The Redwing know more commonly as the Bembridge Redwing is a

keelboat A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open wat ...

originally designed by

Charles Ernest Nicholson Charles Ernest Nicholson (12 May 1868 – 26 February 1954) was a British yacht designer. Biography He was born in 1868, one of four sons and six daughters of Benjamin Nicholson (1828-1906), also a yacht designer, and the original Nicholson of ...

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 Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley (ria) formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being th ...

on the south of

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. 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. File:Cowes Week 2014 (14656538768).jpg, File:Cowes Week 2014 (14656608107).jpg, File:Cowes Week 2014 (14840798554).jpg, File:Yachts racing at Cowes Week 2017 14.jpg, File:Yachts racing at Cowes Week 2017 15.jpg,

First design

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Bembridge Sailing Club
Keelboats Sailing yachts designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson Sailing yachts built in the United Kingdom Sailing yachts of the United Kingdom 1900s sailboat type designs 1930s sailboat type designs One-design sailing classes