One of the oldest one-design classes in Britain that is still sailing. (Though less than ten still exist at last report.)
Created in association with the Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club though the earliest owners were not all members.
The first 6 boats were delivered in 1898.
About 10 more have been built since with the last in 1951.
Bermudian sloop rig replaced the original gaff head sloop rig in 1974. (Spinnaker permitted)
Dimensions from various sources and are not consistent.
Evolution Non-BR
BYS
Max Prop
Discount Sails
Electric Yacht
SeaWaterPro
SBD App Non-BR
Hull: Fin Keel
Fin Keel
Most orignally sold as kits. Later boats built in Finland. (Joemarin) JOEMARIN 36?
SA Spin.: 86 m2/925 sq.ft.
Post war one-design class sailed in Maine for a number of years.
Rhodes Design #700.
Originally commissioned by US Yacht broker, George Walton and built in Denmark. They were sold under a number of names. CHESAPEAKE 32 (in US), DANBOAT 33 and ISL 33. Most boats were exported to the US and France. Gulf Marine in California bought the molds and also built about 10 hulls sold as the CABRRILLO 32.
See CHESAPEAKE 32 for more details.
The design was commissioned by members of the Eastern YC at Marblehead, MA., and originally called the EASTERN YC 17.
By the 1920’s, all the original boats had been sold to summer residents at Northeast Harbor on Mt. Dessert Island, ME.
Originally commissioned by Fishers Island Yacht Club as a new one-design class. Many of the original 15 boats were destroyed in a Hurricane of 1938 but at least one surviving boat is known to have been impeccably restored. (2009)
Photo to be added.
(All dimension are estimates from various sources and not from original plans.)
Winner of a design competition sponsored by the ‘Lake Yacht Racing Association’ that represented several sailing clubs on Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Initially built by a few yards in the Great Lakes area, this class gained significant popularity across the US during years preceding WWII, though actual numbers are unknown.
Rhodes design #416
Later called INTERNATIONAL 21.
This class has a very complicated history which still needs to be researched and summarized.
Fimoverken was a subsidiary of Fisksätra Shipyard.
ShipCanvas
KiwiGrip
Bruntons
Rudder Craft
SPW Non-BR
Pelagic Autopilots
Boater’s Closet Non-BR
EWOL
