“We’re delighted that a timeless classic racing dinghy is now available to order again today” Bill Dowell, Secretary of the National Redwing Dinghy Association
The Redwing is a traditional one-design clinker-built 14 ft (4.27m) racing dinghy sailed by a crew of two. Good Wood Boat Company are proud to be an approved builder of the Redwing keeping this wonderful tradition alive. The rig is bermudan sloop without spinnaker but with one trapeze for the crew. Although the class is small there are a few fleets of Redwings dotted around the UK which are raced enthusiastically, often all year round. The Redwing is light and fast for a clinker dinghy but is very durable and long-lived.
For further information on the Redwing go to:
www.geocities.com/nationalredwing
Built of mahogany on oak by L.H. Walker of Leigh-on-Sea in Essex from 1954 until 1979.
The boat continues to be built today both in traditional wood and wood trimmed GRP in three main forms, the Popular (or Standard), the Deluxe and the Super. The differences being in the extra features added to the basic hull.
This clinker built sliding gunter-rigged (there are some Bermudan rigs) traditional ‘Swallows and Amazons’ style dinghy provokes interest wherever it is seen.
The boat was originally conceived as a family cruising dinghy, but is now more usually sailed with a crew of two or single-handed.
The Tideway Owners Association now have two licensed builders, Good Wood Boat Company for wooden hulled Tideways and Tideway Dinghies Ltd for the wood trimmed GRP.
The images above are of Good Wood Boat Company’s recently completed first Tideway (TW520).
Tideway Owners Association: www.tidewaydinghy.org
Tideway Dinghies Ltd: www.tidewaydinghies.co.uk
