- She's sailed from a sliding plank seat (the "poor-man's trapeze") for comfortable and effective hiking.
- Forward and aft canting daggerboard for both simplicity, and ultimate helm balance.
- With multiple mast steps, Olympia can be sailed with a variety of rig configurations - as a single sailed una rig (less sail area), as a traditional canoe yawl, or as a sloop (with the mizzenmast taking place of the forestay, and the mizzen becoming the jib). There's even a stick-up rig option, as well as the learner's rig.
- Freestanding masts for quick set up.
- Hollow rectangular mainmast - it floats, and keeps the boat from turning turtle.
- "X" section secondary mast and mainsail boom - lightweight and rigid
- Sleeved luff and an integral batten spritboom for the self tacking jib/mizzen.
- Skeleton tiller with single or dual tiller extension options
- Floatation foam pillars also add rigidity
- Easy to build, and designed to use existing drop-in rigs - like a Laser rig, or even a Sunfish's - rather than having to start from scratch.
Olympia's hull is based on a larger 1980's hard chine International Canoe hull. Construction is of Meranti marine ply frames, with Western Red Cedar stringers, and she's skinned with 8oz polyester coated with oil based paint. Masts are Sitka Spruce (main) and Cedar & Spruce (mizzen/jib). Boom is Douglas Fir. The paint scheme is 17th century Dutch warship.