What is Dinghy sailing?
[[File:Parts of sailboat.jpg|thumb|right|275px|Names of sailing dinghy parts]] '''Dinghy sailing''' is [[sailing]] in small boats usually with a [[centreboard]] or a [[boat keel|keel]]. The boat is sailed using the [[crew]] for balance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rya.org.uk/get-afloat/Pages/start-sailing-boating.aspx|title=Get afloat {{!}} Getting Afloat {{!}} RYA - Royal Yachting Association|publisher=RYA|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-date=2019-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708161905/https://www.rya.org.uk/get-afloat/Pages/start-sailing-boating.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==History== Small boats have always been used to bring people and [[produce]] around. This might mean from place to place but often from an [[anchor]]ed [[ship]] to the [[shore]]. [[Charles II of England]] had a [[sailing]] dinghy given to him<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/exhibitions/animals/royalyachtmary.asp |title=Model of Royal Yacht Mary |publisher=Liverpool Museums |access-date=2010-10-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729020128/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/exhibitions/animals/royalyachtmary.asp|archive-date=2010-07-29 }}</ref> when he returned from exile to England in the 17th century. In 1887 Thomas Middleton, a [[Dublin]] [[solicitor]], thought that [[yacht]] racing was too expensive. He then [[Invention|invented]] the [[One-design dinghy|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|url-status=dead|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}}</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|