C-Class

Hi Norman

Hi There All

Originally posted by johnb One of the original Hellcats from 1961/62 still in perfect condition, pictured taken with Reg White at the helm in Aug 2005.  Boat kept at Cushendall Co. Antrim N.I. Great boat to sail.

Peter Emmerson, who used to sail Tornado's in the UK, met up with Reg after the Spitfire Europeans in Cork in 2005, and travelled North to meet up with John McLaughlin and sail the Hellcat. Below is part of an article I wrote for Afloat Magazine in 2004.

In 1962, two years before the formation of the Irish Catamaran Association (As the IMA was known up to 1984), the McLaughlin family from Cushendall went to the London Boat Show and bought a Hellcat catamaran. This magnificent 25ft by 14ft catamaran, sail no. UK 3, built by Reg White, is a sistership of the C Class catamaran which won the “Little America’s Cup” for the UK in 1961. This year, John McLaughlin came out and raced the immaculate Hellcat with the latest modern catamaran designs at the Irish Multihull Association’s Northern Championship, hosted by Cushendall Sailing and Boating Club on the 29^th & 30^th May. Amazingly, 42 years later, most of the modern catamarans racing were also built by the same Reg White, of White Formula.

Edited by Dermot M

Hi thanks for the offer,l'll look forward for a spin on Emma. Had a look at Calshotcats website / Gallery looks a friendly,relaxed club with lots of fun.Like the idea skirmishes to the bars, would that be on H/C or first to the bar buys the beer, when so I would reduce the sail area on Emma. Iv passed the info re C Class CSSC website on .