Franklin_Ratsey_Woodroffe

Franklin Ratsey Woodroffe

Franklin Ratsey Woodroffe

British sailor

Franklin Ratsey Woodroffe (18 November 1918[1] – 19 December 2008) was a British sailor. He competed in the 6 Metre event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]

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Ratsey Woodroffe was born on the Isle of Wight, the son of Stanley Woodroffe and his wife Muriel Prangley Ratsey, of the Ratsey and Lapthorn sailmaking firm.[3] He had two brothers and a sister, and their great-uncle was the Olympic sailor Colin Ratsey. In 1949 Franklin Ratsey Woodroffe became the first winner of the Edinburgh Cup, in a Dragon-class yacht called Blue Skies.[4]

Ratsey Woodroffe had joined Ratsey and Lapthorne at the age of 18,[5] and eventually became senior manager[6] as well as proprietor of Vectis Sailcloth.[7]

References

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    "Franklin Ratsey Woodroffe". olympic.org. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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    "Franklin Woodroffe". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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    "A new life for a classic boat – 37ft Misty is remodelled for the classic circuit". Yachting World. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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    "Edinburgh Cup History". British Dragon Association. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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    Future. Futura Publications Limited. 1948. p. 18.
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    Jeremy Howard-Williams (1967). Sails. Coles.
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    Marconi's International Register. Telegraphic Cable & Radio Registrations, Incorporated. 1997. p. 641.
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