Franklin Ratsey Woodroffe (18 November 1918 – 19 December 2008) was a British

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

. He competed in the 6 Metre event at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. Ratsey Woodroffe was born on the

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, the son of Stanley Woodroffe and his wife Muriel Prangley Ratsey, of the Ratsey and Lapthorn sailmaking firm. He had two brothers and a sister, and their great-uncle was the Olympic sailor Colin Ratsey. In 1949 Franklin Ratsey Woodroffe became the first winner of the

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, in a Dragon-class yacht called Blue Skies. Ratsey Woodroffe had joined Ratsey and Lapthorne at the age of 18, and eventually became senior manager as well as proprietor of Vectis Sailcloth.

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* 1918 births 2008 deaths British male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Great Britain Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre People from Cowes {{UK-yachtracing-bio-stub