Nigel Irens RDI is a yacht designer. He is the designer of the Adventure which is a 35m trimaran motor yacht which completed a circumnavigation in 1998. He also designed the which is a 23 m sailing trimaran used by Ellen MacArthur to break the world record for solo circumnavigation in 2005.NIGEL IRENS yacht designers from the UK www.solarnavigator.net, accessed 10 November 2019
In addition to performance yachts, his design portfolio includes cruising designs such as Roxane,website for Irens' Roxane-Romilly family www.roxane-romilly.co.uk/, accessed 9 November 2019 and other sailing designs of traditional appearance such as the Westernmandetails of Nigel Irens' Westernman 40-ft-Pilot-Cutter sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk, accessed 9 November 2019 cutters. He also designed the launch Rangeboat which is a 12m power craft of traditional appearance.
Irens' designs are recognized for their simplicity, efficiency, and, essential elegance. They synthesise traditional forms with modern materials and methods of construction, with Carbon fibre masts, laminated frames, and epoxied strip woodRangeboat details nigelirens.com, accessed 9 November 2019 strongly in evidence.
The late Ed Burnett worked for Irens at the start of his career as a yacht designer. They collaborated on projects and worked together on designs such as Zinnia, a 30ft gaff cutter, Kilrush Nomad II, a 43ft gaff cutter,Rob Peake: Celebrated naval architect Ed Burnett has died www.classicboat.co.uk, accessed 10 November 2019 the Westernman cutters and the King Alfred dinghyKing-Alfred Dinghy page at school website to be built by King Alfred School in London. By 2012, the school had built three, and used them to introduce students to dinghy cruising.
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