[1] In 1947, Yachting World organised a design competition for a beginners' sailing dinghy that the current Cadet-design won.

[2] The boat is crewed by two people and sails with a bermuda rigged mainsail, jib and spinnaker.

The strongest fleets are currently situated in Ukraine, Poland, Belgium, Australia and Argentina.

[4] With the centerboard up, the hull draft is 16 cm; the mast is deck-stepped and 5.22 m high, the mainsail area is 3.9 m2, the jib 1.26 m2 and the spinnaker 4.25 m2.

In a mixed fleet, the Cadet has a Portsmouth Yardstick handicap of 1428, the second-slowest in the PY scheme.