List of dinghy classes designed before 1960

The following is a list of dinghy classes designed before 1960.

Classic one design dinghy and small keelboat classes

Year Nationality Name Length Designer Builder Origins Active fleets Notes 1886 GBR/IRL Water Wag Thomas B. Middleton of Shankill Corinthinan Sailing Club Current builders, various in Ireland, France, Spain and USA. Note: 1900 change to 14ft3ins by James (or Maimie) Doyle from Kingstown Water Wag Club, Kingstown Royal Irish Yacht Club, Royal St. George Yacht Club, National Yacht Club, North Shannon Yacht Club c.104 boats built to date, but newest number is 51. Active club in Dun Laoghaire with up to 31 boats racing every week of the summer season 1896 GBR/ IRL Nipper (boat) unknown, less than 12 ft Cleg Foley of Ringsend Cleg Foley of Ringsend Sutton Golf Club and Boat Club, near Dublin no active fleetsSailed at Cush Point, now home of Sutton Golf Club. Boats allegedly required a lot of bailing. probably sailed single handed.The Yachtsman, 3 Dec 1896 1896 (autumn) GBR/IRL Droleen Mr. William Ogilvy of Dublin First nine boats built by Foley of Ringsend. Other boats built by local amateur builders of Bray, Devon boat building school and Galway bost building school, Barna Bray Sailing Club (founded 1896) No active fleetsTwo new boats built in Bray by amateurs in 2014.'Not all at sea' by George O'Brien Kennedy, page 346 1896GBR/IRLColleenL.O.A. 6.71m. James E. Doyle of Kingstown Various buildersDublin Bay Sailing Club 3 boats Dublin Bay At least three boats still sailing regularly at local regattas. History colleenclass.net, accessed 13 November 2018 (long keel plus centreboard)Plans of the Colleen colleenclass.net, accessed 13 November 2018 1896 GBR/IRLCork Harbour One Design William FifeNo current buildersRoyal Cork Yacht Club At least one boat active.Cork Harbour One Design classicyachtinfo.com, accessed 13 November 2018 1897 IRL Howth 17 Footer W. Herbert BoydVarious buildersHowth Yacht Club Howth Yacht Club About 17 boats actively race weekly. This is a one-design keelboat, and not a dinghy.History of the Howth Seventeen at HYC.ie, accessed 12 November 2018 1898 GBR Seabird Half Rater Mr. Herbert Baggs and Mr. W. Scott Hayward Lathoms of Hesketh Bank, W.H Rowland & Co., Bangor, W. Roberts & Son, Chester, Hilditch, Carrickfergus, John Crossfield & Co., Conway, Enterprise Small Craft Co., Rock Ferry, A.M. Dickie & Son, Bangor, S. Bond, Rock Ferry, Western Marine, Pwllheli, Kenneth M. Gibbs Ltd., Pwllheli, Wallasey Yacht Club, New Brighton, Philip Winram & Sons, Liverpool, Classic Sailboats, Caernarfon West Lancs Yacht Club Wallasey Yacht Club, South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club, Treaddur Bay Sailing Club 101 boats built to date, 75 survive to this day. 1979 saw recognition by the Guinness Book of Records that the Seabird Half Rater is the oldest OD Class still racing in Britain Fitted with a CentreboardCarvel built wooden boats (pictures of Seabird Half Rater under construction) – at classicsailboats.co.uk, accessed 18 March 2018 1906 GBR West Kirby Star George Cockshott 1st 8: Latham of Crossens West Lancs Yacht Club West Kirby Sailing Club Fitted with a Centreboard 1911 GBR Thames Estuary One Design (TEOD) F. C. Morgan-Giles Alexandra YC Southend on Sea & Essex YC Leigh on Sea Gunter rigVanessa Bird: Classic Boat Classes About the EOD: TEOD began at Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex... 1919, Essex Yacht Club of neighbouring Leigh-on-Sea commissioned its own version, the Essex One design... merging into the combined Estuary One Design class at the end of the 1960s estuaryonedesign.com, accessed 14 November 2018 1911 GBR Yarmouth One Design Class Henry Longmore Theo Smith, Yarmouth, and two by Woodnutts, St. Helens Solent Yacht Club Royal Solent Yacht Club, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight Keelboat. 13 built. originally gaff rigged, adopted Bermudian rig in 1936Construction yod.org.uk, accessed 13 November 2018 1912 GBR International 12 foot dinghy George Cockshott Various builders in UK, NED, ITL, TUR, JPN. West Kirby Sailing Club Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy Turkey, Royal St George YC, IRL and Japan first one-design racing dinghy to gain international recognition. Used as sailing equipment at 1920 and 1928 Olympic games, and Vintage Games 2018, Copenhagen, DEN.Yachtsandyachting.com 1913 GBR Hamble One Design A R Luke Luke & Co (Hamble) Hamble River Sailing Club Not Active Friends of Jersey Maritime Museum: Jesse at maritime.je, accessed 18 March 2018 1914 GBR Lymington Scow One of a number of local classes, the 'Solent Scows' (see also Bembridge Scow, etc.) 1919 GBR 18 foot dinghy G.L. Watson & Co. used in the 1920 Summer Olympics as a double handed Olympic class; 18 ft LWL (long keel plus centreboard) 1919 GBR Essex One Design (EOD) F. C. Morgan Giles Cole and Wiggins, Leigh on Sea Essex YC Leigh on Sea Bermudan Rig 1920's USA Snowbird (sailboat) plans from Rudder magazine (1921) Tom Broadway, G.V. Johnson The Snowbird was the Olympic Monotype Class for the 1932 Olympics. See Newport Harbor Nautical Museum, California 1920 IRL Shannon-One-Design F. C. Morgan-Giles Walter Levinge of Creaghduff, Coosan, Kineavy, Ward, Jimmy Furey, Peter Quigley, Eric Goodbody, Liam Maloney, Edwin Brennan, Doughal McMahon, J Jones, Cathy MacAleavyLough Ree, Derg & North Shannon Yacht Clubs Lough Ree Y.C. & Lough Derg Y.C., Designed as balanced lugger, now Gunter rig, designed for use on the river Shannon and her lakes www.soda.ie c.178 boats built, and over 30 boats compete at regattas annually.Ruth Delany & Bunny Goodbody, The Shannon one design class 1922–1999 1921 FRA French National Monotype 1924 Gaston Grenier used in 1924 Olympics 1921 GBR Salcombe A Class H. Hardy Simpson Not Active 1923 GBR St Mawes One Design William Francis Peters 45 ActiveSt Mawes OD Class at stmawesod.org.uk, accessed 18 March 2018 St Mawes One Design at stmawessailing.co.uk, accessed 18 March 2018 Note: Ballasted Centreplate Dayboat 1923 NZL P-class sailing dinghy Harry Highet Originally at Onerahi then Tauranga 1924 GBR West Wight Scow/ Yarmouth Scow Theo Smith Stuart M Roy The Scow Dinghy yacht-designer.co.uk, accessed 16 November 2018 1926 GBR Hamble Star A R Luke Active 1927 GBR Brightlingsea One Design Robbie Stone Stone Shipyard Active 1931 GBR Sea View One-Design Major Gordon Fowler/Harry Feltham V.A. Warren & Son Sea View Yacht Club Active at Sea View over 200 built: largest local one-design fleet on the South Coast of EnglandSea View One-Design Dinghy at svod.org.uk, accessed 18 March 2018 1931 AUS 12 Square meter Sharpie (dinghy) Kroger Brothers Australia UK, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal 1931 Worldwide Snipe (dinghy) William Crosby Florida West Coast Racing Association 1931 GBRNorfolk Dinghy Herbert Woods Herbert Woods Norwich Frostbite SC NFSC, BASC, NBYCNorfolk Dinghy norfolkdinghy.com, accessed 13 February 2019 1932 USA Comet (dinghy) Mr. C. Lowndes Johnson Chesapeake Bay Originally called the "Crab," then the Star Junior before taking on the name Comet 1932 IRL Dublin Bay Mermaid John B. Kearney Various Dublin Bay Sailing Club Skerries Sailing Club, Foynes Sailing Club, Dublin Bay Sailing Club, Wexford Tennis & Sailing Club Each year the Mermaid sailors come together at a different venue for a week's racing. 1932 GBR British Moth Sydney Cheverton Active 1934 USA Hampton One Design Vincent Serio Hampton YC, Virginia Vanessa Bird: Hampton One Design at classicboat.co.uk, accessed 18 March 2018 1936 GBR Wivenhoe One Design Dr. Walter Radcliffe Various Wivenhoe Sailing Club Wivenhoe One-Design Association ~19 built, ~16 extantMalcolm Goodwin Wivenhoe One Design- A History of the Boats at wivenhoeone.co.uk, accessed 18 March 2018 1937 GBR Menai Strait One Design 17 built, all still extant. Active Menai Strait One Design at menaistraitonedesign.wordpress.com, accessed 18 March 2018Menai Strait One Design: Classic Dayboat racing on the Menai Strait at msod.org.uk, accessed 20 March 2018 1938 GBR Firefly Uffa Fox Fairey Marine & Others Used as single handler at 1948 Toequay Olympic Regatta. Active fleets throughout Uk and IRL. 1938/9 GBR Ace (national 18) Uffa Fox Whitstable YC 1940s GBR Fowey River Class Reg FreemanTHE FOWEY RIVER CLASS ONE DESIGN DINGHY foweygallants.com, accessed 12 November 2018 Active facebook page for the Fowey River Class Association at facebook.com 1945 USA Thistle Sandy Douglass 1945 IRL Irish Dinghy Racing Association 14 footer George O'Brien KennedyVarious builders by Irish Dinghy Racing associationActive fleets, Dublin Bay, Sutton, Clontarf.Welcome to the IDRA14 Class Association at IDRA14.ie, accessed 20 March 2018 1947 UK Aldeburgh Lapwing Aldeburgh Active 1949 Worldwide GP14 Jack Holt Active 1950 GBR Yachting World Dayboat G. O’Brien Kennedy ActiveYachting World Dayboat Association at ywdb.co.uk, accessed 20 March 2018 1950 GBR Bembridge Scow One of the 'Solent Scow' classes. See also Lymington Scow (1914) and the (Yarmouth) West Wight Scow (1924)Bembridge Scow Class bemsc.org.uk, accessed 12 November 2018Bembridge Scow (The Solent Scow), accessed 12 November 2018Home > Member Home > Afloat > Classes > Bembridge Scow Restricted access cf. Bembridge One DesignBembridge One Designs, accessed 12 November 2018 1951 GBR Axe One Design Jack Drew Jack Drew Axe Yacht Club, Axmouth Axe Yacht Club Some 20 built up to the 1960s; ~7 extant Axe One Design Sailing Dinghy at axeonedesign.com, accessed 20 March 2018CLASSIC BOAT CLASSES: Axe One Design at classicboatclasses.co.uk, accessed 20 March 2018 1952 GBR Hornet Jack Holt NB: Restricted Class 1956 GBR Enterprise Jack Holt 1966 GBR Estuary OD Thames Structural Plastics and later E.R. Birch, both of Canvey Island Based on Thames Estuary One Design and Essex One Design

Classic development dinghy classes

Year Nationality Name Length Designer Builder Origins Active fleets Notes 1898 GBR Thames A-class rater Various Various River racing at the end of the 19thC Thames Sailing Club 1928 AUS Inverloch Eleven Footer (Australian precursor to Moth Class Various Various Len Morris at Inverloch 1929 USA American Moth Boat Various Various Started by Captain Joel Van Sant Elizabeth City, North Carolina 1972 Worldwide International Moth Various Various Merged from AUS, USA, NZL and GBR classes Widely distributed 1996 Worldwide International 14 Various Various Merged from UK class formed 1923 which became Int 14 in 1927 and AUS class formed late 19thC Widely distributed 1936 GBR National 12 Various Various Created by the UK RYA as a cheaper alternative to the 14 ft Class Widely distributed in GBR 1951 GBR Merlin Rocket Various Various Merged from the Merlin (1949) and Rocket (1951) Classes Widely distributed in GBR 1951 NZL/AUS/GBR Cherub Class Various Various Founded by John Spencer in New Zealand from the Pennant Class. Widely distributed in GBR and AUS late 19thC Mainly AUS 18ft Skiff Various Various 19thC AUS Mainly Sydney area Skiff clubs, a few worldwide. early 20thC AUS/NZL 12ft Skiff Various Various 19thC AUS and NZL Q Class Mainly Sydney & Auckland throughout 20thC GBR Norfolk Punt Various Various developments notably from 1930s, 1953 (Wycche), 1960s (Trapeze), 1970s (Fibreglass), etc. ActiveNorfolk Punt Owners Association at norfolkpunt.org, accessed 20 March 2018

See also Classic keelboat classes Dinghy racing Dinghy sailing Olympic sailing classes

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