The North Haven Dinghy has been raced each summer for 140 consecutive years and counting — longer than any other one-design sailboat. The Dinghy's design dates to the 1885 modification of a tender on the schooner yacht Gitana, which was race-tested in 1886, and exactly copied for “fair” competition in 1887. There are several dozen Dinghies in active use, primarily in the waters around the Fox Islands in Maine, where the first official Dinghy race was held on Monday, August 15th, 1887, and Ellen Hayward in Griffin beat a couple fellows named Charles, all in identical sailboats. Since 1912, a local yacht club, the North Haven Casino, has conducted most of the summer-season Dinghy races. Here are some resources to learn more about Dinghy history: