The following is a list of established keelboat classes, particularly smaller ones (below ~ length and/or intended primarily for day-sailing), designed before 1970.
One-design classes
Year Name Length Designer Builder Origins Fleets Ref 1886 Bembridge Redwing mk1 Charles E. Nicholson Camper and Nicholsons Bembridge IOW not active 1895 Cork Harbour One Design William Fife Junior(III) Carrigaloe Gridiron Works Company (first 6, of 12 total) Royal Cork Yacht Club active (at least 5 remaining) 1896 Colleen Class James E. Doyle Local yards, and latterly (~2009 onwards), Novatecnia, Buenos Aires, Argentina Dublin Bay Sailing Club not active 1896 Solent O.D. H.W.White 23 Whites of Cowes Members of RYS & Island Sailing Club not active 1897 Belfast Lough One-Design Class William Fife III J.Hilditch at Carrickfergus Royal Ulster Yacht Club not active 1897 Howth 17 (Lwl) W. Herbert Boyd J.Hilditch at Carrickfergus: 5 (1897), 3 (1900), also 2 (1988), 1 (2009) Howth Sailing Club active 1898 Yorkshire One Design Mr. J. S. Helyer Field & Co of Itchen Ferry, Southampton Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club A few still at Bridlington 1899 Clyde One Design Alfred Mylne 5 built Clyde Corinthians Not Active 1 Remains 1901 Fairy Class Linton Hope 15 originally built by Hilditch & further 11 for Lough Erne YC Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club active 1903 Dublin Bay 21 Alfred Mylne 7 built, Hollwey (4), Kelly (2) and Clancy (1) Dublin Bay Sailing Club not active 1905 Fleetwood Jewel Class originally built by Crossfields Blackpool & Fleetwood YC 1907 Seaview Mermaid GU Laws 8 Woodnutts Yard Sea View Yacht Club Not Active 2 Remain 1908 Yare & Bure One Design Ernest Woods 1–69 (wood) Ernest Woods, 70–94 Herbert Woods (the designer's nephew) (wood), 95–123 (GRP) Kingsley Farrington, 124–140 (GRP) S. Evans, R&P Richardson, P. Dennis, C. Buttivant Yare Sailing Club Norfolk Broads Yacht Club, Norfolk Punt Club, Horning Sailing Club, East Anglian Cruising Club 1908 Royal Mersey Restricted class Royal Mersey 1910 Star Francis Sweisguth first 22 built by Ike Smith USA Olympic class 1932-2012: >8,400 built, >2,000 active, 170 fleets 1910 Yarmouth One Design Henry Longmore 11 by Theo Smith in Yarmouth (1910)2 by Woodnutts in St. Helens Yarmouth, IOW Yarmouth 1911 XOD Alfred Westmacott Woodnutts Boatyard, others Bembridge IOW Solent & Poole 1913 East Coast One Design (E.C.O.D.) G U Laws W. King & Sons Originally Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Thames Estuary Rivers Blackwater & Crouch 1913 Stjärnbåt Janne Jacobsson about 530 built Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club Sweden 1914 Wianno Senior Crosby Yard Crosby Yard Nantucket Sound USAita 1916 Royal Mersey Rivers class Crossfields of Arnside Royal Mersey YC based on Fleetwood Jewel Class 1922 Seaview Mermaid Alfred Westmacott 10 by Souters of Cowes (Wood) Sea View Yacht Club Not Active 1922 Hillyard 6-Ton David Hillyard 1923 St Mawes One Design William Francis Peters Ballasted Centreplate Dayboat- 45 St Mawes Sailing Club Falmouth, Flushing, and St Mawes 1923 Solent Sunbeam Alfred Westmacott 60 (Wood) 5 by Mark Downer (GRP) Itchenor & Falmouth 1924 Gareloch One Design Ewing McGruer McGruers Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club 1924 West Solent Restricted Class 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) 1924 Deben Cherub active: ~17 extant 1926 Conway Fife One Design W. and R.B. Fife 12 by A.M. Dickie & Sons of Bangor (Wood) 22 by Various Builder (GRP) Royal Anglesey Yacht Club 1928 Conway One Design W H Rowlands Conway Yacht Club active 1928 Scottish Islands One Design Alfred Mylne McGruers at Clynder 5 on the Clyde, 4 elsewhere (2013) 1928 Atlantic One-Design Starling Burgess Cedar Point YC, Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club, Kollegewidgwok YC, Madison Beach Club, Niantic Bay YC 1929 Troy-class boats Archie Watty Archie WattyMarcus Lewis Fowey Fowey 1929 Dragon Johan Anker Multiple Many places worldwide active 1929 Mälar 22 Gustaf Estlander Mälarens Seglarförbund Sweden 1931 Yonne class Thomas Harrison Butler 8 1932 Stuart Knockabout Francis Herreshoff Wooden Boats – Various GRP Boats – Stuart Knockabout LLC GRP Wooden Total 78 USA 1932 Royal Burnham One Design Norman Dallimore 24 active 1932 Blackwater Sloop Dan Webb and Feasey of Maldon >60 1933 Lymington-L-Class Laurent Giles Initial boats by Elkins, Christchurch Lymington 18 built 1933 Mälar 30 Lage Eklund Mälarens Seglarförbund Sweden 1933 Tumlare Knud Reimers Various "At least 200" "Some 600" "660"Vanessa Bird: Classic Classes (book) 1934 Victory Alfred Westmacott Portsmouth Harbour Racing and Sailing Association Approx 60 (Wood) 6 (GRP) Portsmouth and Gibraltar 1935 Royal Corinthian One Design Harry Smith Burnham Yacht Building Company Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Burnham 1935 Royal Mersey Mylne Class Alfred Mylne Royal Mersey Yacht Club active 1936 Bembridge One Design approx Alfred Westmacott Westmacott and Woodnutts Bembridge Sailing Club active 1936 Vertue Laurent Giles 275 1937 International One Design Bjarne Aas Long Island Sound- later, fleets in Norway, UK, Bermuda, Canada and US 285 yachts listed on register, 12 fleets in 5 countries; over 150 yachts racing the first class to be recognized by ISAF as a "Classic" One Design Class 1937 Deben 4-ton Claude Whisstock 1937 Bembridge Redwing mk2 Charles E. Nicholson 20 by Camper & Nicholson (Wood) Approx. 35 by Various (GRP) Bembridge Bembridge Sailing Club Poole 1937 Royal Harwich One Design Robert Clark and Austin Farrar Royal Harwich Yacht Club 1937 Loch Long One Design 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 1938 Neptunkryssare Lage Eklund Sweden 1939 Dublin Bay 24 Alfred Mylne Isle of Bute Royal Alfred Yacht Club Villefranche-sur-Mer 'Design Mid Thirties; first delivered 1946' 1942 Nordic Folkboat 1943 Swallow Isaac Thomas Thornycroft 1944 K 6 Einar Ohlson Svenska Kosterbåtsförbundet Sweden 1945 Dauntless 1945 Glen Alfred Mylne Bangor boatyard; some 39 built Dublin Bay Sailing Club Dublin Bay Sailing Club active fleet 1946 Bluenose William James Roué Canadian 1947 Flying Fifteen Uffa Fox active 1948 Mälar 25 Erik Nilsson Mälarens Seglarförbund Sweden 1955 Revised-L-Class Laurent Giles Initial boat by Jefferson Bros, Hessle, various Solent yards followed 9 built in UK 1955 South Coast One-Design (SCOD) Charles A. Nicholson Burnes, Clare Lallow, Camper & Nicholson, Woodnutts and WA Souter 106 built 1955–1970 1955 Kestrel 22 J Francis Jones 100+ built 1955–1970 1958 Hilbre One Design Alan Buchanan 55 West Kirby Sailing Club 1959 Shark 24 George Hinterhoeller Great Lakes region active 1959 Stella Kim Holman 100+ built 1960s Warsash One Design Fred Parker Russell Marine, Leigh on Sea 1961 Daring Arthur Robb 40 Cowes IOW 1961 Finesse 21 Laurie Harbottel Alan Platt 79 built 1962 Seaview Mermaid Arthur Robb 13 by Various (GRP) Sea View Yacht Club Seaview, Isle of Wight 1962 Rossiter Pintail Hugh Rossiter 1962 Alberg 30 Carl Alberg Whitby Boat Works Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay active 1965 Soling Jan Herman Linge 1965 Tempest Ian Proctor active 1966 Piper One Design David Boyd Sandbanks Holy Loch Sailing Club Royal Gourock Yacht Club 1966 Etchells E. W. Etchells 1967 Yngling Jan Herman Linge 1967 Ajax 23 Oliver Lee Halmatic; 24 RHYC active 1967 H-boat Hans GroopPaul Elvstrøm (re-design) over 5000 made; manufacturers in Scandinavia and N Europe active 1967 Squib Oliver Lee Over 800 Active UK One-design with a strong class association 1969 Spækhugger Peter Bruun Flipper Scow, Sweden Denmark
Rating-rule designs
Year Name Length Rule Origins Fleets Ref 1904 Windermere 17s LWL Restricted Development Class Windermere Active 1906 6.5 Metre 1907 12 Metre International rule active 1907 15 Metre International rule 1907 19 Metre International rule 1907 23 Metre International rule not active 1907 6 Metre International rule active 1907 7 Metre International rule 1907 8 Metre International rule active 1908 22m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule Sweden 1908 30m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule Sweden 1908 45m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule 1908 55m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule 1912 38m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule 1913 15m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule 1913 75m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule 1913 95m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule 1913 120m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule 1913 150m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule 1913 40m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule Sweden 1929 5 Metre French variant of the International rule active 1937 5.5 Metre French variant of the International rule active Sharpie Classes
See also Classic dinghy classes Olympic sailing classes List of sailing boat types List of other classes of keelboats and yachts
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