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Redwing 18 Class symbol
Designer
Charles Ernest Nicholson Year 1896 & 1938 Name Redwing Crew 2 Type
Monohull
LOA 8.51 m (27.9 ft)
Beam 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Keel/board type Fixed Upwind sail area 200 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
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
^ 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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