Redwing (keelboat)

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Redwing
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Class symbol
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Development
Designer Charles Ernest Nicholson
Year1896 & 1938
NameRedwing
Crew2
Boat
Crew2
Hull
Type Monohull
LOA 8.51 m (27.9 ft)
Beam 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Hull appendages
Keel/board typeFixed
Sails
Upwind sail area200 sq ft (19 m2)

The Redwing know more commonly as the Bembridge Redwing is a keelboat originally designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson in 1896 and first raced in 1897. In 1937 the class was redesigned by Nicholson to create the 1938 Redwing that can be seen racing both outside Bembridge Harbour and in Poole Harbour on the south of England. The class is a one design hull with a development rig where the rules specify a maximum sail area of 200 sq. ft. with only a few constraints.

First design

First batch, with owners [1]
NameYearNumberFirst Owner
Paroquet18971Captain de Boulay & Gerald Fitzgerald
Redstart18972Frank Hardcastle
Pink-Un18973GH Harrison
Redbreast18974Mr and Mrs BO Cochrane
Nautilus18975John I Thornycroft
Red Gauntlet18976HC Sutton
Fortuna18977The Honourable JB Denison
Bantam18978Dr A Bostock Hill
Flamingo18979Lt H Garside-Tipping RN
Windthrush189710Lt Colonel MacDonald Moreton
Peregrine189711Lt Colonel Honourable G Bertie & Mr Davenport Knight
Zeila189712Ross F Hime
Kitten189713Mr and Mrs JR Pennington Leigh
Circus Girl189714Captain Wade RE & Captain Lee RE
Styx189715G MacAndrews
Red Mullet189816Captain Rhodes
Scud189917GC Whitaker
Red Spinner189918FIB Beckford
Poppy189919Reverend GW Watkins
Kingfisher19012R Stuart Saville
Porpoise190120FF Tower
Petrel190121 Sir James Houghton, 11th Baronet
Red Witch190013 Earl of Harrington
Tout Passe190310Swinburn & Sheppard
Scarlet Runner190224AW & CH Haig
Coot190315Lt Crichton & Major Seely MP


  1. Dear, Ian (19 December 2001). Camper and Nicholson: 200 Years of Yacht Building. Quiller Press. pp. 245–246. ISBN   978-1899163649.

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