Arrow Class

When Glendowie Boating Club was first established the committee decided that they needed a class of boat to suit the type of members. The immediate population consisted mainly of young families. At the time there was nothing suitable and they commissioned Jack Logan (of the famous New Zealand yachting Logan family) to design a centreboard yacht that was “easy to build, easily sailed either single handed or with forward hand and could be also used to go fishing with an outboard on the stern”. The result was the Arrow Class. Since the first boat in 1950 in excess of 180 boats were built and sailed at Glendowie, Howick and Onehunga club’s.

 

More recently the class has been confined to Glendowie with an enthusiastic ownership group keeping the class alive after nearly 60 years.

 

The Arrow is a fun boat for adults and children alike and provides a fantastic basis for young children to learn with their parents as well as youth sailors wanting to sail in a boat together. With a spinnaker there is plenty for the forward hand to do and for those who love sailing single handed the class has adapted the rig to allow the spinnaker to be launched and retrieved while sailing alone.

 

Club racing is a little more relaxed than the Optimist and Starling classes (see programme link below)

 

For those wanting to find out more about the Arrow Class or would like to go for a sail, contact Class Convenor Craig Robinson – 575 5726 or c.s.robinson@xtra.co.nz

click here for the Arrow Sailing Program