Redwing (keelboat)

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.

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Redwing

18 Class symbol
Development
Designer	Charles Ernest Nicholson
Year	1896 & 1938
Name	Redwing
Boat
Crew	2
Hull
Type	Monohull
LOA	8.51 m (27.9 ft)
Beam	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Fixed
Sails
Upwind sail area	200 sq ft (19 m2)

First design

First batch, with owners^[1]

Name	Year	Number	First Owner
Paroquet	1897	1	Captain de Boulay & Gerald Fitzgerald
Redstart	1897	2	Frank Hardcastle
Pink-Un	1897	3	GH Harrison
Redbreast	1897	4	Mr and Mrs BO Cochrane
Nautilus	1897	5	John I Thornycroft
Red Gauntlet	1897	6	HC Sutton
Fortuna	1897	7	The Honourable JB Denison
Bantam	1897	8	Dr A Bostock Hill
Flamingo	1897	9	Lt H Garside-Tipping RN
Windthrush	1897	10	Lt Colonel MacDonald Moreton
Peregrine	1897	11	Lt Colonel Honourable G Bertie & Mr Davenport Knight
Zeila	1897	12	Ross F Hime
Kitten	1897	13	Mr and Mrs JR Pennington Leigh
Circus Girl	1897	14	Captain Wade RE & Captain Lee RE
Styx	1897	15	G MacAndrews
Red Mullet	1898	16	Captain Rhodes
Scud	1899	17	GC Whitaker
Red Spinner	1899	18	FIB Beckford
Poppy	1899	19	Reverend GW Watkins
Kingfisher	1901	2	R Stuart Saville
Porpoise	1901	20	FF Tower
Petrel	1901	21	Sir James Houghton, 11th Baronet
Red Witch	1900	13	Earl of Harrington
Tout Passe	1903	10	Swinburn & Sheppard
Scarlet Runner	1902	24	AW & CH Haig
Coot	1903	15	Lt Crichton & Major Seely MP