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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Uffa Fox |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1948 |
| No. built | 4,000 |
| Builder(s) | Fairey Marine Halmatic Ltd. Ovington Boats Rob Legg Yachts Windrush Yachts Stebbings & Sons Copland Boats Chippendale Boats |
| Role | One-design racer |
| Name | Flying Fifteen |
| Boat | |
| Crew | two |
| Displacement | 725 lb (329 kg) |
| Draft | 2.50 ft (0.76 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | wood or fibreglass |
| LOA | 20.00 ft (6.10 m) |
| LWL | 15.00 ft (4.57 m) |
| Beam | 7.00 ft (2.13 m) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | swept fin keel |
| Ballast | 372 lb (169 kg) minimum |
| Rudder(s) | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 15.00 ft (4.57 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 5.50 ft (1.68 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 20.50 ft (6.25 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 9.80 ft (2.99 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | fractional rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 100.45 sq ft (9.332 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 41.25 sq ft (3.832 m2) |
| Spinnaker area | 150 sq ft (14 m2) |
| Total sail area | 141.70 sq ft (13.164 m2) |
| Racing | |
| D-PN | 91.0 |
The Flying Fifteen is a British sailboat that was designed by Uffa Fox as a one design racer and first built in 1948.[1][2][3]
The design has been a World Sailing international class since March 1981.[4]
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Flying Fifteen sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Uffa Fox 1898-1972". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 106-107. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN 0-395-65239-1
- ^ World Sailing (2023). "Flying Fifteen". sailing.org. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.