuk Dudok van HeelMarleen van Duyl Netherlands
1969Netherlands - MuidenDuuk Dudok van HeelGerrie Keersbergen Netherlands
1971USA - Lake TahoeSteve LewisRandy Lewis United States
1973Belgium - NieuportBertocchiApostoli Italy
1975Italy - VeneziaDe MartisStanniero Italy
1977England - WhitstableG. NoeS. Noe Italy
1979USA - RichmondSteve KlotzSteve Brillant United States
1981Netherlands - MuidenSteve KlotzSteve Brillant United States
1983Italy - Castiglione della PescaiaSteve KlotzSteve Brillant United States
1985Belgium - BlankenbergeThierry Den HartighPeter Laureysens Belgium
1987Japan - SakaiminatoTakayuki ShimadzuKouichi Hasegawa Japan
1989Netherlands MedemblickJan BultmanWilly Bosveld Netherlands
1991Italy - SenigalliaHans CoxAlexander Cox Netherlands
1993Japan - InageKatsuya TakagiKeiichi Asari Japan
1995Germany - StralsundHans CoxRobert Jan Cox Netherlands
1997USA - San FranciscoHans CoxRobert Jan Cox Netherlands
1999Italy - Porto San GiorgioPeter WandersSusanne Wanders Germany
2001Japan - AtsumiKenta ShingoSatochi Komura Japan
2003Netherlands - MuidenHiromi SaitouHikaru Dewa Japan
2005Germany - Lake DuemmerPeter WandersGisa Wortberg Germany
2007USA - San FranciscoPeter WandersGisa Wortberg Germany
2009Italy - LovereHaruka ShimodairaTakumi Ichigawa Japan
2011Belgium - NieuwpoortRolf de JongEsther Pothuis Netherlands
2013Germany - Lake DuemmerGuido SolKristina Gründken Netherlands
2015Japan - HayamaEnishi NakaTerutaka Tada Japan
2017Slovenia - PortorožRolf de JongEsther de Jong Netherlands
2019Italy - Porto San Giorgio
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References
  1. "» Boat and Sail Measurement Plans CFJ Class Association". www.cfjclass.org. Retrieved 2016-08-09.

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