Immediately after the war, the Royal Dart Yacht Club together with the Teign Corinthian Yacht Club joined forces to revive small boat racing. Morgan Giles was approached to design a new class that would suit both clubs. The Teign Corinthian One-design shown earlier was very similar to the Teign and Dart One-design. There were no doubt subtle differences but there is little in the way of records to define them. Several boats were built and raced with enthusiasm both in the Dart and the Teign clubs. The new boats were 16ft 6ins long and were designed to lie at moorings. In the Dart the Class was called the Royal Dart One Design Dinghy Class with a Class Association. Later the R.D.O.D. Owners Club was formed to administer it. It has stood the test of time with a number of these boats still around today.
The hull was planked in mahogany all copper fastened to steam bent oak timbers on an oak back-bone with a transom stern. A ply fore deck and side decks increased their capability. A very heavy galvanised steel centre plate in a mahogany centre-board casing was operated by a wheel gear mechanism turned by a lanyard to the helm aft. There was also a lifting rudder. Boats were varnished inside and out with simple varnished mahogany benches fitted each side back to the transom.
Specifications
LOA – 16ft 6in
LWL – 15ft 11in
Beam – 5ft 10 ½ in
Depth Amidships – 2ft 5in
Draft – 1ft 2 in & 5 ft
Sail Area YRA – 163 sq ft
Sail Area (actual) Mainsail and No 1 Jib – 186 ½ sq ft
