Windmill (sailing dinghy)
Class symbol | |
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Clark Mills |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1953 |
| No. built | 5700 |
| Builder(s) | Johannsen Boat Works Lockley Newport Boats Advance Sailboat Corp. |
| Role | One-design racer |
| Name | Windmill |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Draft | 4.17 ft (1.27 m) with the "longboard-style" daggerboard down |
| Hull | |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | Fiberglass or plywood |
| LOA | 15.50 ft (4.72 m) |
| LWL | 14.50 ft (4.42 m) |
| Beam | 4.75 ft (1.45 m) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | daggerboard |
| Rudder | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | Fractional rigged sloop Masthead sloop |
| Mainsail area | 85 sq ft (7.9 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 34 sq ft (3.2 m2) |
| Spinnaker area | none |
| Total sail area | 119 sq ft (11.1 m2) |
| Racing | |
| D-PN | 90.2 |
The Windmill is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Clark Mills as a one-design racer and first built in 1953.
The Windmill hull design was developed into the US1 single-handed catboat in 1974.