The Fly class is a singlehanded
sailing dinghy designed by R. Fillery and later modified by K. Ford. It was intended to be built at home, and appears to have been developed as a youth trainer for the
British Moth
British moth is the name of an sailing dinghy designed in 1932 by Sydney Cheverton.
The first boats built were sailed on the Brent Reservoir in north London
North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames. It ...
. The early boats were built from canvas, although that changed and later boats employed a
plywood
Plywood is a material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another. It is an engineered wood from the family of manufactured ...
bottom.
It was used as a trainer for the British Moth at the Lea Avon Sailing Club before the club folded in 1971.
The original club was founded in Leyton and sailed on the river lea. It later moved to highams park lake.
The modifications to the original design made by Kenneth Ford were mainly a deeper free-board allowing a deeper cockpit with larger roll decks allowing larger children and adults to sail the class.
The club did host an international event for the class, on the river Lea during the 60s.
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External links
Fly Page with Image
Dinghies
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