The Flipper is an American sailboat that was designed by Carter Pyle and Joe Quigg as a daysailer intended for children, first built in 1966.

[1][3][6][7] The Flipper is a recreational sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.

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.

[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.