The design has been updated by Phil Morrison and has most recently been built by Hartley Boats in Derby.
Construction was soon converted to the originally intended fibreglass, but the popularity of the class grew slowly due to a widespread mistrust of the new material.
], Gmach & Co [2] in Fordingbridge began constructing new hulls that the class started to grow.
The firm made the boat for 25 years and introduced a Mark II version.
[citation needed] In handicap racing, the Kestrel sails off a Portsmouth Yardstick number of 1040[4] or a D-PN of 91.6.