Colin Mudie (11 April 1926-11 March 2020) was an Edinburgh-born yacht designer, author, naval historian, balloonist, and advocate for the handicapped sailor. He studied engineering at Southampton University, before working under yacht designers including Laurent Giles and

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. He then set up his own firm. He received the award of RDI (Royal Designer for Industry) for Small craft/ naval in 1995.page for Colin Mudie
''sailboatdata.com'', accessed 7 November 2019

Yachts

Mudie is particularly celebrated for his range of boat designs, including motorsailers, small sailing cruiser/racers,

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, and tall ships. Among the tall ship designs are examples for crews which include both handicapped and able-bodied crew members.

Motorsailers

Mudie designed the early range of Hardy motorsailers.

Cruiser/racers

Mudie's cruiser/racer

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designs include: *SUNSPOT - 1972 *WING 25 - 1963

Luxury yachts

Mudie designed a number of

, including: *''Zinat Al-Bihaar'' Omani RYS 1988 *''Ashena'' built by Wadia 2006 *''Passionata'' built by Astilleros Udondo 1973

Tall ships

*The 'Little Brigs' ''TS Bob Allen'' and ''TS Caroline Allen'' * INS ''Sudarshini'' (A77) is a sister ship of INS ''Tarangini'' (A75); three-masted commissioned 1997 * INS ''Tarangini'' (A75) constructed in Goa - design by Colin Mudie, launched 1 December 1995. * KLD ''Tunas Samudera'' training ship, Royal Malaysian Navy -launched in 1989. Colin Mudie also designed a sister ship (the ''Young Endeavour'') * STS ''Young Endeavour'' (Australian Young Endeavour Youth Scheme) laid down by Brooke Marine (which became Brooke Yachts during the vessel's construction) Built 1986-1988 * STS ''Lord Nelson'' for the

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(JST), launched 1986 * TS ''Royalist'' Groves and Guttridge, East Cowes, Isle of Wight. launched on 3 August 1971

Replicas

* ''Matthew'', a replica of

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's 15th century

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, the ''Matthew'', 1996. Built at Redcliffe Wharf by the Bristol Classic Boat Company.

Books

Mudie authored several books on boats and their history of development:page: books by for Colin Mudie
''www.abebooks.com'', accessed 7 November 2019Amazon search for Colin Mudie
''www.amazon.co.uk'', accessed 7 November 2019 *Motor Boats and Boating (Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1972) *Power Boats (Transatlantic Arts, 1976) *Power Yachts (with Rosemary Mudie) (Adlard Coles Ltd., 1 Jul 1977) *The Story of the Sailing Ship (with Rosemary Mudie) (Exeter Books, 1980) *Advanced Sailboat Cruising Hardcover (with G.Hales Handford) (Macmillan, 1981) *The Sailing Ship. A voyage through the ages (ed., with Rosemary Mudie) (Roydon Publishing Company, 1984) *Sopranino (with Patrick Ellam) (Sheridan House Inc, 1986) *Sailing Ships: Designs and Reconstructions of Great Sailing Ships from Ancient Greece to the Present Day (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2000)

References

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