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John Illingworth (yacht designer)

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designer. Described on his death as "the father of post-war offshore sailing racing", he held most of the senior positions in British yachting and pioneered several innovations in the sport.
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Illingworth believed that offshore racing could be conducted safely in boats which were much smaller, lighter and simpler than was the norm at the time. Shortly after the launch of
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was of light displacement, with short overhangs in contrast to the elongated overhangs of other yachts. Other innovations included a
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Back in England, Illingworth stayed with the navy, commanding a naval air station. He became Commodore of the
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of 4.3 long tons (4,400 kg). In 1950, he was a founding member and elected the first president of the
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in Tasmania, which he promptly suggested should be a race. Illingworth skippered his newly acquired yacht
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which were the norm at the time. The rating rules at the time attached less significance to the area of
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is carried all the way to the head of the mast, rather than terminating lower down the mast as on the
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to Illingworth's specifications. In a radical departure from the norms of the time,
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in 1947 and 1949, and in 1957 was part of the winning team for the first
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In pre-war England Illingworth was a Royal Navy officer serving in
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has since become one of the great offshore yacht races.
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In 1945, after the end of the war, Illingworth was in
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