Previous Design Timeline
1998
IOM - SC2 This was the first BG IOM design with lines similar to current 'skiffs' of the time. The design was drawn using Maxsurf Software and for a first attempt, the boat was competitive at both club and state level. Boats Made: 13 Results: 3rd NSW Championship 1998 1999
IOM - SC4 This was BG's first narrow design, directed more towards flatter water, pond conditions. Up wind in all rigs the design proved competitive, but suffered downwind with a lack of freeboard in the bow. Boats Made: 29 Results: 6th Australian National Championship 2000 2nd NSW and VIC Championships 2000 2001
M - Blaze After the fun of building the SC4M this boat was designed. The boat was a very moderate design in RM thinking at the time, with a swing rig used for the A rig and the lower rigs using the shroudless conventional method. In it's first outing at the 2002 Australian Championships it placed 5th in a large fleet against skippers such as Jones, Walliki, Klem and Byerley Boats Made: 1 Results: 5th Australian Championship 2002 1st QLD Championship 2002 2002
M - Boogie Boogie was a development of the well balanced Blaze design, with new foils and a much lighter and stiffer carbon/kevlar construction, incorporating a moulded deck. Rig development through the use of better quality spars and materials went hand in hand with this design's development. In late 2005 3 budget versions were built with low tech materials with considerable success on a State and National level. Boats Made: 7 Results: 1st Australian Championship 2003 & 2004 2nd Australian Championship 2006 1st NSW Championship 2004 & 2005 2006
M - Anarchy Anarchy was based on the popular Boogie design with freeboard and flare added to the bow in readiness of the high winds to be experienced at the 2006 Fleetwood Worlds. A new fin/lead combination and pocket luff lower rigs were used on this boat showing good speed during the Championship. Many good lessons were learnt at Fleetwood with this being my first International competition in this class. Boats Made: 1 Results: 5th World Championship 2006 2nd QLD Championship 2006 6th World Championships 2014 2008
IOM - Glam Rock This hull was originally moulded in 2004 from our SC4 moulds with freeboard added to the bow. It sat as an unfinished project until early 2008 when it was decided to complete her. With balance and rig lessons learnt from sailing the Dicks design Widget, the boat was launched in April this year. What was once a light air boat, was now transformed into a boat very competitive also at the top end of the rig ranges reinforcing our 2007 thoughts learned on rig design and setup. Boats Made: 2 2009
M - Jive Jive was a development on from our 'Boogie/Anarchy' designs. Whilst being a slightly smaller overall design with lower wetted surface, 'Jive' retained the raised bow sections of our 'Anarchy' design enabling her to be driven hard downwind. Vertical Divider
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1999
IOM - SC3 This boat was a modification if the SC2 design with a lowered freeboard and a deck moulding added. Boats were only offered complete, moulded in epoxy glass. Boats Made: 10 Results: 3rd NSW Championship 1999 2001
M - SC4M After a short introduction to Marblehead sailing with a Zero design with all swing rigs, I decided to hurriedly build a narrow, modern type boat for the 2001 NSW Championship. Running short on time, it was decided that a low budget boat be built in carbon from our SC4 IOM moulds, with a 290mm section being added through the middle of the boat. After placing 5th in the Championship the boat was then discarded with some basic design lessons being learnt. Boats Made: 1 Results: 5th NSW Championship 2001 2002
IOM - Disco Designed as an all round boat following my previous designs that tested both ends of the stability envelope. Hull was at moderate beam with clean lines and has proven to this day to be competitive in any fleet throughout the world when sailed well. In 3 International Championships from 2003 to 2005, a Disco was placed within the top 6 at each event and was the most sailed design at the 2005 Worlds in Australia. Boats Made: 50 Major Results: 1st & 3rd Australian Championship 2003, 3rd & 4th World Championship 2003, 6th European Championship 2004, 6th World Championship 2005 2005
IOM - Punk! This design was based loosely on our earlier SC4 design. With a narrower beam, flatter aft sections and a higher freeboard. Time ran out to develop the boat in the lead up to the 2005 Worlds with the all round Disco being favored. A new fin and rudder design from Mike Eldred in the USA improved the boat in late 2005 into a design with great potential. Graeme Bird sailed the boat to 4th place in his first nationals with some strong heat wins in 2007. With these revised foils. Boats Made: 1 Results: 2nd NSW Championship 2005 4th Australian Championship 2007 2007
IOM - Karaoke Lines plans for this design were provided on request to Davor Duzevic in Croatia in early 2007. The design is of moderate beam and boat #2 was sailed by Denis Vukas in the 2007 Worlds. For a boat only one week old the boat showed potential over the weeks racing, culminating a few trips to A fleet by weeks end. At the Euros in Croatia 08 the boat did show a slightly disappointing performance in the difficult light wind and chop due to a balance problem experienced by others using similar foils with similar placement. Boats Made: 8 2009
IOM - Reggae This design was offered as a lines plan as a development on from our 'Karaoke' design being built in Croatia. 'Reggae' at a beam of 204mm sports a more streamlined appearance above the waterline along with a little more reserve buoyancy added to the forward sections allowing for hard running conditions. 2010
IOM - Ska 'SKA' was a lines plan that has evolved from our 'Reggae' design after many hours of trial and refinement. With a more balanced rocker profile and careful re-distribution of buoyancy, we felt that SKA shows much improved downwind performance over her predecessor. Numerous versions of SKA have been produced with well over 150 plans sent worldwide with solid results showing a competitive modern all round design. |
Other Designs Owned and sailed by BG
IOM - Widget
2007-10
Designer: Chris Dicks
Builder: David Creed/Brad Gibson
2007-10
Designer: Chris Dicks
Builder: David Creed/Brad Gibson
After completing a Widget kit for a customer in 2004 I was very impressed by the behavior of the design on the few times I saw it. Upon my arrival in the UK, mid 2006, I was fortunate enough to loan Victoria's boat at club level on a few occasions. Whilst being well balanced, the boat was still perceived to have a weakness at the top end of the rig range. With the 2007 Worlds fast approaching and having gained a 2nd placing at the Croatian National Championship with Victoria's boat, I decided this was the way to go for Marseille by purchasing a David Creed moulding kit. Having world class skippers such as Martin Roberts and Graham Elliott sailing the same design in the World's toughest club racing fleet at Birkenhead, UK, led to the Widget being optimized to it's very best potential, placing 1st and 4th in Marseille.
Without the nature of racing, sportsmanship and co-operation between skippers at Birkenhead this design would not be what it is today, still a proven race winner. BG Results: 2nd Croatian National Championship 2006 1st World Championship 2007 1st NSW Championship 2007 2nd World Championship 2009 1st UK National Championship 2009 4th UK National Championship 2010 |
M - Starkers³
2006-08
Designer/Builder: David Creed
2006-08
Designer/Builder: David Creed
On my return to the UK in 2006 after the sale of my own Anarchy I was left without an RM. Not being in a position to mould one of my own boats, I decided to purchase a Starkers3 second hand from an old IOM customer of mine, as this was the design most sailed at Birkenhead. Whilst being a very different boat to sail than my own Anarchy design, you could not deny the boat's straight line speed in the lower rigs. I have been fortunate to have some good results with this boat.
BG Results: 3rd UK 10R National Championship 2006 1st Race of Champions 2007 2nd UK National Championship 2007 1st Australian National Championship 2011 |
IOM - Windstar/Metric Magic
2007
Designer: Chris Dicks/Dick Wallinger
Builder: Robbe/Brad Gibson
2007
Designer: Chris Dicks/Dick Wallinger
Builder: Robbe/Brad Gibson
Over the Christmas of 2006 a project was needed to combat many long days indoors. I had long wondered whether the Robbe kit could be improved with current rigging and fin mouldings to be competitive. I purchased fin and rudder mouldings from David Creed and proceeded to fit out the boat with a lowered rig and a mast tube through to the hull. With the design being modelled on the Dick's Metric Magic design of the past I couldn't see any reason why the boat would not perform on it's day. What resulted was a boat that was beautifully balanced upwind with all rigs, but just lacked a little pace downwind when pressed. It's light top suit performance was something to behold. In all, this boat can be much more than a basic club level boat for those on a budget, and in my opinion still has plenty to offer.
BG Results: 1st UK IOM Ranking Race 2007 7th UK National Championship 2007 |