Idle-along

Idle-along

Idle-Along (IA) - is a class of sailing dinghy (or small centreboard yacht) designed by Alf (Unc) Harvey at Worser Bay (Wellington, NZ) in the 1920s. It grew to considerable popularity in the 1950s but then faded out. A redesigned hull for plywood construction by John Spencer kept the class going but on a smaller scale with a small revival in the 1990s with about 10 new boats being built.

The IA is 12 foot 8 inches long plus bow sprit and convert|6|ft|m|0|sing=on in the beam and carries convert|150|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on of sail plus spinnaker.

ee also

*Dinghies
*New Zealand
*Sailing

Further reading

* Ronald Carter (1944) Little Ships. The story of the birth and growth of New Zealand's yachting fleet from the earliest recorded events to the year 1940. See pages 113-114 for history of the class.
* Ronald Carter (1954) Glory of Sail. A Pictorial Study of Auckland Yachts. Photos by Max Frommherz. See photos of Khama IA 49, Suzanne (IA 39) on pp 96-97, Soneri on pp 104-105, Note the following books do not have recent information on Idle-Along activities.
* Grahame Anderson (1999) FAST LIGHT BOATS, a Century of Kiwi Innovation. [http://boatbooks.co.nz/yachthist2.html]
* Harold Kidd and Robin Elliott (1999) Southern breeze. A history of yachting in New Zealand.

External links

* [http://www.wbbc.wellington.net.nz/wbbc_old/history.htm Worser Bay Boating Club]
* [http://www.geocities.com/ia_assn_nz/ Idle-Along Association of NZ]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/IdleAlongAssociationOfNZ/ Auckland Anniversary Regatta Results for IAs]

Note: The Idle-Along is also sometimes referred to as IdleAlong, Idle Along, IA, I Class and Idie.


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