Flying Scot vs. Lightning vs. Interlake | SailNet Community
Oct 17, 2010 · The Flying Scot is a simpler boat. The Lightning has many more 'tweaks' you can do. The Flying Scot is a 'sit-in' boat with real bench seats. I believe the Lightning is a 'sit-on' boat - no …
Flying Scot - SailNet Community
Jan 16, 2018 · The Flying Scott would be great boat to have for a first boat, and a second boat. However, if you are going to be sailing primarily by yourself, you may want to start with a cat rigged …
Flying Scot - did I buy the wrong boat? | SailNet Community
Sep 5, 2013 · This has been my first season with a Flying Scot. I think I may have bought the wrong boat. I'm a novice sailor. I've taken the ASA 101 class last spring and chartered several times. Those …
Flying vs. Sailing - SailNet Community
Jul 24, 2011 · While I enjoyed flying I didnt do it just to punch holes in the sky and sold the plane shortly after moving to my house in VA where the boat is docked. Like a lot of things flying takes time (and …
Stable beginner boat 15-17 ft. - SailNet Community
May 1, 2018 · A boat like the Flying Scott may be a bit much to handle on a breezy day. One thought would be to get a cheap used pair of sails that are significantly smaller than the normal size, or put …
Spinnaker without a pole - SailNet Community
Aug 23, 2016 · My boat came with a spinnaker and all the rigging the boat to fly it except the pole. However I do have a collapsable whisker pole. I realize it's much more lightly built and doesn't have …
4hp outboard motor questions - SailNet Community
Sep 12, 2012 · All the boat needs is enough power to produce modest progress against a tidal current. Jboat, I think is getting a Flyingscot, these boats are lightweight and fly in the gentlest breeze on the …
Flying a Canadian flag w/o paying the taxes? - SailNet Community
Feb 27, 2007 · As for flying the flag, the Boat is not a U.S. registered boat, you are not a U.S. citizen, I think you would just be asking for issues trying to pretend to be anything other than a Canadian boat.
Flying flag from the backstay .. | SailNet Community
Aug 24, 2008 · Here is a picture of someone's boat flying their flag much higher, I don't think it looks tacky. Well, correction - yes, it looks tacky here, but that's because the flag is too big for the boat, but …
Lightnings vs Scots vs Snark vs Sunfish | SailNet Community
Sep 24, 2013 · The Lighting and Flying Scot are racing boats, the Sunfish and especially the Snark are more of a "have fun" type of dinghy. The Lightning is somewhere between a keel boat and dinghy …