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Redwing (keelboat)

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Redwing
18
Class symbol
Development
DesignerCharles Ernest Nicholson
Year1896 & 1938
NameRedwing
Boat
Crew2
Hull
TypeMonohull
LOA8.51 m (27.9 ft)
Beam1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Hull appendages
Keel/board typeFixed
Sails
Upwind sail area200 sq ft (19 m2)

The Redwing know more commonly as the Bembridge Redwing is a keelboat originally designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson in 1896 and first raced in 1897. In 1937 the class was redesigned by Nicholson to create the 1938 Redwing that can be seen racing both outside Bembridge Harbour and in Poole Harbour on the south of England. The class is a one design hull with a development rig where the rules specify a maximum sail area of 200 sq. ft. with only a few constraints.

First design

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First batch, with owners[1]
Name Year Number First Owner
Paroquet 1897 1 Captain de Boulay & Gerald Fitzgerald
Redstart 1897 2 Frank Hardcastle
Pink-Un 1897 3 GH Harrison
Redbreast 1897 4 Mr and Mrs BO Cochrane
Nautilus 1897 5 John I Thornycroft
Red Gauntlet 1897 6 HC Sutton
Fortuna 1897 7 The Honourable JB Denison
Bantam 1897 8 Dr A Bostock Hill
Flamingo 1897 9 Lt H Garside-Tipping RN
Windthrush 1897 10 Lt Colonel MacDonald Moreton
Peregrine 1897 11 Lt Colonel Honourable G Bertie & Mr Davenport Knight
Zeila 1897 12 Ross F Hime
Kitten 1897 13 Mr and Mrs JR Pennington Leigh
Circus Girl 1897 14 Captain Wade RE & Captain Lee RE
Styx 1897 15 G MacAndrews
Red Mullet 1898 16 Captain Rhodes
Scud 1899 17 GC Whitaker
Red Spinner 1899 18 FIB Beckford
Poppy 1899 19 Reverend GW Watkins
Kingfisher 1901 2 R Stuart Saville
Porpoise 1901 20 FF Tower
Petrel 1901 21 Sir James Houghton, 11th Baronet
Red Witch 1900 13 Earl of Harrington
Tout Passe 1903 10 Swinburn & Sheppard
Scarlet Runner 1902 24 AW & CH Haig
Coot 1903 15 Lt Crichton & Major Seely MP

References

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  1. ^ Dear, Ian (19 December 2001). Camper and Nicholson: 200 Years of Yacht Building. Quiller Press. pp. 245–246. ISBN 978-1899163649.
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