Pelican (dinghy)

Current Specifications
Crew	2
LOA	2.900 metres (9 ft 6.2 in)
Hull weight	54 kilograms (120 lb) (min)

The Pelican is a pram dinghy, peculiar to Perth, Western Australia

It is similar to the ubiquitous Mirror being a gunter rigged pram designed for a crew of two, except that it is a little smaller and usually rigged only with main and spinnaker. Originally constructed in timber they may now be constructed in timber or fibreglass.

The class evolved in the 1950s from the tenders of local sail boats - these were jury rigged with sails for races between crews of sail boats moared at Rottnest. The class peaked with over 270 hulls registered with about 70 currently active (cite WA newspapers report Jan 2008).

It remains a popular beginners' dingy class in Perth.

Class associations

The Pelican Sailing Association

v • d • e Sailing dinghy, scow, sharpie and skiff classes

ISAF sailing dinghy classes	29er • 420 • 470 • 49er • 505 • B14 • Byte • Cadet • Contender • Enterprise • Europe • Finn • Fireball • Flying Dutchman • Flying Junior • GP14 • International 14 • Laser Standard • Laser II • Laser 4.7 • Laser Radial • Laser Vago • Lightning • Mirror • Moth • Musto Performance Skiff • OK Dinghy • O'pen BIC • Optimist • RS 500 • RS Feva • RS Tera • Snipe • Splash • Sunfish • Tasar • Topper • Vaurien • Zoom 8

Scows	A-Scow • Butterfly • C-Scow • E-Scow • I-20 • M Scow • MC Scow • Melges 17 • Puddle Duck Racer • Thames A Class Rater

Dinghies under 10 ft	Frog • Cape Cod Frosty • El Toro • Fatty Knees • Fly • Holdfast Trainer • Manly Junior • Minto • Naples Sabot • P Class • Pelican • Sabot • Starling • Tadpole • Topper Topaz Taz • Turnabout

Dinghies under 15 ft	12 foot dinghy • 125 ("One-twenty-five") • 12ft Skiff • 13ft skiff • 29erXX skiff • 3000 • 405 ("Four-oh-five") • Access Liberty • Adventuress • ASC • Astus 14.1 • Australian Sharpie • Banshee • Beetle Cat • Bermuda Fitted Dinghy • Blaze • Blue Jay • Bosun • British Moth • Buzz • Cherokee • Cherub • C-Lark • Coypu • Dabchick • Daring • Dart • Escape • Extra • Firefly • Flying Ant • Flying Eleven • Force 5 • Graduate • Gull • Heron • Idle-along • IDRA14 • International Twelve • Javelin (NZ) • Javelin (US) • Jet 14 • Jollyboat (NZ) • Lark • Laser 2000 • Laser 3000 • Laser 5000 • Laser Funboat • Laser Pico • Laser Vortex • Lido 14 • Marlin • Merlin Rocket • MG14 • Miracle • National 12 • NS14 • Otter • Pacer • Pegasus • Penguin • Phantom • RS Tera • RS Q'Ba • RS Feva • RS Vision • RS Vareo • RS100 • RS200 • RS300 • RS400 • RS500 • RS600 • RS700 • RS800 • Sabre • Scorpion • Snark • Snowbird (sailboat) • Solo • Spiral • Streaker • Sunburst • Tinker Star Traveller • Tinker Traveller • Topper Topaz • Topper Topaz Magno • Topper Topaz Vibe • Topper Topaz Xenon • Twinkles 10 & 12 • Vagabond • Wanderer • Woodpussy • Zeddie • Zephyr

Dinghies under 20 ft	16ft Skiff • 18 foot dinghy • 18ft Skiff • Albacore • Beaufort • Invitation • Buccaneer 18 • Comet • Corsair • Day Sailer • Flying Scot • French National Monotype 1924 • Hornet • International Canoe • Jacksnipe • Javelin (UK, NL & DE) • Jersey Skiff • Jollyboat (UK) • Jolly Boat • JY15 • Laser 4000 • Laser Bahia • Laser Stratos • Lelievlet • Mirror 16 • Mutineer 15 • O-Jolle • Osprey • Payne-Mortlock sailing canoe • Pirate • Precision 15 • RS K6 • RS Vision • RS700 • RS800 • Salcombe Yawl • Sea Bright • Sea Scout Standard Boat (BP18) • Texas Tornado • 12m² Sharpie • Thistle • Topper Topaz Omega • Vanguard 15 • Wayfarer • Windmill • Windy • Winkle Brig • X boat • Y flyer

Dinghies 20 ft or over	Highlander • Norfolk Punt

Pelican (dinghy)

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