WILL - 1991 Admirals Cup Yacht - Japan

Will - -1991 Admirals Cup yacht was part of the 3 yacht team from Japan. Will was 50ft long and all carbon fibre owned by Ryuoji Oda

 Sailing back to Cowes having competed in a Admirals Cup race in the Solent.

Spirit of Pentax - Around the world yacht- 1982 Brighton Marina

SPIRIT OF PENTAX - Sailed around the World none stop against prevailing wind

more than once. Very interesting yacht you will notice the 2 masts and take a look at the pictures below and see how narrow she is. The people next to the yacht you can use for scale say 6ft max height and you will see how tall and narrow the yacht is. The picture was taken in 1982 at Brighton Marina.

Where is this yacht now ?

Is she still racing ?

Dinghy Show 6 & 7 March 2010

Not long before its that time of year again.

DINGHY SHOW
Alexander Palace,
London,

6 & 7 March 2010

Dinghy Show www.dinghyshow.org.uk
or try Yachts and Yachting for information
Yachts and Yachting (Dinghy Sailing Magazine)

At this show which is under cover and all the boats are fully
rigged with sails up including spinnakers/ Asymmetrics.
Almost every active sailing dinghy class in the u.k.is present
and theres even some keel boats like the Flying Fifteen, Squid
and Laser SB3. This is a great show to visit as its possibly
the only chance to see so many different classes of boat in
one place and actualy talk to the people who own and sail
them as well as the boat builder.

I wish at some point it would move to the N.E.C. ( National
Exhibition Center, Birmingham ) it would be a lot easier to get to
and less expesive to travel to than Alexander Palace. Only time
will tell if this will ever happens.

Will - 1989 Admirals Cup yacht - Japan

Will - Took part in the 1989 Admirals Cup as part of the team from Japan. Pictured here in 1989 on the Hamble River. This yacht was owned by Ryouji Oda.
Do you know who designed her ?

Peppermint - Three Quarter Ton IOR Yacht

Peppermint is a Carter Ragtime Three Quarter Ton IOR Yacht. The picture I took many years age of her berthed at East Cowes Marina. Dick Carter design. The yacht has been modified from the original design if you look at the stern. Look in my blog for the following yachts HEATWAVE and RAGTIME which are Carter Ragime's and you will see the difference.
Where is this yacht now ?
Is she still racing ???

Single handed Sailing Dinghies in the U.K.

SHOCKWAVE40

There is a large variety of single handed sailing dinghies in the UK here are
just some of them. Some of the dinghies I have video footage of are on
youtube SHOCKWAVE40 Look for the Shockwave40 name next to the
dinghy class name. Some dinghies have quite a few videos othere's just one
but will endeavour to get more footage when I come across these classes.
If you wish to find out more about any of the dinghies do a web search for
the class association.
for example try the musto skiff = Musto Skiff
or try the Phantom dinghy = Phantom Class Association

1. Blaze ( Has hiking wings designed in 1996)
SHOCKWAVE40
Blaze Class Association

2. British Moth (Designed in 1932)
British Moth Class Association

3. Byte (Designed 1990) Byte Class Association

4. Comet (Designed 1981) Comet Class Association

5. Contender (Trapeze boat designed in 1967)
Shockwave40
The U.K. Contender Class Association
The International Contender Class Association

6. Europe (Designed in 1960)
SHOCKWAVE40
The U.K. Europe Class Association
The International Europe Class Association

7. Finn (Designed in 1949)
SHOCKWAVE40
Finn Class Association

8. Flash (Designed in 1988)

9. International Canoe(Open design with sliding seat and
asymmetric)
SHOCKWAVE40
International Canoe Class Association

10. International Moth ( RADICAL DEVELOPMENT
CLASS NOW WITH HYDROFOILS )
SHOCKWAVE40
International Moth Class Association

11. Laser (Strick one design and designed in 1971)
SHOCKWAVE40
Laser Class Association

12. Laser EPS ( has hiking wings and designed in 1997)
Laser EPS Class Association

13. Lightning 368 ( Designed in 1977 One design)
Lightning Class Association

14. Must Performance Skiff (racks + Trapeze and Asymmetric
designed in 1999)
SHOCKWAVE40
Musto Skiff Association

14a. MX-RAY ( Single hander with Asymmetric )
MX-RAY

15. OK ( One design dinghy designed in 1957 )
SHOCKWAVE40
OK class association
The International O.K. Class Association

16. Phantom ( Designed in 1971 )
SHOCKWAVE40
Phantom Class Association

16a. RS100
SHOCKWAVE40

17. RS300 (Designed in 1997 )
SHOCKWAVE40
RS300 Class Association

18. RS600 (with rack and trapeze you can also fit HYDROFOIL's
on this dinghy.Designed in 1993)
SHOCKWAVE40
RS600 Class Association

19. RS700 ( with Rack + Trapeze and Asymmetric designed in 2000)
SHOCKWAVE40
RS700 Class Association

20.RS Vareo ( Hiking dinghy with Asymmetric designed in 2001 )
SHOCKWAVE40
rs vareo Class Association

21. Solo ( Fully Battened main hiking dinghy designed in 1956 )
SHOCKWAVE40
Solo Class Association

22. Solution ( Designed in 2006 )
SHOCKWAVE40
Solution Class Association
Ovington Boats

23. Splash ( Designed in 1988 )
Splash Class Association

24. Streaker ( Designed in 1975 )
SHOCKWAVE40
Streaker Class Association

25. Supernova ( One Design. Designed in 1995 )
SHOCKWAVE40
Supernova Class Association

26. Topper ( Designed in 1976 )

27. Devoti One (Asymmetric hiking dinghy with rack )
Devoti
Suntouched Sailboats Ltd
shockwave40
d-one dinghy blogspot

28. K1 (New hiking dinghy with ballasted
daggerboard and Jib+Main sails)
K1 Sailing Is this the future of dinghy sailing??


Do you know of any other Single handed dinghy classes out there ???


The below video shows Hydrofoil International
moths in action.


Single trapeze Contender dinghy action

1987 Fastnet Race - Unknown yachts ????

1987 Fastnet Race - Do you recognise any of these yachts most of them will be 1987 Admiral Cup yachts ???
This picture was taken after the Fastnet Race at Queen Annes Battery Marina.

Three Quarter Ton Class Association - no class association yet

There does not seem to be a class association yet for the
Three Quarter Ton IOR yachts. I wonder when this class
will reform again just like the other IOR classes are doing.

Marie Jo - Eygthene 24 Quarter Ton design BILGE KEEL VERSION - Guernsey 2013

Marie Jo - Interesting bilge keel version of the Quarter Ton IOR yacht.
Pictured here in St Peter Port, Guernsey 2013
The Eygthene 24 was build in Guernsey from 1974
Designed by Ron Holland
Length 24ft
Water Line length 20ft 6inch
Beam 9ft 8inch
The fin keel IOR racing yacht has a draft of 4ft 8 inch
Most Eygthene 24's will be the Fin Keel version do you know
how many of the bilge keel version were built.

Two Man Hiking Dinghies

To see lots of videos of Two man Hiking dinghies in action in a whole
range of wind conditions and sailing events around the UK go to my
youtube site www.youtube.com/shockwave40

In the list below you will see websites for class associations so that
you may find out more about the dinghy. Also look out for
SHOCKWAVE40 name by the dinghy name this means I have
video footage of the dinghy sailing on youtube (see above for web
address ). I have lots of footage of some of the dinghies.

1. Albacore (Two man One Design, Designed in 1954)
Shockwave40
UK Albacore Class Association
International Albacore Class Association

2. B14 (Two man dinghy with Racks and Asymmetric very fast)
Shockwave40 ( Lots of videos !!! )
B14 Class Association

3. Bosun ( One Design with Spinnaker, Designed in 1960 )
Bosun Class Association

4. Cadet (Under 18's dinghy with Spinnaker, Designed in 1947)
Cadet Class Association

4a. CRUZ ( Family Cruiser / Racer )

5. Comet Duo ( Two man cruising-racing dinghy )
Comet Duo Class Association

6. Comet Trio (Two or Three man with optional asymmetric)

7. Comet Versa ( optional spinnaker )

8. Comet Zero ( Two man cruiser with optional spinnaker )

9. Enterprise (Two man one design with optional spinnaker,
designed 1955)
Shockwave40 ( A few videos )
Enterprise Class Association

10. Firefly ( Two man one design )
Firefly Class Association

11. GP14 ( Has spinnaker and designed in 1949 )
Shockwave40
GP14 Class Association

12. Graduate ( One Design, Designed in 1952 )
Graduate Class Association
SHOCKWAVE40

13. Gull ( has spinnker, designed 1956 )
Gull Class Association

14. Heron ( Jack Holt design 1950 )
Heron Class Association

15. Kestrel ( Has spinnaker, designed 1955 )
Shockwave40
kestrel Class Association

16. Lark ( Has spinnaker and designed in 1967 )
Shockwave40
Lark Class Association

17. Laser Bahia (Family general purpose dinghy with
Asymmetric)

18. Laser 2000 ( Multi purpose asymmetric cruiser/racer )
Shockwave40
Laser 2000 Class Association

19. Laser Pico ( Designed in 1995 )
Laser Pico Class Association

19a. Laser 16 ( Family Cruiser / Racer )

19b. Laser 13 ( Family Cruiser / Racer )

20. Laser Stratos (Cruiser general purupose can have
ballasted keel)

21. Leader ( General purpose one design with spinnaker )
Leader Class Association

22. Lymington Scow (Classic racer with Lug sail designed 1910)

23. Lymington Pram (Traditional Pram dinghy designed in 1912)

24. Magno ( General purpose dinghy )

25. Merlin Rocket (Development class various designs since 1946
Shockwave40 ( Lots of videos )
Merlin Rocket Class Association

26. Miracle ( One Design ) Shockwave40
Miracle Class Association

27. Mirror ( One design dinghy designed in 1963 )
Mirror Class Association

28. MRX (Two man dinghy with spinnaker. designed in 1999 )
MRX Class Association

29. National 12 ( Development class various designs since 1936)
Shockwave40 ( Lots of videos !!!! )
National 12 Class Association

30. Pacer ( One Design with Spinnaker )
Pacer Class Association

31. RS200 ( One design with asymmetric )
Shockwave40 ( lots of videos!!!)
RS200 Class Association

32. RS400 ( One design with Asymmetric)
Shockwave40 (Lots of Videos !!)
RS400 Class Association

33. RS Feva ( One design with asymmetric )

34. RS Vision ( Family dinghy with asymmetric )

35. Seafly ( Two man dinghy )
Shockwave40
Seafly Home page

36. Scorpion ( One design with spinnaker, designed in 1960)
Shockwave40
Scorpion Class Association

36a. Sport 14 ( Family cruiser / racer )

36b. Sport 16 ( Family cruiser / racer )

37. Signet ( Cruiser - Racer with spinnaker designed in 1961 )
Signet Class Association

38. Snipe ( One design, designed in 1931)
Snipe Class Association

38a. Swordfish ( Twoman cruiser/racer)
Swordfish Class Association
Uffafox design plans

39. Tasar ( Fast one design )
Shockwave40
Tasar Class Association

40. Thames A rater (Three - Man river dinghy )
Shockwave40
Thames A Rater Class Association

41. Tideway ( Clinker with gunter or bermuda rig option )
Tideway Class Association

42. Topaz Omega ( Family cruiser - racer general purpose )

43. Topaz Vibe ( One design with Asymmetric )

44. Topper Xenon (One Design with Asymmetric )
Topper Xenon Class Association

45. Wanderer ( Cruiser/racer with spinnaker )
Wanderer Class Association

46. Wayfarer (Cruiser multi purpose with spinnaker or Asymmetric)
Wayfarer Class Association

46a. Wineglass ( Two Man one design )
Wineglass Class Association

47. YW Dayboat (Traditional dinghy )
Yachting World Dayboat Class Association

Do you know of any others out there ?????


RS200 BLASTING ALONG !!!!

SCORPION DINGHY

Wendy Woo - Big Bolero - Lytham, Lancashire 2014

Wendy Woo - This yacht is a Big Bolero production IOR Yacht
you will find other Big Bolero pictures on this site. One yacht
was at Conwy Marina (Wales) and the other one was at Largs
Marina. This picture was taken at Lytham, Lancashire 2014