Red Witch
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A Red Witch is a shallow draught Template:Convert trailerable, fixed keel yacht, designed to fit under major bridges on the Swan River in Western Australia.[1]
Design
The hull and cabin are made out of glass-reinforced plastic, the keel is cast iron and the rudder is wooden, originally with a rudder box, or replaced with GRP as owners upgrade. The transom has space for an outboard bracket and a ladder. It is virtually unsinkable, as it has airtight cavities in the cabin.
The Red Witch was designed by Per Brohall[2] and built by Hill & Cameron Yachts Perth in the 1970s,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". using as its inspiration a Template:Convert "Seal" yacht from England.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was subsequently further developed to produce a "Sorcerer" Template:Convert to cater for the local Division IV category. Unfortunately for the Sorcerer, the Red Witch eclipsed sales and was faster, thus it became the dominant 'Red' in racing circles, and an active class Association was formed in 1973.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Racing
The boats are sailed as a separate division at South of Perth Yacht Club.[3] Small fleets of boats are found at Claremont, Nedlands, East Fremantle, Cruising (Rockingham) Yacht Clubs, Hillarys Sailing Club and Koombana Bay Sailing Club[4] (Bunbury) and some have even found their way to the eastern states (such as Canberra and Lake Macquarie). Many Red Witches live on their trailers in the suburbs, as they are compact and easily stored—there are 33 yachts registered with the Red Witch Association, and over 240 were manufactured.[2]
See also
Similar sailboats
- Austral 20 (trailer sailer)
- Boomerang 20
- Careel 18
- Hartley TS16
- MacGregor 26
- RL 24
- Santana 22
- Sonata 26