sports trailer-sailers and racing dinghies by Keith Callaghan
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BLUE LIGHTNING, BLUESTORM and BLUEEYES are sleek and sophisticated trailer-sailers with exceptional performance and comfortable accommodation. They are part of a series of sports trailer-sailer designs ranging from 5.5 metres to 7 metres LOA. My design portfolio also includes high performance sailing dinghies, including the latest Merlin Rocket HAZARDOUS series,the new HADRON singlehander and the latest high performance dayboat Blue Motion.

Follow the links to any of these designs:

BlueStorm "ANTJE" sailing in the Baltic, 2004
Hadron sailing at Alton Water, 2011
Sports trailer-sailers L.O.A. towing wgt berths
BLUEEYES series 5.55m & 6.0m 850kg 2
BLUE SKIES 5.6m 1050kg 3
BLUE LIGHTNING 6.73m 1150kg 3
BLUESTORM 7.0m 1200kg 4
High performance dinghies and dayboats L.O.A. description
NATIONAL MERLIN ROCKETS - "Hazardous" series 4.27m high performance 2-person dinghy
HADRON 4.27m high performance singlehander dinghy
BLUEMOTION 550 5.5m high performance dayboat
HIGHLIGHT 5.5m performance dayboat
HEATWAVE 4.27m high performance singlehander dinghy
HAZE 4000 4.00m ballasted singlehander dinghy
Utility dinghy
HUFFLER 2.70m Sailing or rowing pram dinghy
Non-current designs
NATIONAL MERLIN ROCKETS - my 1970s designs 4.27m high performance 2-person dinghy
NATIONAL TWELVES 3.66m 2-person racing dinghy
INTERNATIONAL 14s 4.27m High performance 2-person racing dinghy
HARRIER 4.27m GRP Singlehander racing dinghy
Other items
"trailer-sailer" - the term defined.
The Recreational Craft Directive - Its impact on DIY builders
LIVELY - my Yachting World Rambler
JORDAN BOATS can provide a complete set of plywood components, cut to exact shape and size, for any of my designs. Please contact me or Alec Jordan if you want to know more.

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TRAILER-SAILER DESIGNS

My designs all have the following features: full size berths, full sitting headroom, galley space, large self-draining cockpit, 'inboard' well for outboard motor, ballasted centreboard fully enclosed in hull when raised, true trailerability, and last but not least - excellent sailing performance.

RACING DINGHY DESIGNS

My design career started with racing dinghies: mainly National Merlin/Rockets (about 110 of them were built), but also National Twelves, International 14s, and the Harrier single-hander. The design portfolio now includes several singlehanders and the latest HAZARDOUS series of Merlin Rockets.

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Contact details: Address: 7 Ramsey Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 6AN, U.K. Tel +44 (0)1473 823587. Email: keith@bluelightning.co.uk

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