Identify Yacht with Rx on sail.

[WestwardBound]

I took a photo of a gaffer with with Rx on sail off St Peter Port on the morning of 2106-07-15, The logo looks a bit like the Rustler one, anyone know what yacht this is ?
I thought the owner might like a copy ifI could send it to owners association.
Here is attempt to share this url of the photo. https://flic.kr/p/LEjATb

 

[dombuckley]

Roxanne of Restronguet. She's one of Nigel Irens' Roxanne class luggers, given a gaff cutter rig.
http://www.falmouthclassics.org.uk/boats/roxanne-of-restronguet/

Slippery things, even as a lugger. With a high-peaked, fully-battened cutter rig, I bet she goes like a witch.

 

[WestwardBound]

Thanks !

 

[WestwardBound]

Ah can't find owners association or anything, never mind.

 

[pvb]

Owner is Charles Taylor, you could probably contact him via here - http://www.thetreatmentcentre.co.uk/blog/?tag=charles-taylor

 

[Sniper]

So is the 'Rx' logo used across the class as shorthand for 'Roxanne', or is there a longer standing connection with the Treatment Room referred to? For any who doesn't see what I'm getting at, 'Rx' is commonly used shorthand in clinical circles for 'treatment'. It may just be pure serendipity, of course.

 

[JumbleDuck]

So is the 'Rx' logo used across the class as shorthand for 'Roxanne', or is there a longer standing connection with the Treatment Room referred to? For any who doesn't see what I'm getting at, 'Rx' is commonly used shorthand in clinical circles for 'treatment'. It may just be pure serendipity, of course.

It's the sail marking for the type: Roxannes have R^x and Romillies have R^y.

In engineering circles, Rx stands for "receive" (as opposed to Tx = "transmit") so perhaps that's where the medical usage comes from.

 

[alan_d]

In engineering circles, Rx stands for "receive" (as opposed to Tx = "transmit") so perhaps that's where the medical usage comes from.

It's an abbreviation for recipe, Latin for "take" (or "receive") (second person singular imperative of recipere). As in "take some of x and mix it with y". The English word "recipe", meaning a list of ingredients, has the same origin.

 

[duncan99210]

Rx is also, I think you'll find, is used by the medical profession as the symbol for a prescription

 

[Fantasie 19]

Amazing looking boats... there's a Romilly in Chichester I've seen a few times... apologies for the photo size..

 

[johnalison]

It's the sail marking for the type: Roxannes have R^x and Romillies have R^y.

In engineering circles, Rx stands for "receive" (as opposed to Tx = "transmit") so perhaps that's where the medical usage comes from.

I have an inkling that radio transmissions were not common in the Middle Ages or earlier, when then sign probably originated.

 

[Keith 66]

In the days of sail Rx signified a Rye registered boat.

 

[WestwardBound]

Thanks pvb

 

[pvb]

Thanks pvb

Happy to help.

 

[WestwardBound]

Yes they are pretty aren't they.

 

[DownWest]

There was one in the Remontéee Du Seudre last weekend. I met the owner and he had the cabin raised a bit as he is 6'3". Went passed me like I was dragging a bucket )

Have a look here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/42241216@N08/albums/72157673360163826/page2

If you scroll down to five or so from the bottom, the Roxanne is on the left and there are a few of me in my clear finished little clinker ply Oughtred boat.
Several boats from the DCA are in there too.

As you can see from the early shots, lot of fun paddling and rafting. Around 300 kayaks and 40 plus 'Old Rig' boats