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The Bombardier Invitation sailboat, is a one-design class of small sailing dinghy, similar to the Laser. It was manufactured by Bombardier in the 1970s.

History
The Invitation was briefly mentioned in Popular Science  and  Popular Mechanics in 1974 and 1975. Bombardier filed for a Canadian trademark in December 1973, and it was registered in November 1974. It was later inactivated in January 1990.

Design
There are two designs of Invitations: the 4.7 and the smaller 3.8.

Invitation 4.7
The hull of the Invitation 4.7 m long, with a hull weight of 82 kg. It is cat rigged with only a loose-footed sleeved batten-less mainsail that slips over the mast. The batten-less design allows the mainsail to wrapped around the mast when not in use. It has a beam of 1.5 m.

Invitation 3.8
The Invitaion 3.8 has a similar, but smaller design to the Invitation 4.7. The hull of the Invitation 3.8 is 3.8 m long with a displacement of 123 lbs and a sail area of 60 ft2