sportsboat. A new era in Sportsboat racing had started: The boats were built in Co. Kerry, and about 100 were built starting with sail number 1720, and although successful, it was considered that the 1720 had shortcomings, namely too powerful a rig, which meant that the boat required too many crew. The SB20, elected Boat of the Year Overall 2008, addressed all of these shortcomings and is now to be seen worldwide. Castro's designers work with many boatyards internationally, including the Royal Huisman, Jongert, Palmer Johnson, Neptunus, CS Yachts, Laser, and Jeanneau, Beneteau, Galeon, Focus, Williams, etc. Achievements Major achievements His designs have won Yacht of the Year awards, a Superyacht Design award and several World championships. He has also designed yachts for use in television drama productions by the BBC. 4 International Offshore Racing (IOR) World Championships Designer of the only IOR boat ever to win all its races in a World Championship International 6m World Champion Designer of 4 "Boat of Year" awards in the UK, France and US Admirals Cup Winner 1989 with "Juno IV" Co-Designer for "BLUE ARROW", a British America's Cup challenger Designs Castro's boat designs are: Arcadia 30 (Jeanneau) Barracuda 45 Clipper 70 CORK 1720 CS 30 CS 34 CS 36 Merlin CS 40 CS 44 Jaguar 24 Jaguar 265 Laser SB3 MG 26 (Castro) MG 335 MG Spring 25 Parker 31 Parker 325 Regatta 39 (Jeanneau) Saga 409 SB3 Sun Dream 28 (Jeanneau) Sun Fast 1/2 Ton (Jeanneau) Sun Odyssey 28.1 (Jeanneau) Sun Shine 36 (Jeanneau) Sun Shine 38 (Jeanneau) Sun Way 28 (Jeanneau) Sun Way 28 CB (Jeanneau) Other achievements by date Memberships Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects ( UK - RINA) Member of the Society of Naval Architects ( USA - SNAME) Member of FEANI Member of the Royal Cork Yacht Club Member of the Royal Ocean Racing Club Member of the Royal Southern Yacht Club Member of the Associacao Naval de Lisboa Member of the Clube Naval de Cascais References Yachts designed by Tony Castro America's Cup yacht designers British yacht designers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)