Nigel Irens RDI is a leading

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designer. Amongst his designs are the ''Adventurer,'' a 35m trimaran motor yacht which completed a record-breaking circumnavigation in 1998, and ''B&Q/Castorama'' a 23 m sailing trimaran used by

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to break the world record for solo

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in 2005. His design portfolio is wide-ranging, from record-breaking yachts to innovative cruising designs such as Roxane,website for Irens' ''Roxane-Romilly'' family
''www.roxane-romilly.co.uk/'', accessed 9 November 2019 and other sailing designs of traditional appearance such as the ''Westernman''details of Nigel Irens' ''Westernman'' 40-ft-Pilot-Cutter
''sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk'', accessed 9 November 2019 cutters – designed in association with the late

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– or the launch ''Rangeboat'', a 12m power craft also of traditional appearance. Typically, Irens' designs synthesise traditional forms with modern materials and methods of construction, with Carbon fibre masts, laminated frames, and epoxied strip wood strongly in evidence. For a while, when beginning his career as a yacht designer, Ed Burnett worked for Irens, and that led to a number of successful collaborations. They worked together on designs such as Zinnia, a 30ft gaff cutter, Kilrush Nomad II, a 43ft gaff cutter,Rob Peake: Celebrated naval architect Ed Burnett has died
''www.classicboat.co.uk'', accessed 10 November 2019 and the ''King Alfred'' dinghy
to be built by King Alfred School in London. By 2012, the school had built three, and use them to introduce students to dinghy cruising. Irens is perhaps particularly noteworthy for the simplicity, efficiency, and essential

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of his design.

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