Sunday, February 1, 2015

Design 1780 Firebrand and others

Images Courtesy Beken of Cowes

This is a very typical R.O.R.C. racing yacht, named Firebrand. A bunch of these boats were built by various builders. This is right at the point in time when separate rudders were coming into fashion so the boats built to this design were from modified plans with separate rudder. Other modification were made to differentiate the boats, mostly with changes to the deckhouse geometry.


Here are the plans to Firebrand.


And heres a general arrangement for one of the others, with the separate rudder (and modified deckhouse, reverse transom, etc).


Principal Dimensions
LOA 43-3"
LWL 30-0"
Beam 11-3"
Draft 6-4"
Displacement 22,400 lbs
Ballast 11,000 lbs
Sail Area 725 sq ft

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