Flying Junior

Flying Junior
Current specifications
FJ Class symbol
Int. FJ's, Worlds 2007, San Francisco Bay
Crew	2
LOA	13 ft 3 in (4.04 m)
Beam	4 ft 11 in (1.50 m)
Hull weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Mast height	25 ft (7.6 m)
Main & jib area	100 sq ft (9.3 m²)
Spinnaker area	80 sq ft (7.4 m²)
D-PN	97.9

Coen Gulcher helming one of the first Flying Juniors (1955)

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

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) can be looked up at 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. This boat is slightly different from the International FJ in that it does not use Trapeze and it has a smaller, non-spherical Spinnaker.

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)

Year	place	Helmsman	Crew	Nationality
1963	Italy - San Remo	Duuk Dudok van Heel	Cocky v.d. Berg	Netherlands
1965	Sweden - Saltsjöbaden	Duuk Dudok van Heel	Joan v. Ogtrop	Netherlands
1967	Canada - Montral	Duuk Dudok van Heel	Marleen van Duyl	Netherlands
1969	Netherlands - Muiden	Duuk Dudok van Heel	Gerrie Keersbergen	Netherlands
1971	USA - Lake Tahoe	Steve Lewis	Randy Lewis	United States
1973	Belgium - Nieuport	Bertocchi	Apostoli	Italy
1975	Italy - Venezia	De Martis	Stanniero	Italy
1977	England - Whitstable	G. Noe	S. Noe	Italy
1979	USA - Richmond	Steve Klotz	Steve Brillant	United States
1981	Netherlands - Muiden	Steve Klotz	Steve Brillant	United States
1983	Italy - Castiglione della Pescaia	Steve Klotz	Steve Brillant	United States
1985	Belgium - Blankenberge	Thierry Den Hartigh	Peter Laureysens	Belgium
1987	Japan - Sakaiminato	Takayuki Shimadzu	Kouichi Hasegawa	Japan
1989	Netherlands Medemblick	Jan Bultman	Willy Bosveld	Netherlands
1991	Italy - Senigallia	Hans Cox	Alexander Cox	Netherlands
1993	Japan - Inage	Katsuya Takagi	Keiichi Asari	Japan
1995	Germany - Stralsund	Hans Cox	Robert Jan Cox	Netherlands
1997	USA - San Francisco	Hans Cox	Robert Jan Cox	Netherlands
1999	Italy - Porto San Giorgio	Peter Wanders	Susanne Wanders	Germany
2001	Japan - Atsumi	Kenta Shingo	Satochi Komura	Japan
2003	Netherlands - Muiden	Hiromi Saitou	Hikaru Dewa	Japan
2005	Germany - Lake Duemmer	Peter Wanders	Gisa Wortberg	Germany
2007	USA - San Francisco	Peter Wanders	Gisa Wortberg	Germany
2009	Italy - Lovere	Haruka Shimodaira	Takumi Ichigawa	Japan
2011	Belgrium - Nieuwpoort	Rolf de Jong	Esther Pothuis	Netherlands
2013	Germany - Lake Duemmer	Guido Sol	Kristina Gründken	Netherlands
2015	Japan - Hayama	Enishi Naka	Terutaka Tada	Japan

Sources

International Class organization (English)
Netherland Class organization (Dutch)
National Scheepvaartsmuseum Amsterdam (Dutch) (English)
German Class organization (German)
(English)

Classes of the International Sailing Federation

Current Olympic classes	470 49er 49er FX Finn Laser Laser Radial RS:X Nacra 17

ISAF centreboard classes	29er 420 505 B14 Byte Cadet Contender Enterprise Europe Fireball Flying Dutchman Flying Junior GP14 Int. 14 Laser 2 Laser 4.7 Lightning Mirror Moth Musto Performance Skiff O'pen BIC OK Dinghy Optimist RS Feva RS Tera RS100 RS500 Snipe Splash Sunfish Tasar Topper Vaurien Zoom 8

ISAF keelboat classes	12 mR 2.4 mR 5.5 m 6 mR 8 mR Dragon Etchells Flying 15 Hansa 2.3 Hansa 303 Hansa Liberty H-boat J/22 J/24 J/70 J/80 Melges 20 Melges 24 Melges 32 Micro Platu 25 RC44 SB20 Shark 24 Soling Sonar Star Tempest Yngling

ISAF yacht classes	Class40 Farr 30 (Mumm 30) Farr 40 IMOCA 60 J/111 Maxi 72 Soto 40 Swan 45 Swan 60 TP 52 X-35 X-41

ISAF multihull classes	A-Class Dart 18 Formula 16 Formula 18 Hobie 14 Hobie 16 Hobie Dragoon Hobie Tiger Hobie Wildcat Nacra Infusion SL 16 Topcat K1 Tornado Viper F16

ISAF windsurfer classes	Formula Experience Formula Windsurfing Funboard Kona Mistral Raceboard RS:One Speed Windsurfing Techno 293

ISAF kiteboarding classes	International Kiteboarding Association

International Radio Sailing Association classes	10 rater A Class Marblehead One Metre

Former ISAF classes	11:Metre One Design 29erXX Aloha Buzz C-Class Division I Division II Division III Elliott 6m Farr 45 Farr Maxi One Design Hobie 17 Hobie 18 IOD ISO Laser Vago Lechner A-390 Mistral Junior Mumm 36 Nacra F18 Open 50 ORMA 60 Sydney 40 Ultimate 20 Windglider X-99

Sailing dinghy, Sharpie and Skiff classes

Dinghies under 10 ft	Frog Cape Cod Frosty El Toro Fatty Knees Fly Holdfast Trainer Manly Junior Minto Naples Sabot O'pen BIC Optimist P Class Pelican Puddle Duck Racer Sabot Starling Tadpole Topper Topaz Taz Turnabout Zoom 8

Dinghies under 15 ft	10ft Skiff 12 foot dinghy 125 ("One-twenty-five") 12ft Skiff 13ft skiff 29er 29erXX skiff 2000 3000 405 ("Four-oh-five") 420 Access Liberty Adventuress ASC Astus 14.1 Australian Sharpie B14 Banshee Beetle Cat Beneteau Wizz Bermuda Fitted Dinghy Blaze Blue Jay Bonito Bosun British Moth Butterfly Buzz Byte Cadet Cherokee Cherub C-Lark CL 14 Comet Coypu Dabchick Daring Dart Enterprise Escape Europe Envy Extra Farr 3.7 Finn Firefly Flying Ant Flying Eleven Flying Junior Force 5 GP14 Graduate Gull Heron Idle-along IDRA14 International Twelve International 14 Javelin (NZ) Javelin (US) Jet 14 Jollyboat (NZ) Lark Laser Standard Laser 2 Laser 3000 Laser 4.7 Laser 5000 Laser Funboat Laser Pico Laser Radial Laser Vago Laser Vortex Lido 14 Marlin Merlin Rocket MG14 Miracle Mirror Moth Musto Performance Skiff National 12 NS14 OK Dinghy O'pen BIC Otter Pacer Pegasus Penguin Phantom RS Feva RS Q'Ba RS Tera RS Vareo RS100 RS200 RS300 RS400 RS500 RS600 RS700 RS800 Sabre Scorpion Snark Snowbird (sailboat) Solo Spiral Splash Streaker Sunburst Sunfish Tinker Star Traveller Tinker Traveller Tasar Topper Topper Topaz Topper Topaz Magno Topper Topaz Vibe Topper Topaz Xenon Twinkles 10 & 12 Vagabond Vaurien Wanderer Weta Woodpussy Zeddie Zephyr

Dinghies under 20 ft	16ft Skiff 18 foot dinghy 18ft Skiff 470 49er 505 Albacore Beaufort Invitation Buccaneer CL 16 Comet Contender Corsair Day Sailer Fireball Flying Dutchman Flying Scot French National Monotype 1924 Hornet Interlake International Canoe Jacksnipe Javelin (Europe) Jersey Skiff Jollyboat (UK) Jolly Boat JY15 Laser 4000 Laser Bahia Laser Stratos Lelievlet Lightning M 16 Mirror 16 Mutineer 15 O-Jolle Osprey Payne-Mortlock sailing canoe Pirate Precision 15 RS K6 RS Vision RS700 RS800 Salcombe Yawl Sea Bright Sea Scout Standard Boat (BP18) Snipe Spanker Texas Tornado 12m² Sharpie Thistle Topper Topaz Omega Vanguard 15 Wayfarer Windmill Windy Winkle Brig X boat Y flyer

Dinghies 20 ft or over	Highlander M 20 Norfolk Punt

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