List of sailing boat types

The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies, and multihull (catamarans and trimarans).

Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht Racing Union), the organization evolved into the ISAF (International Sailing Federation) in 1996, and as of December 2015 is now World Sailing.

[11] Weeks Yacht Yard Decision (Sui): Boatyard, construction of the beams Multiplast (Fr): Boatyard, construction of the floats Lorima (Fr): Construction of the masts and booms