International Optimist Dinghy Association

OPTIMIST SAIL PLAN

INDEX
1/5 General dimensions
2/5 Material, reinforcements and batten-pockets
3/5 Window, tabling, bolt-ropes and eyelets
4/5 Sail numbers, insignia and button
5/5 Positioning measurement band
ALL MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETRES
DIAGRAMS NOT TO SCALE

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Clew point

Tack point

Luff
m'ment
band
max.600

Max 1730

Sail Plan sheet: 1/5

Clew point

Peak point

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Date: March 1994

Tack point

Throat point

Corner measurement
points

Sails shall be made and measured in

accordance with the current ISAF
Equipment Rules of Sailing, unless
modified by the Class Rules

GENERAL DIMENSIONS

This plan shall be read in conjunction with the latest Class Rules

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FOOT

Mid foot
point

Throat point

H
EA Max 1240
D

Foot median
Max 2130

Half width
Max 1700

Max 2800

Diagonal
Max 2580
Min 2450

Mid leech
point

LEE
CH

Peak point

LUFF

SRA

SRA
max.
615

FOOT

Batten pocket
patches

Secondary
reinforcement
Max. 150

Flutter
patches

SRA

SRA

SRA

PRA

Throat point

Tack point

PRA

PRA
max.
205

H
EA
D

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Date: March 1994

Battens shall not be removed

for measurement purposes

Max:
46

Batten pocket measurements

are outside measurements.
Local widening for batten
insertion (if any) shall be on
upper edge of the batten
pockets and shall be ignored
when measuring the pockets.

The body of the single-ply soft-sail

shall consist of the same woven ply
throughout. The minimum thickness
of the woven ply anywhere in the body
of the sail shall be not less than 0.15mm.
The ply fibres shall be of polyester or
cotton.

Sail Plan sheet: 2/5

This plan shall be read in conjunction with the latest Class Rules

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PRA = Primary Reinforcement Area.

SRA = Secondary Reinforcement Area. (Rule 6.2.1.5; 6.2.2)

Clew point

PRA

m
m a
in: x: 1
18 950
50

LEECH

p
to

00
10 900
:
ax
m in:
m

LUFF

MATERIAL, REINFORCEMENTS
& BATTEN POCKETS
Rules 6.1, 6.2, 6.6.2

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PRA

'm
e

nt

po
ea
k

LEECH

Peak point

40
Max:

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H
EA
D

CH

LEE

Max: 300
Min: 270

Tack point

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Close stitching at
bolt rope ends

Tabling width

This plan shall be read in conjunction with the latest Class Rules

Sail Plan sheet: 3/5

8 eyelets in luff
and foot, including
those at clew, tack
and throat

Seam width
max. 15

Tabling width
Max: 40

Tabling width

WINDOWS, SEAS, TABLING, BOLT ROPES,

EYELETS. Rule 6.2

Max: 260
Min: 230 Detail of optional
bolt rope

Throat point

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Clew point
Shortest distance
FOOT
from window to any
edge of sail: 150

Optional trapezoidal
2
window. Area max 0.1m

Peak point

LUFF

30

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Tack point

33
60

30

150 -160

This plan shall be read in conjunction with the latest Class Rules

Sail Plan sheet: 4/5

30 - 40

Spacing between
adjoining letters
and numbers: 40 - 50

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LETTERS and NUMBERS SHALL BE:

in capital letters and Arabic numerals,
clearly legible and of the same colour.
Commercially available typefaces
giving the same or better legibility than
Helvetica are acceptable. (RRS G 1.2)

30 - 40

30 - 40
150 -160

Dimensions of
letters & numbers

Minimum dimensions
of insignia

SAIL NUMBERS, INSIGNIA

& BUTTONS. Rule 6.5

W and M
Max. 10% of H.For160
-170 150 -160

250

IODA sail button

near tack point
Rule 2.7.5

Min 150

Throat
point

230

Stamped or signed and dated

by the measurer near the tack
point. Rule 2.5.6

Min: 100
Max: 150

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FOOT

Sailmaker's mark
Max. 150 x 150
ISAF RRS

Sailmaker's mark area.

15% of foot length =
max. 300

rea
nia a
000
R. 1

Clew point

LEECH

330

LUFF

H
EA
D

H.

Sailmaker's affirmation
of woven ply thickness
Rule 6.1.4

230 - 240

Min: 40
Max: 50

Peak point

Insig

Min. 610

#2

#1

Max. 635

This plan shall be read in conjunction with the latest Class Rules

Sail Plan sheet: 5/5

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No part of the luff measurement band #3 shall

extend above the lower edge of mast-band #1
or below the upper edge of mast-band #2.

Throat point

POSITIONING, LUFF MEASUREMENT BAND

Rules 6.5.4; 6.6.3.1; 3.5.2.7

Min. 60

Throat point

Min. 5

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Measurement bands shall

be distinctively coloured
and clearly visible.
Bands #1 and #2 around
the mast.
Band #3 (luff measurement
band) shall strongly contrast
with the sail and shall be
permanently fixed or marked
on both sides of the sail.
Rules 6.5.4; 3.5.2.7

Max. 600
Min. 10

#3

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