N456 Westwind

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The life of N456 Westwind.  Design: Uffa King, designed by: Uffa Fox



Previous boat names: Westwind, Tipsy Gipsy, prior to reverting to Westwind.  



National Maritime Museum, Greenwich - presented May 1972 by M.A.H.Catling and D.W.Reid. 



Westwind, Burton Cup winning boat, Torbay 1939 & Falmouth 1950, and Burton Week YW Points Cup, Torbay 1947, Calshot 1948 & Falmouth 1950.  Also YW Silver National, 1950 & 1951, (during the years 1949-1953 the YW Silver National was then awarded for an aggregate series of sea and inland races) - Bruce Banks.  Crewed by Peggy Sharland in the Falmouth 1950 Burton Week.

[JohnMurrell]

Currently on display at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall on their National Twelve theme exhibition running through to the end of April '07

[JohnKn]

Winner of the Burton Cup in 1939 and in 1950.

[edwillett]

Entry from the National Maritime Museum website:
Designed and built by Uffa Fox for Bruce Banks, Westwind is the only survivor of the two N12s built by Fox.

She won the Burton Trophy in 1939, and in 1950 won the same Trophy here in Falmouth, skippered by Bruce Banks. She also won the Yachting World’s Points Cup in 1947, 1948 and 1950, in addition to many lesser prizes.

Found by Peter Catling and David Reid in a dilapidated condition in 1967, she was carefully restored by them, re-varnished, and equipped with contemporary fittings and one of her original suits of cotton sails.

She sailed in 1970 and 1971 and proved herself still outstanding to windward, planing easily though unsteadily in comparison with a dinghy of the 1970s.
Westwind will be the subject of the Museum's Study Boat Area from 22 January
for 3 months.

The picture from the website shows Bruce Banks winning the Burton Cup in 1950

[edwillett]

Found this in the library