SailQube Sailing Dinghy
School / Training / LTS / Fun Optimists
The SAILQUBE SAILING DINGHY is a Polyethylene SELF DRAINING optimist type dinghy.
Is your LTS retaining your your sailors? Keep it fun – no more bailing, get some SailQubes!
The Sailqube is here! Designed by Jo Richards! Proven worldwide there are lots of boats sailing at New Zealand clubs.
Video below of SailQubes been used with the learn to sail at Howick Sailing Club.
The boat is suitable for everyone and is multi functional! It is an ideal training boat for young sailors because it is undestructable and made of unsinkable material. Because of the dimensions and styling, the SailQube is also the perfect race trainer for the international Optimist Class.
The boat is completely fitted with Optiparts / Windesign fittings, nothing else. Hence it is really easy to obtain spare parts or to chang rigs, rudders etc.
The boat can be supplied with options:
- Optional Dotan lifting rudder system
- Optional Standard lifting rudder
- Ratchet block for the mainsheet
- Coloured or white sail
- The SailQube fits on a standard Optimist trolley
The inserts for the ratchet block fairlead are already in the hull, so you can upgrade your SailQube school with a ratchet block at any time.
Drainage holes are at floor level, so water drains from the boat. Also strengthening fins are attached to the transom.
Key Product Features:
- Close design to an Optimist but with the self draining floor
- Manufactured in Europe
- Incredible panel stiffness and torsional rigidity (due to design) -look at the transom!
- OptiParts Standard Hardware/fixture dimensions
- 100% cockpit self-draining
- 100% dry upon righting after capsize
- Extremely durable & maintenance free construction
- Towing bridle integral eyes in the transom
- Spacious cockpit (Lots of space to carry a second child)
More Features
- Dagger board top plate (so no unwanted water comes in to the boat)
- 3 ribs on the bottom for stiffness and dragging the boat up and down the beach
- Dagger board shock absorber in case you run aground
- Standard Optiparts rudder distance between the gudgeons. (can use any IODA Class rudder)
- Option of standard lifting rudder or Dotan lifting rudder
- Hatches and hiking straps
- Mast plate and adjustable maststep
- Advised to be supplied with a mast extender to raise the boom 10cm or 20cm
- Standard boats are supplied with a 3:1 mainsheet system. Upgrade available to 4:1
Video below of SailQubes being used at the end of the Round the World race in the Netherlands.
Clubs using the SailQube include: Royal Akarana Yacht Club, Hobsonville Yacht Club, Howick Boating Club, Nelson Sailing Club, Queenstown Sailing Club, Cambridge Sailing Club, Wakatere Boating Club, Kohimarama Yacht Club, Naval Point in Littleton, Orakei Sea Scouts.
