O-Jolle
Class symbol | |
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Hellmut Wilhelm E. Stauch |
| Location | Germany |
| Year | 1933 |
| Design | One-Design |
| Role | Designed for the Olympic Games 1936 |
| Name | O-Jolle |
| Boat | |
| Crew | 1 |
| Draft | 0.15 m (6 in) 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) |
| Hull | |
| Type | Dinghy |
| Construction | Carvel GRP Cold moulded plywood Composite |
| Hull weight | 220 kg (490 lb) |
| LOA | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Beam | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | Centerboard |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| Mast length | 6.8 m (22 ft) |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 11.5 m2 (124 sq ft) |
| Racing | |
| RYA PN | 114 |
| Former Olympic class | |
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The O-Jolle – (Olympiajolle) – was created as the Monotype class for the 1936 Olympic Games by designer Hellmut Wilhelm E. Stauch (GER, later RSA). The boat is a Bermuda rig and the hull was originally carvel - later GRP and cold moulded plywood construction were allowed. The O-Jolle has very good sailing capabilities and can cater for a wide spectrum of sailors from young to old and from light to heavyweight.
In 1936 Daan Kagchelland took the Gold medal in the Olympic regatta in Kiel.
The O-Jolle is still one of the largest dinghy classes in Germany and the Netherlands - the International Olympiajollen Union has over 500 members. The O-Jolle is still raced in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. There are also minor fleets in Poland, Brazil, Serbia and other countries.
Since 2008 the O-Jolle has been one of the Vintage Yachting Classes during the Vintage Yachting Games.