Troy

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18ft lead keel boat designed in 1928 and taken up by Fowey Yacht Club. Originally gunter rigged, most have now adopted a tall bermuda rig. The boats are made of…

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Barry 16

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This 16ft gunter rigged, clinker built restricted class was sailed at Barry Yacht Club from 1930s. It is a restricted class built to be inexpensive with a solid mast and…

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Water Wag

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Oldest one design class, still sailed in Dún Laoghaire harbour on Dublin Bay. Designed by Thomas B Middleton of Shankhill Corinthian Sailing Club and built by various builders.

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Nova

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These came about from an education project in Avon (Bristol, Bath and surrounding area), based on the hull of a MIRROR dinghy and built in all GRP (with a bow…

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Peregrine

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An Ian Proctor design, this was a ballasted (170kg) fin keel development of the Osprey and pre-dated the Tempest.

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Pandamaran

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Designed in the 70's by Jack Holt as a fund-raiser for the WWF (the sail insignia is the WWF Panda) this was sold as a kit.

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Tumlare

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The Tumlare (lit. Porpoise) is a class of canoe-sterned (or 'double-ended') yacht designed by Knud Reimers. The design dates from the early 1930s (1933 from a majority of sources; No. 1, Aibe was built the next…

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Montagu Whaler

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The Montagu whaler was the standard seaboat of the Royal Navy between 1910- 1970 and named after Rear Admiral Victor Montagu who standardised the design.

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