The Bermuda Fitted Dinghy is a type of racing-dedicated sail boat used for competitions between the yacht clubs of Bermuda. Although the class has only existed for about 130 years, the boats are a continuance of a tradition of boat and ship design in Bermuda that stretches back to the earliest decades of the 17th century.
Bermuda Fitted Dinghy "Challenger II" at Mangrove Bay
Bermudian work boats racing. They feature the Bermuda rig, also used on the larger Bermuda sloop ships. These workboats, effectively scaled-down models of the seagoing sloops, were themselves scaled-down to produce the Bermuda Fitted Dinghy.
The retired Bermuda fitted dinghy "Elizabeth" on display in 2016
A Bermuda Fitted Dinghy, being put through its paces in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda.
A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats. This configuration was developed in Bermuda in the 17th century; the term Marconi, a reference to the inventor of the radio, Guglielmo Marconi, became associated with this configuration in the early 20th century, because the wires that stabilize the mast of a Bermuda rig reminded observers of the wires on early radio masts.
1671 woodcut of a Bermudian vessel with early Bermuda rig (before the addition of a boom)
The 1831 painting, by John Lynn, of the Bermuda sloop of the Royal Navy upon which the Spirit of Bermuda was modelled
The sail training ship Spirit of Bermuda.
A 19th-century race in Bermuda. Visible are three Bermuda rigged and two gaff rigged sloops.
