Colin Mudie Explained
Colin Mudie (11 April 1926 – 11 March 2020)[1] was an Edinburgh-born yacht designer, author, naval historian, balloonist, and advocate for the handicapped sailor.[2] He studied engineering at Southampton University, before working under yacht designers including Laurent Giles and Uffa Fox. He then set up his own firm.He received the award of RDI (Royal Designer for Industry) for Small craft/ naval in 1995.[3] [4]
Yachts
Mudie is particularly celebrated for his range of boat designs, including motorsailers, small sailing cruiser/racers, luxury yachts, and tall ships. Among the tall ship designs are examples for crews which include both handicapped and able-bodied crew members.
Motorsailers
Mudie designed the early range of Hardy motorsailers.[5]
Cruiser/racers
Mudie's cruiser/racer yacht designs include:[3]
- SUNSPOT -13.8feet 1972
- WING 25 -25feet 1963
Luxury yachts
Mudie designed a number of luxury yachts, including:[6]
- Zinat Al-Bihaar 60.99m (200.1feet) Omani RYS 1988
- Ashena 46.51m (152.59feet) built by Wadia 2006
- Passionata 27.4m (89.9feet) built by Astilleros Udondo 1973
Tall ships
Replicas
Books
Mudie authored several books on boats and their history of development:[10] [11]
- Motor Boats and Boating (Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1972)
- Power Boats (Transatlantic Arts, 1976)
- Power Yachts (with Rosemary Mudie) (Adlard Coles Ltd., 1 Jul 1977)
- The Story of the Sailing Ship (with Rosemary Mudie) (Exeter Books, 1980)
- Advanced Sailboat Cruising Hardcover (with G.Hales Handford) (Macmillan, 1981)
- The Sailing Ship. A voyage through the ages (ed., with Rosemary Mudie) (Roydon Publishing Company, 1984)
- Sopranino (with Patrick Ellam) (Sheridan House Inc, 1986)
- Sailing Ships: Designs and Reconstructions of Great Sailing Ships from Ancient Greece to the Present Day (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2000)
Notes and References
- Web site: HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY Colin Mudie RDI . Hardy Owners Club, www.facebook.com . 9 April 2016 . 7 November 2019.
- News: Remembering Colin Mudie . 14 September 2021 . Marine Industry News . 15 April 2020.
- Web site: page for Colin Mudie . sailboatdata.com . 7 November 2019.
- Web site: Colin Mudie: Ship designer, author and balloonist . Advertiser and Times . 16 July 2020.
- Web site: About . '...initially built small motor sailers designed by Colin Mudie...' . www.hardymarine.com . 7 November 2019.
- Web site: 3 yachts by Colin Mudie . www.boatinternational.com . 7 November 2019.
- Web site: The Little Brig Sailing Trust - About us . www.littlebrig.org . en . 2017-02-25.
- Web site: The Little Brig Sailing Trust - Sail with Us . www.littlebrig.org . en . 2017-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170226131100/http://www.littlebrig.org/sail-with-us/ . 2017-02-26 . dead.
- Book: Severin, Tim . Tim Severin
. The Brendan Voyage. 1978. Tim Severin. Hutchinson. 32-34.
- Web site: page: books by Colin Mudie . www.abebooks.com . 7 November 2019.
- Web site: Amazon search for Colin Mudie . www.amazon.co.uk . 7 November 2019.