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The Flying Scot Sailboat booth at the Sail Expo in Atlantic City New Jersey. Visit us each year at the Sail America Expo shows. please email us for a complete list of shows that we will be at this year. The Flying Scot is rigged with our standard race package at this show.
Forward View of the Flying Scot Cockpit at the Boat Show. The Flying Scot cockpit is roomy enough for up to 6 adults with ample storage under the seats and forward deck for large lunch cooler and supplies.
Aft View of the Flying Scot Cockpit at the Boat Show. The Flying Scot cockpit is located forward of the tiller so everyone is comfortable including the skipper. The area under the aft deck adds more storage for supplies and is a great location to store the outboard motor when not in use.
The Flying Scot Bow has a nice classic design. The Flying Scot comes standard with a Water line Strip and matching pin striping. Several standard colors are available, but we can customize it to your liking. The Aluminum trailer shown is an upgrade in lieu of the standard galvanized trailer. The North Sails shown is also an upgrade in lieu of the standard Sails. There are many sail manufactures to choose from for your new Flying Scot.
The aft deck of the Flying Scot provides additional storage and protection for item like a cooler, life jackets, and/or an outboard motor. The boom has been placed at a height that allows for plenty of head room while tacking. Non-skid strips are added to both the forward deck and aft deck for added safety.
The Flying Scot Rudder draws 18" when it is full down. A safety line attaches between the two rings attached to the transom provides something to hold onto while swimming on a hot summer day, or serves as a place to hold onto if someone fall overboard unexpectedly.
The Flying Scot comes with three storage bins mounted under the deck, two forward and one aft. The seats have a drain that is lead aft to help keep water out of the bilge (the tube that is visible on the left side of the picture). The boom support is shown in its typical storage position. When the sails are lowered there are three locations for the boom support. One centered in the aft deck and one in each seat. The seat location is used when you need to steer the Flying Scot with the mainsail stowed.
Here is another view of the Flying Scot storage bins. The transom of the Flying Scot is reinforces on the port side for mounting of an outboard motor and bracket. A four inch inspection port is installed in the transom to assist with removal of water and debris that may clog the drain plug located low on the transom. A bungee cord mounted just under the aft deck is used to hold the tiller in center when not in use.
The bow of the Flying Scot offers additional space for storage of sailing gear. For additional buoyancy, each Flying Scot is equipped with a flotation bag strapped into the forward area of the bow. The drum to the left provided the 16:1 mechanical advantage for rising and lowering the ballasted center board.
The Flying Scot centerboard is controlled with the a line the wraps up on the 8" drum located on the starboard side of the stanchion. Two rollers attached to the centerboard roll along the trunk as the centerboard is raised and lowered. The rollers reduce friction making the centerboard easy to adjust. The boom vang is attached to the base of the stanchion via a bridle system. Jam cleats come standard on the port and starboard sides of the stanchion.
The Flying Scot, being of a classic sailboat design, comes standard with a hand bailer seen hanging from the starboard storage bin. The boom vang bridle system is shown as the white line passing through the turning block and attached to the base of the stanchion. The black line running to the base of the stanching and then aft is the boom vang control line.
The Flying Scot mast is deck stepped. For easy stepping a hinge pin is used at the base of the mast to hold the mast base in position as the mast is being raised. The Outhaul and Cunningham control line shown with optional extra purchase for ease of trimming the Main sail. Boom vang show with 6:1 purchase with control line lead back to the optional consol cleat on the centerboard cap.
The Flying Scot is equipped with a set of small winches for rising the main and jib halyard. The winch assembly is attached to the mast just below the boom.
The Flying Scot Main sheet cleat is attached to the aft section of the centerboard trunk. The cleat can swivel 190 degrees from the port side to the starboard side. The centerboard control line, white is shown lead to an optional 360 degree swivel cleating system. The optional boom vang cleat consol mounted to the top of the centerboard is show with the black line.
The Flying Scot jib sheets are lead aft through a ratcheting cheek turning block to a cam cleat. The optional spinnaker sheet self ratcheting cheek turning block and cam cleat arrangement is show.
The Flying Scot uses Harken hardware.