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National Redwing racing dinghy

This is a traditionally built light-weight wooden racing hull of clinker construction with the name Lyonesse and sail number R249. All components are hand fastened together with copper and bronze fastenings. It has a modern performance trapeze rig – alloy spars, stainless steel standing rigging, Dyneema running rigging. It features the 1938 design by Uffa Fox for Looe Sailing Club. It was built to comply with National Redwing racing rules. This dinghy is the winner of the Concours d’Élégance at London Dinghy Show and winner of Nationals in Tournermine Cotes-d’Armor in Brittany in2018.
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Stephen Beresford
Windermere, United Kingdom
Stephen Beresford is a boat builder and conservator who leads the restoration of 50 historic boats dating from 1780 to 1983 at the Windermere Jetty Mu ...
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