Colin Mudie (11 April 1926 – 11 March 2020)[1] was an Edinburgh-born yacht designer, author, naval historian, balloonist, and advocate for the handicapped sailor.[2] He studied engineering at Southampton University, before working under yacht designers including Laurent Giles and Uffa Fox. He then set up his own firm.[3] He received the award of RDI (Royal Designer for Industry) for Small craft/ naval in 1995.[3][4]

Yachts

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Mudie is particularly celebrated for his range of boat designs, including motorsailers, small sailing cruiser/racers, luxury yachts, and tall ships. Among the tall ship designs are examples for crews which include both handicapped and able-bodied crew members.

Motorsailers

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Mudie designed the early range of Hardy motorsailers.[5]

Cruiser/racers

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Mudie's cruiser/racer yacht designs include:[3]

  • SUNSPOT -13.8 feet (4.2 m) 1972
  • WING 25 -25 feet (7.6 m) 1963

Luxury yachts

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Mudie designed a number of luxury yachts, including:[6]

  • Zinat Al-Bihaar 60.99 metres (200.1 ft) Omani RYS 1988
  • Ashena 46.51 metres (152.6 ft) built by Wadia 2006
  • Passionata 27.4 metres (90 ft) built by Astilleros Udondo 1973

Tall ships

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Replicas

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Books

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Mudie authored several books on boats and their history of development:[10][11]

  • Motor Boats and Boating (Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1972) ISBN 9780600359807
  • Power Boats (Transatlantic Arts, 1976) ISBN 9780600370451
  • Power Yachts (with Rosemary Mudie) (Adlard Coles Ltd., 1 Jul 1977) ISBN 9780229986637
  • The Story of the Sailing Ship (with Rosemary Mudie) (Exeter Books, 1980) ISBN 9780896730571
  • Advanced Sailboat Cruising Hardcover (with G.Hales Handford) (Macmillan, 1981) ISBN 978-0333318072
  • The Sailing Ship. A voyage through the ages (ed., with Rosemary Mudie) (Roydon Publishing Company, 1984) ISBN 9780946674060
  • Sopranino (with Patrick Ellam) (Sheridan House Inc, 1986) ISBN 9780246129437
  • Sailing Ships: Designs and Reconstructions of Great Sailing Ships from Ancient Greece to the Present Day (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2000) ISBN 9780713653243

References

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  1. ^ "HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY Colin Mudie RDI". Hardy Owners Club, www.facebook.com. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Remembering Colin Mudie". Marine Industry News. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "page for Colin Mudie". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Colin Mudie: Ship designer, author and balloonist". Advertiser and Times. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. ^ "About". www.hardymarine.com. Retrieved 7 November 2019. '...initially built small motor sailers designed by Colin Mudie...'
  6. ^ "3 yachts by Colin Mudie". www.boatinternational.com. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  7. ^ "The Little Brig Sailing Trust - About us". www.littlebrig.org. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  8. ^ "The Little Brig Sailing Trust - Sail with Us". www.littlebrig.org. Archived from the original on 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  9. ^ Severin, Tim (1978). The Brendan Voyage. Hutchinson. pp. 32–34.
  10. ^ "page: books by Colin Mudie". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Amazon search for Colin Mudie". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2019.