List of sailing boat types

The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies, and multihull.

Olympic classes

Historically known as the IYRU, the organization evolved into the ISAF in 1996, and as of December 2015 is now World Sailing.

Name	Number built	Year of first construction	Designer	Builder	Notes
420	56,000	1959	Christian Maury	Several
470		1963	Christian Maury	Several
505		1954	John Westell	Several
Albacore		1950	Uffa Fox	Several
B14		1986	Julian Bethwaite	Several
Byte	2500	1973	Ian Bruce	Byte Boats Inc, / LaserPerformance
Cadet		1947	Jack Holt	Several
Contender		1967	Ben Lexcen	Several
Enterprise		1956	Jack Holt	Several
Europe		1963	Pierre Marique/Alois Roland	Several
Fireball		1962	Peter Milne	Several
Flying Dutchman		1951	Uus Van Essen/Conrad Gulcher	Several
Flying Junior		1955	Uus Van Essen/Conrad Gulcher	Several
Flying Scot	5300	1958	Gordon K. Douglass	Flying Scot Inc.
GP14		1949	Jack Holt	Bell Woodworking Ltd.
International 14		1928		Ovington Boats Ltd.
Laser 2	8200	1978	Frank Bethwaite Ian Bruce	Vanguard Sailboats
Laser 4.7		2000	Bruce Kirby	LaserPerformance
Lightning	15,550	1938	Sparkman & Stephens	Several
Melges 15		2020	Reichel/Pugh	Several
Mirror		1962
Moth		1920s			Multiple updates since the original
Musto Performance Skiff		1999
O'pen BIC		2006
OK Dinghy		1956
Optimist	400,000	1947	Clark Mills	Several
RS Feva		2002	Paul Handley	RS Sailing
RS Tera			Paul Handley	RS Sailing
RS100		2009	Paul Handley	RS Sailing
RS500			Phil Morrison	RS Sailing
RS Vareo		2001	Phil Morrison	RS Sailing
Snipe	32,000	1931	William Crosby	Several
Solo		1956	Jack Holt
Splash		1990
Sunfish	300,000	1952	Alexander Bryan/Cortland Heyniger/Carl Meinart	Alcort/AMF; Vanguard
Tasar		1975	Frank Bethwaite, Ian Bruce	Several
Topaz Vibe		2006	Ian Howlett & Rob White	Topper International
Topper		1977
Topper Topaz		2010s		Topper International
29er		2001	Julian Bethwaite	Several
Vaurien		1952
Zoom 8		1995

Name	Year of first construction	Designer	Builder	Notes
12 Metre	1907	Development class
2.4 Metre	1980	Development class
5.5 Metre	1949	Development class
6 Metre	1907	Development class
8 Metre	1907	Development class
Class40	2005	Development class
ClubSwan 50	2015	Juan Kouyoumdjian	Nautor's Swan
Dragon	1928	Johan Anker	Børresens, Petticrow's
Etchells	1966	E. W. Etchells
Farr 30	1995	Bruce Farr	Beneteau Carroll Marine dk Yachts McDell Marine Ovington Boats Waterline Systems
Farr 40	1996	Bruce Farr
Flying 15	1947	Uffa Fox	Ovington Boats
Hansa 2.3
Hansa 303
Hansa Liberty
H-boat	1969	Hans Groop	Artekno, Botnia, Elvstrøm
Hai	1930	Gunnar L. Stenbäck	several
IMOCA 60	1991	Development class
J/111	2010	Alan Johnstone	J-Boats
J/22	1983	Rod Johnstone	J-Boats
J/24	1977	Rod Johnstone	J-Boats
J/70	2012	Alan Johnstone	J-Boats
J/80	1993	Rod Johnstone	J-Boats
Maxi 72	2014
Melges 20	2007	Reichel & Pugh	McConaghy Boats Melges Performance Sailboats
Melges 24	1992	Reichel & Pugh	Melges Performance Sailboats
Melges 32	2005	Reichel & Pugh	Melges Performance Sailboats SOCA Sailboats
Micro
Platu 25	1996	Bruce Farr	Bénéteau
RC44	2007	Russell Coutts
SB20	2002
Shark 24	1969	George Hinterhoeller	Korneuburg
Soling	1969	Jan Herman Linge	Børresens
Soto 40	2010	Javier Soto Acebal
Sonar	1980
Swan 45	2001	Germán Frers	Nautor's Swan
Swan 60	1994
Star	1910	Francis Sweisguth	Bootswerft Mader, others
Tempest	1965	Ian Proctor
TP 52	2001	Development class
Viper 640	1996	Brian Bennett	Viper Boats, Rondar Raceboats
Yngling	1967	Jan Herman Linge
X-35	2006	Niels Jeppesen
X-41	2007	Niels Jeppesen