Holdfast Trainer

The Holdfast Trainer is a South Australian sailing dinghy designed in 1948 for junior sailors under the required age of 16.[1] Based on the Sabot, the class features a hard-chine wooden or fiberglass hull with a flat (or "pram") bow and a daggerboard. Unlike the Sabot, the Holdfast Trainer has both a main and a jib in order to facilitate a two-person crew and to teach jib handling. To make space for the jib, the mast was stepped further back and a bowsprit was added. Modern versions include waterproof bulkheads to provide additional flotation.[2]

Holdfast Trainer
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Class symbol
Holdfast Trainer at Brighton, South Australia
Development
LocationHoldfast Bay, South Australia
Year1948
RoleSail trainer
Boat
Crew2 people under the age of 16
TrapezeNo
Hull
LOH8 feet (2.4 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board typeDaggerboard
Sails
Spinnaker areaWhisky Pole to reverse jib down wind

The boat has been sailed for many years by 8 to 15 year olds at South Australian sailing clubs, with the first state championships being held in 1958 and still continuing on today .[1] One of those clubs, the Port Lincoln Yacht Club, has continuously sailed the dinghy for over 50 years, and held their 50th Anniversary celebrations for the class in 2010 at the recent states and metropolitan championships.[3]

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall learned to sail in a Holdfast Trainer.[4]

References
  1. "The Holdfast Trainer". YACHTe. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  2. "The Junior Class – Holdfast Trainers". Port Lincoln Yacht Club. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  3. Harrison, Billie (14 January 2010). "50 years at the start line". Port Lincoln Times. Port Lincoln, South Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  4. Steven Marshall's Story, Liberal Party SA (YouTube), January 19, 2018.
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