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The Cadet dinghy, produced from the drawing board of the prolific Jack Holt in 1947, is a one-design racing dinghy for crews between the ages of 8 and 17. Cadet is one of many boats designed by Holt in conjunction with Yachting World, whose editor, Group Captain E F Haylock, felt that not enough was…
The first Dragon was built in 1929 in Sweden as a result of a competition to find an affordable weekend cruising boat. In 1948 the Dragon qualified for Olympic status, which lasted until 1972. Unlike many other boats which slipped into obscurity after withdrawal from the Olympics, the Dragon has continued to grow in popularity…
Together with the Thames skiff, the gig continues to be a very popular recreational rowing boat on non-tidal waters of the Thames and elsewhere. While similar to the skiff in shape of hull, the essential differences between Thames skiffs and gigs is that the former have a long curving stem and the tholes, gates, or…
Designed by the Swedish canoe designer Rickard Sarby in 1949, the single handed Finn class racing dinghy was adopted for the Olympics in 1952 in Helsinki, Sarby himself taking the Bronze medal. The Finn replaced the previous arrangement of having a different single hander design for each Olympiad. Predecessors as Olympic Monotypes, the term originally…
Ken Littledyke was a 1950’s school teacher of woodwork who was in the habit of introducing his pupils to canoeing, including helping them with building their own boats. Initially his preferred method of construction involved canvas stretched over a wooden frame, as was popular at the time. However canvas covered craft are vulnerable to damage…
To the uninitiated, a kayak looks like a frail and fragile craft, scarcely one in which to tackle difficult and challenging waters, whether white water rivers or raging seas. In reality, however, multiple expeditions in extreme conditions, by river and sea, bear witness to the versatility and ability of such craft to bring their paddlers…
What should a keen racing dinghy sailor do when age begins to take its toll and the ‘fun’ of capsizing and getting very wet begin to pall? Some sailors move to racing bigger boats; others however prefer the challenge of like-for-like racing and opt for racing keelboats in a fleet. Hailed by its adherents as…
The International C Class Catamaran Championship is one of the sailing world’s legendary and amongst the most eagerly anticipated events. In 2013, for the first time since 1969, the championship was held in Britain, with the racing taking place in Falmouth Bay in September. Teams from Canada, France, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the…
Brynhild was designed by Uffa Fox in the Autumn of 1935. Having already designed and sailed 17ft single handed racing canoes, he now wanted a boat that would not be so hard to work, but would provide some exhilarating sailing at speed. He wrote: “I am now getting on in life, and have only a…
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