Hilbre One Design

The Hilbre One Design is a British trailerable sailboat that was designed by Alan Buchanan as a one design racer, specifically for the West Kirby Sailing Club in northwest England and first built in 1958.

Production
The design has been built in the United Kingdom since 1958, with 55 boats completed.

Design
The Hilbre One Design is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of wood with clinker construction. It has a fractional sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub keel with a retractable centreboard. It displaces 2000 lb and carries 500 lb of iron ballast.

The boat has a draft of 4.42 ft with the centerboard extended and 1.56 ft with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer.

For downwind sailing the design is equipped with a spinnaker.