#flyingfifteen – Irish Flying fifteen vice–president Alan Green has led tributes from Ireland to Flying Fifteen doyen Roy Windebank of Hayling Island in Hampshire who died last month aged 81.

The British master builder who had been involved as both a builder and developer of the class for over forty years is credited with the international success of the 'original sportsboat'  due to ground breaking hull development work in the 1980s.

The register shows that Windebank personally built 252 flying fifteens up to his retirement in 1997 (all of which were constructed using polyester resins). Flying Fifteens recently broke the 4000 mark with sail numbers as high as 4025 at the recent European FF Championships in Mallorca.

A full obituary and funeral details have been posted on the International FF class website here.

Roy Windebank (March 26th, 1933 - September 26th, 2014)