Designed by Charles Nicholson in 1955 for a group of Island Sailing Club members who were keen to have an inexpensive and fast cruiser-racer one-design to be raced around the Solent. The first 6 were built at Clare Lallows’ yard in Cowes and all competed in the 1956 Round The Island Race, winning the first six places overall.
This immediate success brought a flurry of commissions and a number of yards around the UK built the new one-designs, the most successful being Burnes Shipyard of Bosham, Sussex, who, between 1956 and 1967, built a total of 62 SCOD’s.
Over the years an impressive 106 South Coast One Designs have been built. |
| Name: | South Coast One Design |
| Yachts: |
Lady B of Bosham Firecracker Anjajo Spirit Of Morningside Stirling Tiggy Hampshire Maid Jester Of Bosham Rhonina Verity Of Cowes Aderyn Mitsouko Tio Pepe Lullaby |
| Acronym: | SCOD |
| Construction: |
¾ inch (19mm) Lagos mahogany, carvel-planked over oak frames. Mahogany was also used in other areas such as the rudder, keel, stem and sternpost. She carries a distinctive feature to her mast in the form of “jumper struts and a brass rod and diamonds arrangement where forestay meets mast”. |
| Other Information: | The South Coast One Design Association can be found at: http://www.scod.org/ |
| LOA m / ft: | 7.9m / 25'11" |
| LWL m / ft: | 6.4m / 21' |
| LOD m / ft: | / |
| Beam m / ft: | 2.4m / 7'10" |
| Draft m / ft: | 1.6m / 5'3" |
| Sail Area m / ft: | 26.1sq.m / 281sq.ft |
| Displacement (Tonnes): | 4.1 tons |
