List of dinghy classes designed before 1960
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The following is a list of Dinghy classes designed before 1960.
Contents
Classic One Design Dinghy Classes
Year | Nationality | Name | Length | Designer | Builder | Origins | Active Fleets | Notes |
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1886 | GBR | Water Wag | 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) | Thomas B. Middleton of Shankill Corinthinan Sailing Club | Note: 1900 change to 14ft3ins by James (or Maimie) Doyle from Kingstown | 44 | c/o Royal Irish Yacht Club | |
1898 | GBR | Seabird Half Rater | 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) | Mr. Herbert Baggs and Mr. W. Scott Hayward | Lathoms of Hesketh Bank | West Lancs Yacht Club | Wallasey Yacht Club, South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club, Treaddur Bay Sailing Club | Source[1] |
1906 | GBR | West Kirby Star | 16 ft 9 in (5.11 m) | George Cockshott | 1st 8: Latham of Crossens | West Lancs Yacht Club | West Kirby Sailing Club | |
1911 | GBR | Thames Estuary One Design (TEOD) | 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) | Morgan Giles | Alexandra YC Southend on Sea & Essex YC Leigh on Sea | Gunter Rig [2] | ||
1911 | GBR | Yarmouth One Design Class | 20 ft 10.5 in (6.363 m) | Henry Longmore | Theo Smith, Yarmouth, and two by Woodnutts, St. Helens | Solent Yacht Club | Royal Solent Yacht Club, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight | 13 built. originally gaff rigged, adopted Bermudian rig in 1936[3] |
1912 | GBR | International 12 foot dinghy | 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) | George Cockshott | Netherlands, Italy and Japan | first one-design racing dinghy to gain international recognition | ||
1913 | GBR | Hamble One Design | 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) | A R Luke | Luke & Co (Hamble) | Hamble River Sailing Club | Not Active | [4] |
1919 | GBR | 18 foot dinghy | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) | G.L. Watson & Co. | used in the 1920 Summer Olympics as a double handed Olympic class; 18 ft LWL | |||
1919 | GBR | Essex One Design (EOD) | 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) | Morgan Giles | Cole and Wiggins, Leigh on Sea | Essex YC Leigh on Sea | Bermudan Rig [2] | |
1920's | USA | Snowbird (sailboat) | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) | plans from Rudder magazine (1921) | Tom Broadway, G.V. Johnson | The Snowbird was the Olympic Monotype Class for the 1932 Olympics. See Newport Harbor Nautical Museum, California | ||
1920 | IRL | Shannon-One-Design | 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) | F.C. Morgan-Giles | Walter Levinge of Creaghduff, Coosan, Kineavy, Ward, Jimmy Furey, Peter Quigley, Eric Goodbody, Liam Maloney, Edwin Brennan, Doughal McMahon, J Jones, Cathy MacAleavy | Lough Ree, Derg & North Shannon Yacht Clubs | Lough Ree & Lough Derg Yacht Clubs, | Gunter Rig, Designed for use on the river Shannon and her lakes www.soda.ie |
1921 | FRA | French National Monotype 1924 | 16 ft 0 in (4.88 m) | Gaston Grenier | used in 1924 Olympics | |||
1923 | GBR | St Mawes One Design | 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) | William Francis Peters | 45 | Active[5] | [6] Note: Ballasted Centreplate Dayboat | |
1923 | NZL | P-class yacht | 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) | Harry Highet | Originally at Onerahi then Tauranga | |||
1926 | GBR | Hamble Star | 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) | A R Luke | Active[7] | |||
1927 | GBR | Brightlingsea One Design | 0 ft 0 in (0 m) | Robbie Stone | Stone Shipyard | Active[8] | ||
1931 | GBR | Sea View One-Design | 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) | V.A. Warren & Son | Sea View Yacht Club | Active at Sea View | over 200 built: largest local one-design fleet on the South Coast of England[9][10] | |
1931 | AUS | 12 Square meter Sharpie (dinghy) | 19 ft 8 in (5.99 m) | Kroger Brothers | Australia | UK, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal | ||
1931 | Worldwide | Snipe (dinghy) | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) | William Crosby | Florida West Coast Racing Association | |||
1932 | USA | Comet (dinghy) | 16 ft 0 in (4.88 m) | Mr. C. Lowndes Johnson | Chesapeake Bay | Originally called the "Crab," then the Star Junior before taking on the name Comet | ||
1932 | IRL | Dublin Bay Mermaid | 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) | John B. Kearney | Dublin Bay Sailing Club | |||
1932 | GBR | British Moth | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) | Sydney Cheverton | Active | |||
1934 | USA | Hampton One Design | 0 ft 0 in (0 m) | Vincent Serio | Hampton YC, Virginia | [11] | ||
1936 | GBR | Wivenhoe One Design | 15 ft 0 in (4.57 m) | Dr. Walter Radcliffe | Various | Wivenhoe Sailing Club | Wivenhoe One-Design Association | ~19 built, ~16 extant[12] |
1937 | GBR | Menai Strait One Design | 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) | 17 built, all still extant. Active [9][13] | ||||
1938 | GBR | Firefly | 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) | Uffa Fox | Fairley Marine & Other | Active | ||
1938/9 | GBR | Ace (national 18) | 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) | Uffa Fox | Whitstable YC | [2] | ||
1940s | GBR | Fowey River Class | 15 ft 0 in (4.57 m) | Reg Freeman[14] | Active [15] | |||
1945 | USA | Thistle | 17 ft 1 in (5.21 m) | Sandy Douglass | [16] | |||
1949 | Worldwide | GP14 | 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) | Jack Holt | Active | |||
1951 | GBR | Axe One Design | 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) | Jack Drew | Jack Drew | Axe Yacht Club, Axmouth | Axe Yacht Club | Some 20 built up to the 1960s; ~7 extant [17][18] |
1952 | GBR | Hornet | 16 ft 0 in (4.88 m) | Jack Holt | NB: Restricted Class | |||
1956 | GBR | Enterprise | 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m) | Jack Holt | ||||
1966 | GBR | Estuary OD | 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) | Thames Structural Plastics and later E.R. Birch, both of Canvey Island | [2] | |||
Sandweaver 16 | ~16 ft 0 in (4.88 m) | based on Blakeney one design, in turm was based on an Uffa ACE 18 | ||||||
IRL | Howth 17 | 0 ft 0 in (0 m) | Ireland | |||||
GBR | Yachting World Dayboat | 0 ft 0 in (0 m) | Active[19] | |||||
GBR | Norfolk Punt | 0 ft 0 in (0 m) | Active[20] | |||||
GBR | SCOW | 0 ft 0 in (0 m) | ||||||
GBR | Bembridge SCOW | 0 ft 0 in (0 m) | [21] | |||||
GBR | Lymington SCOW | 0 ft 0 in (0 m) | ||||||
GBR | Salcombe A Class | 0 ft 0 in (0 m) | Not Active[22] | |||||
0 ft 0 in (0 m) |
Classic Development Dinghy Classes
Year | Nationality | Name | Length | Designer | Builder | Origins | Active Fleets | Notes |
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1898 | GBR | Thames A-class rater | 0 ft 0 in (0 m) | Various | Various | River Racing at the end of the 19thC | Thames Sailing Club | |
1928 | AUS | Australian precursor to Moth Class | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) | Various | Various | Len Morris at Inverloch | ||
1929 | USA | American Moth Boat | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) | Various | Various | Started by Captain Joel Van Sant | Elizabeth City, North Carolina | |
1972 | Worldwide | International Moth | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) | Various | Various | Merged from AUS, USA, NZL and GBR classes | Widely distributed | |
1996 | Worldwide | International 14 | 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) | Various | Various | Merged from UK class formed 1923 which became Int 14 in 1927 and AUS class formed late 19thC | Widely distributed | |
1936 | GBR | National 12 | 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) | Various | Various | Created by the UK RYA as a cheaper alternative to the 14 ft Class | Widely distributed in GBR | |
1951 | GBR | Merlin Rocket | 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) | Various | Various | Merged from the Merlin (1949) and Rocket (1951) Classes | Widely distributed in GBR | |
1951 | NZL/AUS/GBR | Cherub Class | 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) | Various | Various | Founded by John Spencer in New Zealand from the Pennant Class. | Widely distributed in GBR and AUS | |
late 19thC | Mainly AUS | 18ft Skiff | 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) | Various | Various | 19thC AUS | Mainly Sydney area Skiff clubs, a few worldwide. | |
early 20thC | AUS/NZL | 12ft Skiff | 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) | Various | Various | 19thC AUS and NZL Q Class | Mainly Sydney & Auckland |
See also
References
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- ↑ http://www.classicsailboats.co.uk/index.php?f=data_products&a=2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Vanessa Bird: Classic Boat Classes ISBN 9781408158913
- ↑ http://www.chris-temple-surveys.co.uk/yod.org.uk/index.php/history
- ↑ http://www.maritime.je/jesse/4552109902
- ↑ http://www.stmawesod.org.uk/
- ↑ St Mawes One Design
- ↑ http://www.erithyachtclub.org/NS-Stars/HambleStar.php
- ↑ http://bseaonedesign.org/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://menaistraitonedesign.wordpress.com/
- ↑ http://www.svod.org.uk/
- ↑ http://www.classicboat.co.uk/class-notes/hampton-one-design/
- ↑ http://www.wivenhoeone.co.uk/home/history-1
- ↑ http://www.msod.org.uk/
- ↑ http://foweygallantssc.co.uk/fowey-riverboat/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fowey-River-Class-Association/289689264434923?sk=timeline
- ↑ http://www.thistleclass.com/class-info/about-the-thistle
- ↑ http://www.axeonedesign.com/
- ↑ http://www.classicboatclasses.co.uk/axe-one-design/4563511719
- ↑ http://www.ywdb.co.uk/
- ↑ http://www.norfolkpunt.org/
- ↑ http://www.bemsc.org.uk/sailing/bembridge-scow
- ↑ http://www.morgangilesyachts.org.uk/cgi-bin/ships/exec/search.cgi?view=19&template=_publish_listing_class_history.html