1897 Specifications:
LOA: 22′ 0″ / 6.70m – LWL: 16′ 0″ / 4.87m – Beam: 5′ 5″ / 1.66m – Draft: 3′ 0″ / 0.91m – Displacement: – Sail Area: – Hull Number: – Rig: – Designer: Charles E Nicholson – Built by: – Year Built: 1897
1937 Specifications:
LOA: 27′ 11″ / 8.26m – LWL: – Beam: 5′ 6″ / 1.67m – Draft: 3′ 4″ / 1.03m – Displacement: – Sail Area: – Hull Number: – Rig: – Designer: Charles E Nicholson – Built by: – Year Built: 1937
Historical:
The Bembridge SC and the Royal Victoria YC got together and discussed in 1896 the creation of a new inexpensive class to replace the half-raters. Charles E. Nicholson was chosen to design the new boat with only two restrictions on the way the boat was rigged. No spinnakers were allowed, but the foresail could be set on a boom, with a restricted total sail area of 200 sq ft.
In 1937 Lord Brabazon suggested updating the old hulls with a new design. His motion was adopted and Nicholson redesigned the hull. Rig experimentation continued with Uffa Fox adopting to a Bermudian rig on Ibis in 1937.
