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The following is a list of dinghy classes designed before 1960.

Classic one design dinghy and small keelboat classes

Year Nationality Name Length Designer Builder Origins Active fleets Notes
1886 GBR/IRL Water Wag 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) Thomas B. Middleton of Shankill Corinthinan Sailing Club Current builders, various in Ireland, France, Spain and USA. Note: 1900 change to 14ft3ins by James (or Maimie) Doyle from Kingstown Water Wag Club, Kingstown Royal Irish Yacht Club, Royal St. George Yacht Club, National Yacht Club, North Shannon Yacht Club c.104 boats built to date, but newest number is 51. Active club in Dun Laoghaire with up to 31 boats racing every week of the summer season [1]
1896 GBR/ IRL Nipper unknown, less than 12 ft Cleg Foley of Ringsend Cleg Foley of Ringsend Sutton Golf Club and Boat Club, near Dublin no active fleets Sailed at Cush Point, now home of Sutton Golf Club. Boats allegedly required a lot of bailing. probably sailed single handed.[2]
1896 (autumn) GBR/IRL Droleen 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) Mr. William Ogilvy of Dublin First nine boats built by Foley of Ringsend. Other boats built by local amateur builders of Bray, Devon boat building school and Galway bost building school, Barna Bray Sailing Club (founded 1896) No active fleets Two new boats built in Bray by amateurs in 2014.[3]
1896 GBR/IRL Colleen L.O.A. 6.71m. James E. Doyle of Kingstown Various builders Dublin Bay Sailing Club 3 boats Dublin Bay At least three boats still sailing regularly at local regattas.[4] (long keel plus centreboard)[5]
1896 GBR/IRL Cork Harbour One Design 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m) William Fife No current builders Royal Cork Yacht Club At least one boat active.[6]
1897 IRL Howth 17 Footer 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) W. Herbert Boyd Various builders Howth Yacht Club Howth Yacht Club About 17 boats actively race weekly. This is a one-design keelboat, and not a dinghy.[7]
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 Fitted with a Centreboard[8]
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 Fitted with a Centreboard
1911 GBR Thames Estuary One Design (TEOD) 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) F. C. Morgan-Giles Alexandra YC Southend on Sea & Essex YC Leigh on Sea Gunter rig[9][10]
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 Keelboat. 13 built. originally gaff rigged, adopted Bermudian rig in 1936[11][12]
1912 GBR International 12 foot dinghy 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) George Cockshott Various builders in UK, NED, ITL, TUR, JPN. West Kirby Sailing Club Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy Turkey, Royal St George YC, IRL and Japan first one-design racing dinghy to gain international recognition. Used as sailing equipment at 1920 and 1928 Olympic games, and Vintage Games 2018, Copenhagen, DEN.[13]
1913 GBR Hamble One Design 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) A R Luke Luke & Co (Hamble) Hamble River Sailing Club Not Active [14]
1914 GBR Lymington SCOW 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) One of a number of local classes, the 'Solent Scows' (see also Bembridge Scow, etc.)[15]
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 (long keel plus centreboard)
1919 GBR Essex One Design (EOD) 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) F. C. Morgan Giles Cole and Wiggins, Leigh on Sea Essex YC Leigh on Sea Bermudan Rig [9][10]
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 Y.C. & Lough Derg Y.C., Designed as balanced lugger, now Gunter rig, designed for use on the river Shannon and her lakes www.soda.ie c.178 boats built, and over 30 boats compete at regattas annually.[16]
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[17] [18] Note: Ballasted Centreplate Dayboat
1923 NZL P-class sailing dinghy 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) Harry Highet Originally at Onerahi then Tauranga
1924 GBR West Wight Scow/ Yarmouth Scow 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) Theo Smith [19]
1926 GBR Hamble Star 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) A R Luke Active[20]
1927 GBR Brightlingsea One Design 0 ft 0 in (0 m) Robbie Stone Stone Shipyard Active[21]
1931 GBR Sea View One-Design 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) Major Gordon Fowler/Harry Feltham 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[22]
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
1931 GBR Norfolk Dinghy 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) Herbert Woods Herbert Woods Norwich Frostbite SC NFSC, BASC, NBYC[23]
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 Various Dublin Bay Sailing Club Skerries Sailing Club, Foynes Sailing Club, Dublin Bay Sailing Club, Wexford Tennis & Sailing Club Each year the Mermaid sailors come together at a different venue for a week's racing.
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 [24]
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[25]
1937 GBR Menai Strait One Design 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) 17 built, all still extant. Active [26][27]
1938 GBR Firefly 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) Uffa Fox Fairey Marine & Others Used as single handler at 1948 Toequay Olympic Regatta. Active fleets throughout Uk and IRL.
1938/9 GBR Ace (national 18) 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) Uffa Fox Whitstable YC [9]
1940s GBR Fowey River Class 15 ft 0 in (4.57 m) Reg Freeman[28] Active [29]
1945 USA Thistle 17 ft 1 in (5.21 m) Sandy Douglass [30]
1945 IRL Irish Dinghy Racing Association 14 footer 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) George O'Brien Kennedy Various builders by Irish Dinghy Racing association Active fleets, Dublin Bay, Sutton, Clontarf. [31]
1947 UK Aldeburgh Lapwing 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) Aldeburgh Active
1949 Worldwide GP14 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) Jack Holt Active
1950 GBR Bembridge SCOW 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) One of the 'Solent Scow' classes. See also Lymington Scow (1914) and the (Yarmouth) West Wight Scow (1924)[15][32][33] cf. Bembridge One Design[34]
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 [35][36]
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 Based on Thames Estuary One Design and Essex One Design[9][10]
Sandweaver 16 ~16 ft 0 in (4.88 m) based on Blakeney one design, in turm was based on an Uffa ACE 18
GBR Yachting World Dayboat 0 ft 0 in (0 m) Active[37]
GBR Salcombe A Class 0 ft 0 in (0 m) Not Active[38]
0 ft 0 in (0 m)

Classic development dinghy classes

Year Nationality Name Length Designer Builder Origins Active fleets Notes
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 Inverloch Eleven Footer (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
throughout 20thC GBR Norfolk Punt 22 ft 0 in (6.71 m) Various Various developments notably from 1930s, 1953 (Wycche), 1960s(Trapeze), 1970s (Fibreglass), etc. Active[39]

See also

References

  1. ^ "History - Waterwags". Water Wags. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ^ The Yachtsman, 3 Dec 1896
  3. ^ 'Not all at sea' by George O'Brien Kennedy, page 346
  4. ^ History colleenclass.net, accessed 13 November 2018
  5. ^ Plans of the Colleen colleenclass.net, accessed 13 November 2018
  6. ^ Cork Harbour One Design classicyachtinfo.com, accessed 13 November 2018
  7. ^ History of the Howth Seventeen at HYC.ie, accessed 12 November 2018
  8. ^ Carvel built wooden boats (pictures of Seabird Half Rater under construction) - at classicsailboats.co.uk, accessed 18 March 2018
  9. ^ a b c d Vanessa Bird: Classic Boat Classes ISBN 9781408158913
  10. ^ a b c About the EOD: TEOD began at Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex... 1919, Essex Yacht Club of neighbouring Leigh-on-Sea commissioned its own version, the Essex One design... merging into the combined Estuary One Design class at the end of the 1960s estuaryonedesign.com, accessed 14 November 2018
  11. ^ "Yarmouth One design History, at Royal Solent Yacht Club". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  12. ^ Construction yod.org.uk, accessed 13 November 2018
  13. ^ Yachtsandyachting.com [full citation needed]
  14. ^ Friends of Jersey Maritime Museum: Jesse at maritime.je, accessed 18 March 2018
  15. ^ a b Bembridge Scow Class bemsc.org.uk, accessed 12 November 2018
  16. ^ Ruth Delany & Bunny Goodbody, The Shannon one design class 1922-1999
  17. ^ St Mawes OD Class at stmawesod.org.uk, accessed 18 March 2018
  18. ^ St Mawes One Design at stmawessailing.co.uk, accessed 18 March 2018
  19. ^ Stuart M Roy The Scow Dinghy yacht-designer.co.uk, accessed 16 November 2018
  20. ^ "The Hamble Star at Erith Yacht Club". Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  21. ^ "Brightlingsea One Design and the Brightlingsea One Design Association". Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  22. ^ Sea View One-Design Dinghy at svod.org.uk, accessed 18 March 2018
  23. ^ Norfolk Dinghy norfolkdinghy.com, accessed 13 February 2019
  24. ^ Vanessa Bird: Hampton One Design at classicboat.co.uk, accessed 18 March 2018
  25. ^ Malcolm Goodwin Wivenhoe One Design- A History of the Boats at wivenhoeone.co.uk, accessed 18 March 2018
  26. ^ Menai Strait One Design at menaistraitonedesign.wordpress.com, accessed 18 March 2018
  27. ^ Menai Strait One Design: Classic Dayboat racing on the Menai Strait at msod.org.uk, accessed 20 March 2018
  28. ^ THE FOWEY RIVER CLASS ONE DESIGN DINGHY foweygallants.com, accessed 12 November 2018
  29. ^ facebook page for the Fowey River Class Association at facebook.com
  30. ^ "About the Thistle, September 11, 2012; Added by TCA Webmaster". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  31. ^ Welcome to the IDRA14 Class Association at IDRA14.ie, accessed 20 March 2018
  32. ^ Bembridge Scow ( The Solent Scow), accessed 12 November 2018
  33. ^ Home > Member Home > Afloat > Classes > Bembridge Scow Restricted access
  34. ^ Bembridge One Designs, accessed 12 November 2018
  35. ^ Axe One Design Sailing Dinghy at axeonedesign.com, accessed 20 March 2018
  36. ^ CLASSIC BOAT CLASSES: Axe One Design at classicboatclasses.co.uk, accessed 20 March 2018
  37. ^ Yachting World Dayboat Association at ywdb.co.uk, accessed 20 March 2018
  38. ^ "Tim Street, 8th February 2009: Salcombe A Class - Class History at morgangilesyachts.org.uk". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  39. ^ Norfolk Punt Owners Association at norfolkpunt.org, accessed 20 March 2018
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