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23-670: The RS Elite class is a 24-foot keelboat (7.3 m) class designed by Phil Morrison . Built to meet the requirements of the Hayling Island Sailing Club , the class has a start at Cowes Week and events around the United Kingdom . Fleets can be found at the Royal Burnham Yacht Club in the UK, as well as at Falmouth , Belfast Lough , Cowes , Hayling Island and Lymington . Outside the UK,

46-547: A centerboard or daggerboard . In New Zealand the term keeler is frequently used as a generic alternative—meaning any sailboat with a keel, regardless of size. World Sailing (formerly the ISAF, formerly the IYRU) usage differentiates keelboats (including the 12-meter class ) from generally larger yachts , despite overlap in the sizes of boats in the two classes. The Olympic Games used "keelboat" to describe keeled boats with up to

69-702: A few days. The term keel was associated in Great Britain with three particular working boat types. The Norfolk Keel ancestor of the Norfolk Wherry , the Humber Keel and the Tyne Keel and their Keelmen . In Ireland the Howth 17 was designed by Sir Walter Boyd in 1897, and is the oldest one-design racing keelboat in the world. A keelboat is technically any sailboat with a keel —as opposed to

92-458: A three-man crew, as opposed to larger-crewed boats such as the 12-metre class. In some countries yachts can also be differentiated from keelboats with the addition of a toilet or "head" as the term "keelboat" is in some places understood to mean a sailboat with a keel that is designed purely for recreational/racing purposes, while the term "yacht" describes a sailboat designed for overnight transport. Norfolk Wherry The Norfolk wherry

115-478: Is a no- hiking boat: crews’ knees must stay inside the boat at all times. There is a full-length alloy tube kickbar down the centreline of the boat, which occupants hook their feet under. The mast can be erected by hand and is made from carbon fibre. The non-overlapping jib is self-tacking on a single line, which is led to a 4:1 purchase. There is no crew weight limit, but the class rules specify that it must be sailed by between two and three crew members, although

138-506: Is a type of sailing boat used on The Broads in Norfolk and Suffolk , England. Three main types were developed over its life, all featuring the distinctive gaff rig with a single, high-peaked sail and the mast stepped well forward. Wherries were sail and oar craft dating back to at least 1604. These were small craft, in 1727 being of 8 tons net tonnage . They were still sail and oar boats, fitted with hoops and canvas tilts for

161-662: Is designed as a boat built for the navigation of rivers, shallow lakes, and sometimes canals that were commonly used in America including use in great numbers by settlers making their way west in the century-plus of wide-open western American frontiers. They were also used extensively for transporting cargo to market, and for exploration and trading expeditions, for water transport was then most effective means to move bulky or heavy cargo. Keelboats were similar to riverboats , but like other barges were unpowered and were typically propelled and steered with oars or setting poles —usually

184-554: The sail winch and any quanting activity. Wherries came in different sizes, according to the river they used. The North Walsham and Dilham Canal Wherry was maximum 50 ft (15 m) x 12 ft (3.7 m) x 3' 6". The River Ant Wherry was 50' x 12' max. The River Bure Wherry was 54' x 12' 8", but for the Aylsham Navigation, i.e. the upper reaches of the Bure, the boats had to be 12' 6" x 3' 6" maximum. On

207-621: The Bridge at Logansport. This is the first arrival at Lafayette this year. We understand the Republican is going to try and ascend the Wabash at Logansport. If she is successful she be the first one that ever has been, and with entitlement to the premium, which we learn is been offered by General Tipton and other enterprising and worthy citizens of that first arrival. The Wabash is in steam boating condition, and we may experience several arrivals, in

230-496: The Broads were at the same time being discovered as a destination for tourism and recreation. Early examples simply featured hammocks and a stove in the hold of a trader, but boatbuilders soon began to make craft specifically for pleasure sailing and holidays, using the same hull and rig design but incorporating living quarters instead of a cargo hold. Some were fitted out to a very high standard indeed; for example, Hathor , built for

253-526: The Colman family (of mustard fame), features highly detailed marquetry in Egyptian designs below decks. For some holidaymakers, the distinction between the working boats and pleasure wherries was not strong enough, and the sleeker and more genteel 'Wherry Yacht' was developed. The main distinguishing features are a smooth, white yacht-like hull and a large counter-stern providing a quiet seating area away from

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276-469: The class can be found in locations such as the Caribbean, Guernsey, Holland, Norway and Sweden. The RS Elite draws 3 ft 7 in (1.09 m), and adheres to one-design principles. The keel is moulded on to vertical stainless-steel struts. The boat has a "long sloping transom " and almost parallel sides, a maximised waterline length, and the boat is designed for speed and control. For racing it

299-400: The coast at Great Yarmouth or Lowestoft and take their cargoes off to be transported inland through the broads and rivers. The last trading wherry, Ella , was built in 1912. The 'Pleasure Wherry' evolved as railways took on the cargo business that had supported the traders. Enterprising owners realised that conversion to carry passengers was a way to replace the lost income, especially as

322-474: The comfort of their passengers. They would have provided a service carrying passengers and small perishable cargoes. Alongside these early wherries were the bigger keels , which were transom-sterned clinker-built barges with a square sail on a mast stepped amidships of about 54 feet (16 m) by 14 feet (4.3 m) and able to carry 30 tons of goods. The keel had been built since the Middle Ages and

345-609: The design probably went back to the Viking invasion . After 1800, the Norfolk Keel (or 'keel wherry') disappeared, partly because a wherry could be sailed with fewer crew, and it had limited manoeuvrability and lacked speed. The 'Trading Wherry' developed from the Keel. It is double-ended, its hull painted black with a white nose to aid visibility after dusk. Most trading wherries were clinker-built , but Albion , surviving today,

368-454: The latter. Keelboats have been used for exploration, such as during the Lewis and Clark Expedition , but were primarily used to transport cargo or settlers in the early 19th century. The process of moving a keelboat upriver was extremely difficult, though current dependent. Most of these keelboats were 50 to 80 feet (15 to 24 m) long and 15 feet (5 m) wide. They usually had a cabin in

391-729: The middle or at the rear, but were sometimes constructed with an open deck. Mike Fink is probably the most noted keelboater in history. Historical account of two keelboats published in the original Courier Journal of Lafayette, Indiana , in 1833: We stop the press to announce the arrival this morning of the steam-boat, REPUBLICAN, Toll, Master from the rapids of the Wabash. The Republican had in tow keel boats, "the Hoosier Lady" and "the Hoosier Boy," bringing freight to Lafayette, Messrs Taylor & Harter, Taylor & Li J. McCormick, J. B. Seamen and Hunter, and for Messrs, Ewing of

414-462: The number can be more or less than that with special dispensation from the race committee. In handicap racing the RS Elite sails off a Portsmouth Yardstick of 938. Keelboat A keel boat , keelboat , or keel-boat is a type of usually long, narrow cigar-shaped riverboat, or unsheltered water barge which is sometimes also called a poleboat —that is built about a slight keel and

437-425: The required force. A special wherry wheelbarrow was used to unload cargo, e.g. stone, from the wherries. It was made from wood and strengthened with iron bands. It had no legs, therefore it could be rested on the 11-inch-wide (280 mm) planks on the side of the wherry. All types of wherry eventually became uneconomic to run, but a small number have been saved either by private individuals or charities. Most of

460-709: The restoration and maintenance of the Edwardian pleasure wherry Hathor and wherry yachts Norada and Olive can be undertaken in all weathers. The site located at Barton House was part of a £1.5 million project. As of Easter 2012, White Moth is also based here. Norada was officially relaunched after restoration in July 2012, while Olive celebrated similarly in July 2013. The Norfolk Wherry Trust keep trading wherry Albion at Forsythe Wherry Yard, off Womack Water at Ludham ; trading wherry Maud also berths here in

483-481: The southern Broads, steam wherries were used. The River Waveney Wherry was 70' x 16' max. The mast is pivoted with a large counterbalance weight at the bottom. This enables the wherry to lower the mast for passing under bridges. The mast can be dropped, the wherry continues forward under its momentum and the mast is raised again on the far side by the crew of two. If there is no wind, or the wherry must be turned or otherwise manoeuvred, quant poles are used to provide

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506-629: The survivors can be seen sailing up and down the rivers and broads today, although some are awaiting full restoration. Of the eight surviving examples of recreational and commercial sailing wherries, seven are on the National Register of Historic Ships. An eighth wherry listed on the Register is Jester a motorized ice wherry of 1923. In April 2011, Wherry Yacht Charter Charitable Trust opened their restored base in Wroxham , where work on

529-489: Was the sole example to be carvel-built . They carry a gaff rig, the sail historically also black from being treated with a mixture of tar and fish oil to protect it from the elements. The mast tops and wind vanes were often painted or shaped (respectively) to identify the wherry's owner - a traditional design is a 'Jenny Morgan', after a folk song character. Sizes varied, but many of these vessels would carry around 25 tons of goods. Wherries were able to reach larger boats just off

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