What is One-design dinghy?
A '''One-design''' dinghy is a type of boat which has been built exactly the same as the next so that racing [[dinghy sailing]] equal and fair to all. [[File:470 dinghy, with Gildas Philippe and Tanguy Cariou.png|thumb|470 dinghy, with Gildas Philippe and Tanguy Cariou]] ==History== In 1887 Thomas Middleton, a [[Dublin]] [[solicitor]], thought that [[yacht]] racing was too expensive. He then [[Invention|invented]] the one-design boat. He wanted yacht racing to show just skill at sailing with all boats to be the same.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dlharbour.ie/content/history/sailing/water_wags.php|title=History of the Water Wags|publisher=Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company|access-date=2010-10-28|archive-date=2012-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217093812/http://www.dlharbour.ie/content/history/sailing/water_wags.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> He found some other people who agreed with him and they decided on a design for the new boat. They decided to call the boat 'The Water Wag'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waterwag.org/wag_classic_003.htm|title=Waterwag.org|website=www.waterwag.org|access-date=11 April 2018|archive-date=16 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916020745/http://www.waterwag.org/wag_classic_003.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Water Wag Club is still in Dún Laoghaire harbour (near Dublin, [[Ireland]]), and they race every Wednesday evening during the Summer. <ref>[http://afloat.ie/sail/sailing-clubs/dublin-bay-sailing-club-news/item/28971-water-wag-winners-are-cathy-macaleavey-con-murphy Recent Results for Water Wags from afloat.ie June 2015]</ref> The idea was quickly taken by sailors in Ireland, [[England]], [[India]] and [[South America]]. [[File:Optimist on the beach.jpg|thumb|Optimist on the beach]] In 1893 the Solent One Design [[Class]] was one of the first dinghy classes designed in England. It quickly became popular with some of the best-known yacht owners in the Solent, [[Portsmouth]] and [[Southampton]] waters including Sir Philip Hunloke, the King'