List of keelboat classes designed before 1970

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The following is a list of established day keelboat classes designed before 1970.

One-design classes[]

Year Name Length Designer Builder Origins Fleets Ref
1886 Bembridge Redwing mk1 6.73 m (22 ft 1 in) Charles E. Nicholson Bembridge IOW not active [1][2]
1895 Cork Harbour One Design 8.99 m (29 ft 6 in) William Fife Junior(III) Carrigaloe Gridiron Works Company (first 6, of 12 total) Royal Cork Yacht Club active (at least 5 remaining) [3]
1896 Colleen Class 6.71 m (22 ft 0 in) James E. Doyle Local yards, and latterly (~2009 onwards), Novatecnia, Buenos Aires, Argentina[4] Dublin Bay Sailing Club[5] not active
1896 Solent O.D. 10.13 m (33 ft 3 in) H.W.White 23 Whites of Cowes Members of RYS & Island Sailing Club not active [6]
1897 Belfast Lough One-Design Class 11.35 m (37 ft 3 in) William Fife III J.Hilditch at Carrickfergus Royal Ulster Yacht Club not active [7]
1897 Howth 17 5.18 m (17 ft 0 in) (Lwl) W. Herbert Boyd J.Hilditch at Carrickfergus: 5 (1897), 3 (1900), also 2 (1988), 1 (2009) Howth Sailing Club active [8]
1898 Yorkshire One Design 7.77 m (25 ft 6 in) Mr. J. S. Helyer Field & Co of Itchen Ferry, Southampton Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club[9] A few still at Bridlington [10]
1899 Clyde One Design 15.24 m (50 ft 0 in) Alfred Mylne 5 built Clyde Corinthians Not Active
1 Remains		 [11]
1901 Fairy Class 4.88 m (16 ft 0 in) Linton Hope 15 originally built by Hilditch & further 11 for Lough Erne YC Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club active [12]
1903 Dublin Bay 21 9.91 m (32 ft 6 in) Alfred Mylne 7 built, Hollwey (4), Kelly (2) and Clancy (1) Dublin Bay Sailing Club not active [citation needed][13]
1905 Fleetwood Jewel Class originally built by Crossfields Blackpool & Fleetwood YC [14]
1907 Seaview Mermaid 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in) GU Laws 8 Woodnutts Yard Sea View Yacht Club Not Active
2 Remain		 [15]
1908 Yare & Bure One Design 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in) Ernest Woods 1–69 (wood) Ernest Woods,
70–94 Herbert Woods (the designer's nephew)[16] (wood),
95–123 (GRP) Kingsley Farrington,
124–140 (GRP) S.Evans, R&P Richardson,P.Dennis, C. Buttivant		 Yare Sailing Club[17] Norfolk Broads Yacht Club, Norfolk Punt Club, Horning Sailing Club, East Anglian Cruising Club [18]
1908 Royal Mersey Restricted class Royal Mersey [14]
1910 Star 6.91 m (22 ft 8 in) first 22 built by Ike Smith USA Olympic class 1932-2012: >8,400 built, >2,000 active, 170 fleets [19]
1910 Yarmouth One Design 6.40 m (21 ft 0 in) Henry Longmore 11 by Theo Smith in Yarmouth (1910)
2 by Woodnutts in St. Helens		 Yarmouth, IOW Yarmouth [20]
1911 XOD 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in) Alfred Westmacott Woodnutts Boatyard, others Bembridge IOW Solent & Poole [21][22]
1913 East Coast One Design (E.C.O.D.) 9.14 m (30 ft 0 in) G U Laws W. King & Sons Originally Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Thames Estuary Rivers Blackwater & Crouch [23]
1913 Stjärnbåt 18.0 ft (5.50 m) about 530 built Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club Sweden [24]
Wianno Senior 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in) Crosby Yard Crosby Yard Nantucket Sound USA
ita[25]		 [26]
1916 Royal Mersey Rivers class 7.01 m (23 ft 0 in) Crossfields of Arnside Royal Mersey YC based on Fleetwood Jewel Class [14]
1922 Seaview Mermaid 7.47 m (24 ft 6 in) Alfred Westmacott 10 by Souters of Cowes (Wood) Sea View Yacht Club Not Active [27][28]
1922 Hillyard 6-Ton 8.23 m (27 ft 0 in) David Hillyard [29]
1923 St Mawes One Design 4.88 m (16 ft 0 in) William Francis Peters Ballasted Centreplate Dayboat- 45 St Mawes Sailing Club Falmouth, Flushing, and St Mawes [30][31]
1923 Solent Sunbeam 7.92 m (26 ft 0 in) Alfred Westmacott 60 (Wood)
5 by Mark Downer (GRP)		 Itchenor & Falmouth [32]
1924 Gareloch 7.32 m (24 ft 0 in)[33] Ewing McGruer McGruers Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club [34]
1924 West Solent Restricted Class 10.52 m (34 ft 6 in) H. Jacobs and H.G. May 32 by Berthon Boat Company, 5 exported to Argentina "Los Indios" Class W Mersea YC etc. Active (East Anglian coast) [35]
1926 Conway Fife One Design 7.42 m (24 ft 4 in) W. and R.B. Fife 12 by A.M. Dickie & Sons of Bangor (Wood)
22 by Various Builder (GRP)		 Royal Anglesey Yacht Club [36]
1928 Conway One Design 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in)[37] W H Rowlands Conway Yacht Club active [38]
1928 Scottish Islands One Design 8.53 m (28 ft 0 in) Alfred Mylne McGruers at Clynder 5 on the Clyde, 4 elsewhere (2013)[39]
1928 Atlantic One-Design 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in)[40] Starling Burgess Cedar Point YC, Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club, Kollegewidgwok YC, Madison Beach Club, Niantic Bay YC [41]
1929 Troy-class boats 8.86 m (29 ft 1 in) Archie Watty[42] Archie Watty
Marcus Lewis		 Fowey Fowey
1929 Dragon 8.86 m (29 ft 1 in) Johan Anker Multiple[43] Many places worldwide[43] active
1929 Mälar 22 9.5 m (31 ft) Gustaf Estlander Mälarens Seglarförbund Sweden [44]
1931 Yonne class 7.92 m (26 ft 0 in) Thomas Harrison Butler[45] 8 [29]
1932 Stuart Knockabout 8.53 m (28 ft 0 in) Francis Herreshoff Wooden Boats – Various
GRP Boats – Stuart Knockabout LLC		 GRP
Wooden
Total 78		 USA [46]
1932 Royal Burnham One Design 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) Norman Dallimore 24 active [47]
1932 Blackwater Sloop 5.49 m (18 ft 0 in) Dan Webb and Feasey of Maldon >60 [29]
1933 Lymington-L-Class 7.09 m (23 ft 3 in) Laurent Giles Initial boats by Elkins, Christchurch Lymington 18 built [48]
1933 Mälar 30 10 m (33 ft) Mälarens Seglarförbund Sweden [49]
1933 Tumlare 8.31 m (27 ft 3 in) Knud Reimers Various "At least 200"[50] "Some 600"[51] "660"[52] [53]
1934 Victory 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) Alfred Westmacott Portsmouth Harbour Racing and Sailing Association[54] Approx 60 (Wood)
6 (GRP)		 Portsmouth[55] and Gibraltar[56]
1935 Royal Corinthian One Design 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in) Harry Smith Burnham Yacht Building Company Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Burnham [57]
1935 Royal Mersey Mylne Class 7.54 m (24 ft 9 in) Alfred Mylne Royal Mersey Yacht Club active [14]
1936 Bembridge One Design ~6.10 m (20 ft 0 in) see note Alfred Westmacott Westmacott and Woodnutts Bembridge Sailing Club active [58] [59]
1936 Vertue 7.70 m (25 ft 3 in) Laurent Giles 275
1937 International One Design 10.06 m (33 ft 0 in) Bjarne Aas Long Island Sound- later, fleets in Norway, UK, Bermuda, Canada and US 285 yachts listed on register,[60] 12 fleets in 5 countries; over 150 yachts racing the first class to be recognized by ISAF as a "Classic" One Design Class[61][62]
1937 Deben 4-ton 6.71 m (22 ft 0 in) Claude Whisstock [29]
1937 Bembridge Redwing mk2 8.46 m (27 ft 9 in) Charles E. Nicholson 20 by (Wood)
Approx. 35 by Various (GRP)		 Bembridge Bembridge Sailing Club [63]
Poole		 [64]
1937 Royal Harwich One Design 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in) Robert Clark and Austin Farrar[65] Royal Harwich Yacht Club
1937 Loch Long One Design 6.40 m (21 ft 0 in) James Croll James Colquhoun & Sons of Dunoon; 11 other builders, one(Aldeburgh Boatyard) still active. Loch Long Sailing Club at Aldeburgh Yacht Club and Cove Sailing Club [66]
1938 Neptunkryssare 9 m (30 ft) Sweden [67]
1939 Dublin Bay 24 11.51 m (37 ft 9 in) Alfred Mylne Isle of Bute Royal Alfred Yacht Club Villefranche-sur-Mer [68] 'Design Mid Thirties; first delivered 1946'
1942 Nordic Folkboat 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in) [29]
1943 Swallow 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in) Isaac Thomas Thornycroft
1944 K 6 6.10 m (20.0 ft) Svenska Kosterbåtsförbundet Sweden [69]
1945 Dauntless 6.71 m (22 ft 0 in) [29]
1945 Glen 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in) Alfred Mylne Bangor boatyard; some 39 built Dublin Bay Sailing Club Dublin Bay Sailing Club active fleet [70]
1946 Bluenose 23.42 ft (7.14 m) William James Roué Canadian
1947 Flying Fifteen 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in) Uffa Fox active [71]
1948 Mälar 25 10 m (33 ft) Mälarens Seglarförbund Sweden [72]
1955 Revised-L-Class 7.21 m (23 ft 8 in) Laurent Giles Initial boat by Jefferson Bros, Hessle, various Solent yards followed 9 built in UK [48]
1955 South Coast One-Design (SCOD) 7.90 m (25 ft 11 in) Charles E. Nicholson Burnes, Clare Lallow, Camper & Nicholson, Woodnutts and WA Souter 106 built 1955–1970 [29][73]
1955 Kestrel 22 6.71 m (22 ft 0 in) J Francis Jones 100+ built 1955–1970 [74]
1958 Hilbre One Design 5.11 m (16 ft 9 in) Alan Buchanan 55 West Kirby Sailing Club
1959 Shark 24 7.32 m (24 ft 0 in) George Hinterhoeller Great Lakes region active
1959 Stella 7.85 m (25 ft 9 in) 100+ built [29]
1960s Warsash One Design 8.13 m (26 ft 8 in) Fred Parker Russell Marine, Leigh on Sea
1961 Daring 10.11 m (33 ft 2 in) Arthur Robb 40 Cowes IOW [75]
1961 Finesse 21 6.40 m (21 ft 0 in) Laurie Harbottel Alan Platt 79 built [76]
1962 Seaview Mermaid Arthur Robb 13 by Various (GRP) Sea View Yacht Club Seaview, Isle of Wight [27][28]
1962 Rossiter Pintail 8.31 m (27 ft 3 in) Hugh Rossiter [29]
1962 Alberg 30 9.22 m (30 ft 3 in) Carl Alberg Whitby Boat Works Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay active [77]
1965 Soling 8.13 m (26 ft 8 in) Jan Herman Linge
1965 Tempest 6.65 m (21 ft 10 in) Ian Proctor active
1966 Piper One Design 6.53 m (21 ft 5 in)[78] David Boyd Sandbanks Holy Loch Sailing Club
Royal Gourock Yacht Club		 [79]
1966 Etchells 9.14 m (30 ft 0 in) E. W. Etchells
1967 Yngling 6.38 m (20 ft 11 in) Jan Herman Linge
1967 Ajax 23 7.01 m (23 ft 0 in) Oliver Lee Halmatic; 24 RHYC[80] active [81]
1967 H-boat 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) Hans Groop
Paul Elvstrøm (re-design)		 over 5000 made;[82] manufacturers in Scandinavia and N Europe active [83]
1969 Spækhugger 7.44 m (24.4 ft) Denmark [84]

Development classes[]

Year Name Length Rule Origins Fleets Ref
1904 Windermere 17s 5.18 m (17 ft 0 in) Windermere Active Restricted Development Class [85]
1906 6.5 Metre Jauge chemin de fer
1907 12 Metre International rule active
1907 15 Metre International rule
1907 International rule
1907 International rule not active
1907 6 Metre International rule active
1907 7 Metre International rule
1907 8 Metre International rule active
1908 22m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule Sweden
1908 30m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule Sweden
1908 45m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule
1908 55m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule
1912 38m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule
1913 15m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule
1913 75m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule
1913 95m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule
1913 120m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule
1913 150m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule
1913 40m² Skerry cruiser Square meter rule Sweden
1929 5 Metre active
1937 5.5 Metre active
Sharpie Classes

See also[]

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