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349: 303: 50: 326: 816: 217:. It is now sailed with three crew. Now a thoroughly modern classic, the main fleet is at Itchenor in Chichester Harbour, West Sussex, with a smaller fleet at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. There are around 40 active boats. As a National Class, the rules and affairs of the Class are regulated by the Royal Yachting Association. Many of these boats are named after birds and, in particular, sea birds. 254:"Osprey". As at September 2017, the National Class Secretary is Charles Prescot and the National Class Chairman is George Miller, with the Itchenor Class Captain being Tony Glover. The National Championships 2018 were held on 07 and 8 July 2018 under the flag of Itchenor Sailing Club in Hayling Bay. The winners were Mike Wigmore, Mark Struckett and Charles Hyatt in S 93 'Gwaihir'. 220:
Major changes to the National Swallow Class Rules in the 1970s enabled the move to grp construction, the addition of self-bailers (4) and, in 2010, the modernisation of the fore and aft rig, with a higher aspect ratio mainsail and lower footed jib. The latest rule change in 2014 allows electric bilge
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Sail numbers have now reached 95 and the current builder is Composite Craft of the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England www.compositecraft.co.uk . The first new Swallow for some years, commissioned for build over the winter of 2017/18, has now been completed and allocated Number 95 and given the name
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keel with an attached raked rudder. It has dinghy-like characteristics and is capable of planing in strong breezes. It was designed both "to go fast and look beautiful". Many Swallow sailors have moved to the Class from dinghy classes, including the International 14.
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They went on to win the National Swallow Class in Cowes Classics Week 2018, which was held in Cowes between 23 and 27 July 2018. S 3, 'Skua', Harry Roome, Prue Roome and Charles Roome, was second in both the National Championships and Cowes Classics Week 2018.
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Further details, including contacts, are on the Itchenor Sailing Club website www.itchenorsc.co.uk at the Swallow Class page.
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Further information and the Class history can also be found in 'The Swallows', by Brian Russell, published in 2001.
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magazine but never became significantly popular outside the United Kingdom.
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still in use. The design was entered in a 1946 competition sponsored by
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Ton classes (0–½, ½–1, 1–2, 2–3, 3–10, 10–20, 20 & Open)
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Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008
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A brand new boat, S95 'Osprey', was launched in 2019.
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Swallow Class

Draft
Hull
LOA
LWL
Beam
Spinnaker
Former Olympic class
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keelboat
1948 Olympics
Tom Thornycroft
Star class
details
Great Britain
Stewart Morris
David Bond
Portugal
Duarte de Almeida Bello
Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello
United States
Lockwood Pirie
Owen Torrey
"Parts of the Swallow history is described in: The History of the Tempest"
The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948
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Paul Henderson
"London 1948"

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