Exciting New Sport Boat for ASF Intermediate Sailors

The Arizona Sailing Foundation has bought four new O’pen Bic sport boats for Junior ASF sailors.
ASF president George Tingom says the boats will fill a need to offer a high performance alternative to the Optis for young sailors who have topped out and are looking for something faster and sportier.
The name is a play on the name of the product we all know—the ubiquitous Bic ballpoint pen. But the boat is a play on the new shape of sailing—high performance.
It’s thermoformed polyethylene and rotomolded construction with full roach, fully-battened, clear mylar mainsail. With an open transom, there’s none of that Opti bailing stuff if the boat takes on water.
The O’pen is an international one-design class and you can tell from the promotional video that kids really enjoy them.