The Saratoga Lake Sailing Club provides boats used by the Saratoga Sailing School program.

Flying Scot
The adult sailing program will use Flying Scots.  This boat is unsinkable, difficult to capsize and is an easy boat to master.  For more information, visit several related websites: 

http://www.flyingscot.com/Default.htm
http://www.fssa.com/
http://www.flyingscotracing.com/

  

LASER
Another boat that may be used by adults is the Laser.  It is the most popular racing boat in the world with over 190,000 boats produced.  The standard hull can be outfitted with three types of rigs: "Standard", "Radial" and "4.7".  The Saratoga Sailing School will be using the "Radial" rig, which is smaller than the "Standard" rig, and therefore is easier to control.  Junior sailors will use the Laser Radial.  "Standard" Lasers are raced by Olympic men while women race "Radials".  In fact, the USA won GOLD in the 2008 Olympic games in the women's Laser Radial class.  Here is a link to some Laser websites:
http://www.nalaser.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_(dinghy)


Some like to sail Lasers slow:



But others like to sail them FAST!





FJ
New for the 2011 season is a fleet of Flying Juniors (FJs).  Designed for 2 sailors, these boats will be used by all classes as well as the Junior Racing program.   For more infomation, visit:  http://ussailing.net/fjus/





OPTI
Smaller-sized Juniors will use the Optimist Pram (Opti).  The Opti is the most popular dinghy class in the world.  For more infomation, visit: http://ussailing.net/fjus/
http://www.optiworld.org/