Flipper (Danish dinghy)

The Flipper, sometimes called the Flipper Export, is a Danish sailboat that was designed by Peter Bruun as a racer and first built in 1970.

The boat is sometimes confused with the 1970 American Flipper dinghy, of which 582 were built.

Production
The design was built by Intermark Sailcraft ApS in Denmark, with 15,000 boats completed, starting in 1970, but it is now out of production.

Design
The Flipper is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a scow hull, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a removable daggerboard. It displaces 154 lb.

The boat has a draft of 2.62 ft with the daggerboard extended and 4 in with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.