Named for the period TV series, the boat is sometimes confused with the 1970 Danish Flipper dinghy, sometimes called the Flipper Export, of which 15,000 were built.[5]
The Flipper is a recreational sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. The hull bottom is foam-filled, making it unsinkable. It has an unstayed catboat rig, a nearly plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and a removable daggerboard. The hull displaces 80 lb (36 kg) fully-rigged.[1][4]
The boat has a draft of 2.20 ft (0.67 m) with the daggerboard extended and 2 in (5.1 cm) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer or automobile roof.[1]
For sailing the design is equipped with boom vang and a center boom-mounted mainsheet.[1]
