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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Uffa Fox |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1946 |
| No. built | 4,270 |
| Builder(s) | Fairey Marine Knight and Pink Marine Omega Boats Ovington Boats Porter Boats Rondar Raceboats Vic Lewis Boats Whitecap Composites |
| Role | One design racer |
| Name | Firefly |
| Boat | |
| Crew | two |
| Displacement | 260 lb (118 kg) |
| Draft | 4.25 ft (1.30 m) with centreboard down |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | glassfibre |
| LOA | 12.00 ft (3.66 m) |
| LWL | 11.75 ft (3.58 m) |
| Beam | 4.67 ft (1.42 m) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | centreboard |
| Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | fractional rigged sloop |
| Total sail area | 68.00 sq ft (6.317 m2) |
| Racing | |
| D-PN | 99.6 |
| RYA PN | 1168 |
The Firefly is a British sailboat that was designed by Uffa Fox as a one design racer and first built in 1946. The boat was originally named the Sea Swallow. It was an Olympic class and raced at the 1948 Olympics.[1][2][3][4]
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- ^ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Firefly". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Uffa Fox". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Uffa Fox". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.