List of keelboat classes designed before 1970 explained

The following is a list of established day keelboat classes designed before 1970.

One-design classes

YearNameLengthDesignerBuilderOriginsFleetsRef
1886 22feet Bembridge IOW not active [1] [2]
1895 Cork Harbour One Design 29feet Carrigaloe Gridiron Works Company (first 6, of 12 total) active (at least 5 remaining) [3]
1896 22feet James E. Doyle Local yards, and latterly (~2009 onwards), Novatecnia, Buenos Aires, Argentina[4] Dublin Bay Sailing Club[5] not active
1896 33feet H.W.White 23 Whites of Cowes Members of RYS & Island Sailing Club not active [6]
1897 Belfast Lough One-Design Class 37feet J.Hilditch at Carrickfergus not active [7]
1897 Howth 17 17feet (Lwl) W. Herbert Boyd J.Hilditch at Carrickfergus: 5 (1897), 3 (1900), also 2 (1988), 1 (2009) Howth Sailing Club active [8]
1898 Yorkshire One Design 25feet Mr. J. S. Helyer Field & Co of Itchen Ferry, Southampton Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club[9] A few still at Bridlington [10]
1899 Clyde One Design 50feet 5 built Clyde Corinthians Not Active
1 Remains		[11]
1901 Fairy Class 16feet 15 originally built by Hilditch & further 11 for Lough Erne YC active [12]
1903 32feet 7 built, Hollwey (4), Kelly (2) and Clancy (1) Dublin Bay Sailing Club not active [13]
1905 Fleetwood Jewel Class originally built by Crossfields Blackpool & Fleetwood YC [14]
1907 25feet GU Laws 8 Woodnutts Yard Not Active
2 Remain 		[15]
1908 Yare & Bure One Design 20feet Ernest Woods 1–69 (wood) Ernest Woods,
70–94 Herbert Woods (the designer's nephew)[16] (wood),
95–123 (GRP) Kingsley Farrington,
124–140 (GRP) S.Evans, R&P Richardson,P.Dennis, C. Buttivant 		Yare Sailing Club[17] Norfolk Broads Yacht Club, Norfolk Punt Club, Horning Sailing Club, East Anglian Cruising Club [18]
1908 Royal Mersey Restricted class Royal Mersey
1910 22feet USA Olympic class 1932-2012: >8,400 built, >2,000 active, 170 fleets [19]
1910 Yarmouth One Design 21feet Henry Longmore 11 by Theo Smith in Yarmouth (1910)
2 by Woodnutts in St. Helens 		Yarmouth, IOW Yarmouth [20]
1911 20feet Alfred Westmacott Woodnutts Boatyard, others Bembridge IOW Solent & Poole [21] [22]
1913 East Coast One Design (E.C.O.D.) 30feet G U Laws W. King & Sons Originally Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Thames Estuary Rivers Blackwater & Crouch [23]
1913 5.5m (18feet) about 530 builtSweden [24]
1914 Wianno Senior 25feet Crosby Yard Crosby Yard Nantucket Sound USA
ita[25] 		[26]
1916 Royal Mersey Rivers class 23feet Crossfields of Arnside Royal Mersey YC based on Fleetwood Jewel Class
1922 24feet Alfred Westmacott 10 by Souters of Cowes (Wood) Not Active [27] [28]
1922 Hillyard 6-Ton 27feet David Hillyard [29]
1923 St Mawes One Design 16feet William Francis Peters Ballasted Centreplate Dayboat- 45St Mawes Sailing Club Falmouth, Flushing, and St Mawes [30] [31]
1923 26feet Alfred Westmacott 60 (Wood)
5 by Mark Downer (GRP) 		Itchenor & Falmouth [32]
1924 Gareloch 24feet[33] Ewing McGruer McGruers [34]
1924 West Solent Restricted Class 34feet H. Jacobs and H.G. May 32 by Berthon Boat Company, 5 exported to Argentina "Los Indios" Class W Mersea YC etc. Active (East Anglian coast) [35]
1926 Conway Fife One Design 24feet W. and R.B. Fife 12 by A.M. Dickie & Sons of Bangor (Wood)
22 by Various Builder (GRP) 		Royal Anglesey Yacht Club [36]
1928 Conway One Design 20feet[37] W H Rowlands Conway Yacht Club active [38]
1928 Scottish Islands One Design 28feet Alfred Mylne McGruers at Clynder 5 on the Clyde, 4 elsewhere (2013)[39]
1928 Atlantic One-Design 30feet[40] Cedar Point YC, Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club, Kollegewidgwok YC, Madison Beach Club, Niantic Bay YC [41]
1929 29feet Archie Watty[42] Archie Watty
Marcus Lewis 		Fowey Fowey
1929 29feet Johan Anker Multiple[43] Many places worldwideactive
1929 9.5m (31.2feet) Mälarens Seglarförbund
1931 Yonne class 26feet Thomas Harrison Butler[44] 8
1932 28feet Wooden Boats – Various
GRP Boats – Stuart Knockabout LLC 		GRP
Wooden
Total 78 		USA [45]
1932 Royal Burnham One Design 20feet Norman Dallimore 24 active [46]
1932 Blackwater Sloop 18feet Dan Webb and Feasey of Maldon >60
1933 Lymington-L-Class 23feet Initial boats by Elkins, Christchurch Lymington 18 built [47]
1933 10m (30feet) Mälarens Seglarförbund
1933 27feet Various "At least 200"[48] "Some 600"[49] "660"[50] [51]
1934 Victory 20feet Alfred Westmacott Portsmouth Harbour Racing and Sailing Association[52] Approx 60 (Wood)
6 (GRP)		Portsmouth[53] and Gibraltar[54]
1935 Royal Corinthian One Design 22feet Harry Smith Burnham Yacht Building Company Royal Corinthian Yacht ClubBurnham [55]
1935 Royal Mersey Mylne Class 24feet Alfred Mylne Royal Mersey Yacht Clubactive
1936 Bembridge One Design ~20feet see note Alfred Westmacott Westmacott and Woodnutts Bembridge Sailing Club active [56] [57]
1936 Vertue25feet Laurent Giles 275
1937 33feet Long Island Sound- later, fleets in Norway, UK, Bermuda, Canada and US 285 yachts listed on register,[58] 12 fleets in 5 countries; over 150 yachts racing the first class to be recognized by ISAF as a "Classic" One Design Class[59] [60]
1937 Deben 4-ton 22feet Claude Whisstock
1937 27feet 20 by Camper & Nicholson (Wood)
Approx. 35 by Various (GRP) 		Bembridge Bembridge Sailing Club [61]
Poole 		[62]
1937 Royal Harwich One Design 20feet Robert Clark and Austin Farrar[63] Royal Harwich Yacht Club
1937 21feet James Croll James Colquhoun & Sons of Dunoon; 11 other builders, one(Aldeburgh Boatyard) still active.Loch Long Sailing Club at Aldeburgh Yacht Club and Cove Sailing Club [64]
1938 9m (30feet)
1939 37feet Royal Alfred Yacht Club [65] 'Design Mid Thirties; first delivered 1946'
1942 25feet
1943 25feet
1944 6.1m (20feet) Svenska Kosterbåtsförbundet
1945 Dauntless 22feet
1945 Glen 25feet Bangor boatyard; some 39 built Dublin Bay Sailing Club Dublin Bay Sailing Club active fleet [66]
1946 23.42feet
1947 20feet active [67]
1948 10m (30feet) Mälarens Seglarförbund
1955 Revised-L-Class 23feet Laurent Giles Initial boat by Jefferson Bros, Hessle, various Solent yards followed 9 built in UK
1955 South Coast One-Design (SCOD) 25feet Charles A. Nicholson Burnes, Clare Lallow, Camper & Nicholson, Woodnutts and WA Souter 106 built 1955–1970[68] [69]
1955 Kestrel 22 22feet J Francis Jones 100+ built 1955–1970[70]
1958 16feet Alan Buchanan 55 West Kirby Sailing Club
1959 24feet Great Lakes region active
1959 25feet 100+ built
1960s 26feet Fred Parker Russell Marine, Leigh on Sea
1961 Daring 33feet Arthur Robb 40 Cowes IOW [71]
1961 Finesse 21 21feet Laurie Harbottel Alan Platt 79 built [72]
1962 Arthur Robb 13 by Various (GRP)Seaview, Isle of Wight
1962 Rossiter Pintail 27feet Hugh Rossiter
1962 30feet Whitby Boat Works Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay active [73]
1965 26feet
1965 21feet active
1966 Piper One Design 21feet[74] David Boyd Sandbanks Holy Loch Sailing Club
Royal Gourock Yacht Club 		[75]
1966 30feet
1967 20feet
1967 23feet Oliver Lee Halmatic; 24 RHYC[76] active [77]
1967 27feet Hans Groop
Paul Elvstrøm (re-design) 		over 5000 made;[78] manufacturers in Scandinavia and N Europe active [79]
1969 7.44m (24.41feet) Denmark

Development classes

YearNameLengthRuleOriginsFleetsRef
1904 Windermere 17s 17feet Active Restricted Development Class [80]
1906 Jauge chemin de fer
1907 active
1907
1907
1907 not active
1907 active
1907 International rule
1907 International ruleactive
1908
1908
1908
1908
1912
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1929 active
1937 active
Sharpie Classes

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Redwing Class. www.classicboat.co.uk . 2 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130405161511/http://www.classicboat.co.uk/class-notes/redwing-class/# . 5 April 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. http://www.classicboat.co.uk/uncategorized/bembridge-sc-to-celebrate-125-years/ Steffan Meyric-Hughes: Bembridge SC to celebrate 125 years
  3. http://classicyachtinfo.com/yclass/cork-harbour-one-design/ Class: Cork Harbour One Design
  4. Web site: .: The Colleen Class - Developments. colleenclass.net.
  5. Web site: Dublin Bay Sailing Club. dbsc.org.
  6. Web site: Sailboatdata.com is the worlds largest sailboat database.. sailboatdata.com.
  7. Web site: History- The Sailing Boat- Belfast Lough One-Design Class . netcomuk.co.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120825035847/http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~iroyston/page2.html . 25 August 2012 .
  8. http://hyc.ie/history-of-the-howth-seventeen History of the Howth Seventeen
  9. Web site: Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club. ryyc.org.uk.
  10. Web site: The Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club. ryyc.org.uk.
  11. Web site: Clyde One Design. WoodenBoat Magazine.
  12. Web site: Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club. rniyc.org. 2 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140319175006/http://www.rniyc.org/club-sailing/fairy-class/class-info. 19 March 2014. dead.
  13. http://www.kilkennycityonline.com/commun_15_d.asp?ID=60&redirect=1 Kilkenny City Online
  14. Web site: History of royalmersey designs, p4. royalmersey.co.uk.
  15. http://www.classicboat.co.uk/class-notes/seaview-mermaid-solent-keelboat/ seaview mermaid solent keelboat: class notes page at classicboat.co.uk
  16. http://www.ybod.org.uk/history/ History of the YBOD
  17. Web site: Yare Sailing Club. yaresailingclub.org.uk.
  18. Web site: Norfolk sailing - White Boat YBOD. Yare & Bure One Design Class..
  19. Bird . Vanessa . 22 March 2011 . International Star Class . Classic Classes . . Chelsea Magazines Ltd. . 2015-08-23.
  20. http://www.yod.org.uk/ The Yarmouth One Design Class
  21. http://www.classicboat.co.uk/class-notes/xod-class/ Classic Boat guide to X One Design Keelboat
  22. X-One Design Class Association History Section
  23. East Coast One Design Association
  24. http://www.gp.se/gammalt-stj%C3%A4rng%C3%A4ng-seglade-p%C3%A5-nytt-1.549678 Gammalt stjärngäng seglade på nytt (Group of old Stars sailed again)
  25. Web site: Wianno Senior . wiannosenioritalia.com.
  26. http://www.wiannosenior.org/book.htm Wianno Senior Association
  27. http://www.svyc.org.uk/sailing/classic-seaview-mermaids Classic Seaview Mermaids
  28. Web site: Seaview Mermaid – Solent Keelboat (Archived copy) . 2011-04-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110418114101/http://www.classicboat.co.uk/class-notes/seaview-mermaid-solent-keelboat/ . 2011-04-18 .
  29. Web site: Ten cabin yachts for under £10,000. classicboat.co.uk. 27 June 2013.
  30. http://www.stmawessailing.co.uk/sailing/fleets/smods.php St Mawes One Design
  31. http://www.stmawesod.org.uk/page2.html History of stmawesod
  32. http://www.solentsunbeam.co.uk/ Solent Sunbeam Class Association
  33. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. google.com.
  34. Web site: Gareloch One Design- Home of the Gareloch One Design Class -history . garelochod.org . 4 August 2013 . 5 November 2018.
  35. Web site: History. westsolent.org. 2 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131208071045/http://westsolent.org/history.html#. 8 December 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  36. Royal Anglesey YC – Conway Fife Microsite
  37. Web site: Conway One Designs: Construction. conwyyachtclub.com.
  38. Web site: Conway Ones. conwayyachtclub.com.
  39. Web site: scottishislandsclass. Ewan. scottishislandsclass.blogspot.co.uk.
  40. Web site: The Atlantic Class: About the Boat . atlanticclass.org.
  41. Web site: The Atlantic Class . atlanticclass.org.
  42. Web site: Troy Class . Wooden Boat Builder.
  43. Web site: Some history of the Dragon class at britishdragons.org . 28 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160504194134/http://www.britishdragons.org/racing-dragons.aspx . 4 May 2016 . dead .
  44. Web site: The Harrison Butler Association : The Designs (Arranged by Publication Date). harrisonbutlerassociation.com.
  45. Web site: Ballentine's Stuart Knockabout, LLC • Cataumet, MA • (508) 563-2800. stuartknockaboutllc.com.
  46. Web site: RBOD Class - traditional classic sailboats from Essex. rbodclass.co.uk.
  47. Web site: Lymington L-Class. classicboat.co.uk. 11 March 2011.
  48. Web site: TUMLAREN sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com. sailboatdata.com.
  49. Web site: Tumlare Owners Group. tumlare.org.uk.
  50. Vanessa Bird: Classic Classes (book)
  51. Web site: HOME - Classic Boat Classes. classicboatclasses.co.uk.
  52. Web site: Victory Class Sailing Club, Portsmouth, UK. Victory Class. victoryclass.org.uk.
  53. Web site: Victory Class Sailing Club, Portsmouth, UK. Victory Class. victoryclass.org.uk.
  54. Web site: Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club. rgyc.gi. 24 March 2014. 24 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130224105221/http://www.rgyc.gi/victory-class.php. dead.
  55. Web site: 'splendid sport' article. royalcorinthian.co.uk/history. 2 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140109202458/http://royalcorinthian.co.uk/history/articles/splendid-sport/. 9 January 2014. dead.
  56. Web site: Bembridge One Design. bemsc.org.uk.
  57. Web site: Bembridge One Design. bembridgesailingclub.org.
  58. http://iodwca.org/members/iod-registry/ IOD Registry
  59. https://www.woodenships.co.uk/sailing-yachts/international-one-design-iod/ International One Design (IOD)
  60. Web site: History of IODs in Norway - International One Design World Class Association. internationalonedesign.org.
  61. Web site: Redwing. bemsc.org.uk. 2 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923183440/http://www.bemsc.org.uk/sailing/vivamus. 23 September 2015. dead.
  62. Web site: Bembridge Redwing Club. bembridgesc.org. 2 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203123733/http://www.bembridgesc.org/redwing.html. 3 December 2013. dead.
  63. Web site: Club History. royalharwichyachtclub.co.uk.
  64. Web site: About the Loch Long one design. Loch Long owners association.
  65. Web site: Mylne's Register of Yachts 2012 . Mylne Yacht Design . 2012-10-12 . 2014-01-26.
  66. http://afloat.ie/sail/sailing-clubs/dublin-bay-sailing-club-news/item/27050-glen-class-fleet-celebrate-fifty-years-of-sailing Pete Hogan: Glen Keelboat Class Fleet Celebrate Fifty Years of Sailing 11 November 2014 at afloat.ie
  67. Web site: Flying Fifteen International.
  68. http://www.scod.org/ SCOD details at scod.org
  69. Book: Dear . Ian . Camper and Nicholson: 200 Years of Yacht Building. . 19 December 2001 . Quiller Press . 978-1899163649 . 161,165.
  70. Web site: 1001 Boats. Bursledon Blogger. 1001boats.blogspot.com.
  71. Web site: Home - Daring Class. Daring Class.
  72. Web site: East Coast Events Guide - A touch of Finesse. eastcoasteventsguide.co.uk. 18 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150618172324/http://www.eastcoasteventsguide.co.uk/news-and-info/a-touch-of-finess. 18 June 2015. dead.
  73. Web site: Chesapeake Bay Alberg 30 One-design Association.
  74. Web site: Pipers Robertsons Yard List . piper-od.co.uk.
  75. Web site: Home. piper-od.co.uk.
  76. Web site: Ajax. royalharwichyachtclub.co.uk.
  77. Web site: index. ajax23class.co.uk.
  78. http://www.h-boat-class.org/html/feature.htm Features of the H-Boat
  79. http://www.h-boat-class.org/html/all_champion.htm H-Boat Worldchampions
  80. Web site: Windermere 17s: a class still sailing after 107 years. classicboat.co.uk. 4 August 2011.

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