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{{short description|Sailing dinghy}}
{{Infobox Sailboat Specifications
|image         = Flying Juniors WC 2007.JPG
|caption       = Int. FJ's, Worlds 2007, San Francisco Bay
|class_symbol  = FJ
|crew          = 2
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|hull          = {{convert|210|lb|abbr=on}}
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|mainsail      = 
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}}[[File:Flying Junior Coen Gulcher.jpg|thumb|Coen Gulcher helming one of the first Flying Juniors (1955)]]

The '''International Flying Junior''' or FJ is a sailing dinghy which was originally designed in 1955 in the Netherlands by renowned boat designer Van Essen and Olympic sailor Conrad Gülcher. The FJ was built to serve as a training boat for the then [[Social:Olympic Games|Olympic]]-class [[Engineering:Flying Dutchman (dinghy)|Flying Dutchman]]. The FJ has a [[Engineering:Beam (nautical)|beam]] of 4'11" and an overall sail area of {{convert|100|sqft|m2}}. These dimensions make the FJ an ideal class to teach young sailors the skills of boat handling and racing.

[[File:Weltmeisterteam Wanders Wortberg.JPG|thumb|World Champions 2007, San Francisco Bay, Peter Wanders / Gisa Wortberg, GER 361]]

In 1960 the Flying Junior formed its own class organization and by the early 1970s the Flying Junior was accorded the status of an International Class by the International Yacht Racing Union, the precursor to the International Sailing Federation. This status indicates that the class applies to strongly restricted class rules and holds regularly scheduled international regattas.

All documents about the history of the International FJ (Flying Junior) accessed in the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam.

Today the FJ is sailed in Japan, Canada, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and the United States. In the US, many high school sailing and Intercollegiate Sailing Association programs own fleets of FJs. The college and high school programs in the US use a version of the FJ known as the '''Club FJ, or CFJ'''. This boat is slightly different from the International FJ in that it does not use Trapeze and it has a smaller, non-spherical [[Engineering:Spinnaker|Spinnaker]], may have different hull dimensions, and shroud and forestay locations, with respect to the International FJ.

Limitations to the equipment series for an FJ are: 1 mainsail, 2 jibs, 1 spinnaker (optional), 1 mast, 1 boom, 2 spinnaker poles, 1 centerboard and 1 rudder.

== World Champions International FJ-Class (Flying Junior) ==

{| class="wikitable"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! Year!! place     !! Helmsman             !! Crew        !! Nationality
|-
| 1963     || Italy - San Remo         || Duuk Dudok van Heel    || Cocky v.d. Berg   || {{NED|Niederlande|NED}}
|-
| 1965     || Sweden - Saltsjöbaden         || Duuk Dudok van Heel    || Joan v. Ogtrop  ||  {{NED|Niederlande|NED}}
|-
| 1967     || Canada - Montreal           || Duuk Dudok van Heel    || Marleen van Duyl  || {{NED|Niederlande|NED}}
|-
| 1969     || Netherlands - Muiden      || Duuk Dudok van Heel    || Gerrie Keersbergen ||  {{NED|Niederlande|NED}}
|-
| 1971     || USA - Lake Tahoe              || Steve Lewis            || Randy Lewis ||  {{USA|Vereinigte Staaten|USA}}
|-
| 1973     || Belgium - Nieuport          || Bertocchi              || Apostoli ||  {{ITA|Italien|IT}}
|-
| 1975     || Italy - Venezia          || De Martis              || Stanniero  ||  {{ITA|Italien|IT}}
|-
| 1977     || England - Whitstable          || G. Noe                    || S. Noe  ||  {{ITA|Italien|IT}}
|-
| 1979     || USA - Richmond              || Steve Klotz           || Steve Brillant || {{USA|Vereinigte Staaten|USA}}
|-
| 1981     || Netherlands - Muiden      || Steve Klotz           || Steve Brillant ||  {{USA|Vereinigte Staaten|USA}}
|-
| 1983     || Italy - Castiglione della Pescaia          || Steve Klotz           || Steve Brillant  ||  {{USA|Vereinigte Staaten|USA}}
|-
| 1985     || Belgium - Blankenberge          || Thierry Den Hartigh            || Peter Laureysens   ||  {{BEL|Belgien|BEL}}
|-
| 1987     || Japan - Sakaiminato            || Takayuki Shimadzu                || Kouichi Hasegawa  ||  {{JPN|Japan|JPN}}
|-
| 1989     || Netherlands Medemblick      || Jan Bultman            || Willy Bosveld  ||  {{NED|Niederlande|NED}}
|-
| 1991     || Italy - Senigallia          || Hans Cox               || Alexander Cox  ||  {{NED|Niederlande|NED}}
|-
| 1993     || Japan - Inage            || Katsuya Takagi                 || Keiichi Asari  ||  {{JPN|Japan|JPN}}
|-
| 1995     || Germany - Stralsund      || Hans Cox               || Robert Jan Cox  ||  {{NED|Niederlande|NED}}
|-
| 1997     || USA - San Francisco             || Hans Cox               || Robert Jan Cox ||  {{NED|Niederlande|NED}}
|-
| 1999     || Italy - Porto San Giorgio          || Peter Wanders          || Susanne Wanders ||  {{GER|Deutschland|GER}}
|-
| 2001     || Japan - Atsumi            || Kenta Shingo                       || Satochi Komura              ||  {{JPN|Japan|JPN}}
|-
| 2003     || Netherlands - Muiden      || Hiromi Saitou          || Hikaru Dewa    ||  {{JPN|Japan|JPN}}
|-
| 2005     || Germany - Lake Duemmer      || Peter Wanders          || Gisa Wortberg   ||  {{GER|Deutschland|GER}}
|-
| 2007     || USA - San Francisco              || Peter Wanders          || Gisa Wortberg  ||  {{GER|Deutschland|GER}}
|-
| 2009     || Italy - Lovere          || Haruka Shimodaira                 || Takumi Ichigawa                     ||  {{JPN|Japan|JPN}}
|-
| 2011     || Belgium - Nieuwpoort   || Rolf de Jong                 || Esther Pothuis                     ||  {{NED|Niederlande|NED}}
|-
| 2013     || Germany - Lake Duemmer  || Guido Sol                 || Kristina Gründken                    ||  {{NED|Niederlande|NED}}
|-
| 2015     || Japan - Hayama  || Enishi Naka                 || Terutaka Tada                    ||  {{JPN|Japan|JPN}}
|-
| 2017     || Slovenia - Portorož  || Rolf de Jong                 || Esther de Jong                    ||  {{NED|Niederlande|NED}}
|-
| 2019     || Italy - Porto San Giorgio  || Guido Sol                 || Hugo de Jong                    ||  {{NED|Niederlande|NED}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==
* [http://ifjo.org International Class organization] {{in lang|en}}
* [http://nfjo.nl Netherland Class organization] {{in lang|nl}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190426223934/http://scheepvaartmuseum.nl/ National Scheepvaartsmuseum Amsterdam] {{in lang|nl|en}}
* [http://fj-germany.de German Class organization] {{in lang|de}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150721040122/http://www.ifjo.org/FJRules%202010.pdf] {{in lang|en}}
* [http://collegesailing.org/] {{in lang|en}}

[[Category:Dinghies]]
[[Category:Two-person sailboats]]


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