TURNING TO WINDWARD—Boats of the Royal Burnham and Pyefleet one-design classes racing together at Burnham-on-Crouch in a fresh sou’- wester. The Royal Burnham boats are about 20ft over all and designed for the rough and tumble that quickly gets up in this Essex river when a fresh breeze blows against a 3-knot tide. These boats, in consequence, have ample freeboard—some critics say they have too much and present excessive windage when heeled like the boat in the centre of the picture—and only moderate sail plans. But they are very suitable for inexperienced yachtsmen to take up racing. The Royal Burnham One-Designs are fairly representative of a modern English one-design class for racing in choppy water.

Southland Times, Issue 24027, 18 January 1940, Page 5

TURNING TO WINDWARD —Boats of the Royal Burnham and Pyefleet one-design classes racing together at Burnham-on-Crouch in a fresh sou’wester. The Royal Burnham boats are about 20ft over all and designed for the rough and tumble that quickly gets up in this Essex river when a fresh breeze blows against a 3-knot tide. These boats, in consequence, have ample freeboard—some critics say they have too much and present excessive windage when heeled like the boat in the centre of the picture—and only moderate sail plans. But they are very suitable for inexperienced yachtsmen to take up racing. The Royal Burnham One-Designs are fairly representative of a modern English one-design class for racing in choppy water.