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Firefly

Firefly

Two man hiking dinghy with no spinnaker. Once an Olympic singlehanded class the Firefly has been around for 50 years and is an excellent team racing boat. The fleet also has a very active open meeting UK circuit.

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Show news RYA National Team Racing Championship
Exeter University wins Prince Philip Trophy at Spinnaker
Posted on 28 Mar Winning at last!
How did the Firefly class come to be at the 1948 Olympics in the first place?
Posted on 15 Mar Book review: Uffa
Yachting's eccentric genius
Posted on 3 Mar 1948 Olympic Firefly wins Concours d'Elegance
At the RYA Dinghy and Watersports Show
Posted on 24 Feb Oxford Top Gun Invitational Trophy
Antense, high quality team racing all weekend, across two flights of Fireflys
Posted on 17 Feb West Lancs YC hoping to revive the 24 Hour Race
Is your club is interested in competing, this September?
Posted on 14 Feb RHS Suffolk Shiver Team Racing at Alton Water
Nine school teams compete in 3 boat team racing competition
Posted on 29 Jan Firefly dinghies in the 1950s
A look back into our video archive
Posted on 17 Dec 2023 Tylecoate and Lucy win entry to Firefly Nationals
Loughborough pair win at BUSA Fleet Championships, earning this reward
Posted on 15 Nov 2023 Stuart Jardine passes away
One of the best known and most highly respected sailors in the UK
Posted on 12 Nov 2023 First six Ovington Fireflies delivered
Dundee University SC have taken delivery of the first flight from new class builder
Posted on 11 Nov 2023 Firefly Inlands 2023 at Rutland
Treacherous driving conditions thanks to Storm Babet
Posted on 3 Nov 2023 Eric Twiname Junior & Youth Team Racing Champs
Renowned regatta saw a huge 348 sailors turning up to participate
Posted on 23 Oct 2023 Firefly Travellers at West Oxfordshire
15 boats were treated to a classic 'old school' open meeting run by a fantastic club
Posted on 17 Oct 2023 Fireflys at Papercourt
13 boats for the final leg of the M25 series
Posted on 5 Oct 2023 Dell Quay Firefly Open overall
The morning after the night before..
Posted on 21 Sep 2023 Dell Quay Firefly Open Day 1
A healthy mix of the young and the young at heart
Posted on 16 Sep 2023 Firefly Nationals 2023 at Felixstowe overall
Steve Greaves & Amy Morris win final race
Posted on 29 Aug 2023 Firefly Nationals at Felixstowe - Gore Day
The fence has fallen!
Posted on 17 Aug 2023 Firefly Nationals 2023 at Felixstowe Day 2
Sound the Alarm!
Posted on 15 Aug 2023 Firefly Nationals 2023 at Felixstowe Day 1
Student Supremacy
Posted on 13 Aug 2023 Firefly Nationals 2023 Runners and Riders
There's just under a week to go until the event at Felixstowe Ferry
Posted on 5 Aug 2023 South Staffs Firefly Open
Six visitors were warmly welcomed at the club
Posted on 1 Aug 2023 Firefly class Itchenor Burgee
The Burgee's Back!
Posted on 7 Jul 2023 University of East Anglia SC update
Another record-breaking year to remember at UEA
Posted on 21 Jun 2023 Firefly South Westerns 2023 at Restronguet
A veritable swarm of 40 boats from all over the country
Posted on 7 Jun 2023 Rickmansworth Firefly open
So confident of a repeat victory that you leave the trophy at home?
Posted on 18 May 2023 Race Sunrise to Sunset at Leigh & Lowton
With the Leigh & Lowton S2S Event on 10th June
Posted on 3 May 2023 Battle of the Hikers preview
No trapeze? Get to Rutland this May!
Posted on 18 Mar 2023 Firefly Class appoint new builder
Ovington Boats selected as the new sole builder for the Firefly
Posted on 15 Mar 2023
Links
Firefly UK Nationals Attendance
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Marian and Tash Armstrong take on the family challenge during the West Kirby Sailing Club Easter Regatta
© Chris Gatenby The difference between the Olympic boats and the main production run was the skilfully inlaid sail number and Olympic rings on the transom
© Dougal Henshall Still ghosting along in the lightest of breezes, the glorious varnished finish, the Hamble River and the old Fairey Marine works as a backdrop
© Dougal Henshall The Final Trials were held out on what would soon be the 1948 Olympic race area
© Torquay Library Alton Water Frostbite Series Day 2
© Archie Hainsworth GJW Direct 48th Bloody Mary
© Tim Olin / www.olinphoto.co.uk GJW Direct 48th Bloody Mary
© Mark Jardine Firefly championships at Herne Bay in 1959
© John Clague Firefly championships at Herne Bay in 1959
© John Clague Dundee University Sailing Club have taken delivery of the first flight of Fireflies from new class builder Ovington Boats
© DUSC / Ovington Dundee University Sailing Club have taken delivery of the first flight of Fireflies from new class builder Ovington Boats
© DUSC / Ovington Dundee University Sailing Club have taken delivery of the first flight of Fireflies from new class builder Ovington Boats
© DUSC / Ovington Dundee University Sailing Club have taken delivery of the first flight of Fireflies from new class builder Ovington Boats
© DUSC / Ovington Dundee University Sailing Club have taken delivery of the first flight of Fireflies from new class builder Ovington Boats
© DUSC / Ovington Dundee University Sailing Club have taken delivery of the first flight of Fireflies from new class builder Ovington Boats
© DUSC / Ovington Dundee University Sailing Club have taken delivery of the first flight of Fireflies from new class builder Ovington Boats
© DUSC / Ovington Dundee University Sailing Club have taken delivery of the first flight of Fireflies from new class builder Ovington Boats
© DUSC / Ovington Ben Tylecoate and Alice Lucy win free entry to the Firefly Nationals, by winning BUSA Fleet Championships
© Dougie Bell Firefly Inlands 2023 at Rutland
© Ted Ashworth Steve Tylecoate and Alice Lucy win the Firefly Inlands 2023 at Rutland
© Fi Edwards Firefly Inlands 2023 at Rutland
© Fi Edwards Firefly Inlands 2023 at Rutland
© Ted Ashworth Firefly Travellers Series at West Oxfordshire
© WOSC Firefly Travellers Series at West Oxfordshire
© WOSC Firefly Travellers Series at West Oxfordshire
© WOSC Firefly Travellers Series at West Oxfordshire
© WOSC Papercourt Firefly Open
© Matthew Stork Papercourt Firefly Open
© Matthew Stork Papercourt Firefly Open
© Matthew Stork Papercourt Firefly Open
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