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  1. Flying Fifteen

    Flying Fifteen. The Flying Fifteen is a racing keelboat, originally built from wood and more recently of fibreglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a spooned and highly raked stem, a plumb, raised counter transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and a swept fixed fin keel.

  2. The International Flying Fifteen Association

    Belgium Championship SNEH, Lac de la Plate Taille, Belgium. 9 - 22 August 2025. FFI 24th World Championship, International Regatta & UK Championship, Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy, England, UK. The Flying Fifteen is a racing keelboat sailed in many countries around the world. It celebrated 75 years in 2022.

  3. FLYING FIFTEEN

    The Flying Fifteen has been modernized over the years with Uffa Fox agreeing to changes towards the end of his life to improve the design specification and sail plan. Original hull tolerances were +/- 25mm (one inch) either side of the median plan lines. In 1984 Flying Fifteen International reduced the hull tolerances to +/- 15mm and introduced ...

  4. The Development of the Flying Fifteen

    As such all National Class Associations were federated under Flying Fifteen International. In the UK in the late 1970's and early 80's, British boat builders and designers developed moulds over a number of years which exploited the use of the hull tolerances to extend the waterline length of the boat.

  5. The Specifications

    All you need to know to build your own Flying 15! Menu. Home; News; The Flying Fifteen. Flying Fifteen Development; Specifications; The Flying Fifteen mould; History. Past Officers; Uffa Fox Medalists; Uffa Fox Story; ... Boat Register. Definition of Classic Boats; BR 1 - 500; BR 501-1000; BR 1001-1500; BR 1501-2000; BR 2001 - 2500; BR 2501 ...

  6. The Flying15 keelboat

    The International Flying Fifteen is an exciting two person racing keelboat; it has the characteristics of a dinghy, it planes (you get wet), it's exhilarating, it's small enough to trail to open meetings, there is competitive fleet sailing, it involves a great bunch of people young and old, and you have fun on the water and ashore.

  7. Flying Fifteen International

    A Flying Fifteen is the original sports boat, as it is a planing keelboat. There are more than 4100 Flying Fifteen's around the world, and are suitable for racing on a variety of sea, estuaries, lakes and rivers. In Australia there are 15's in most states and you can find contacts under the Where We Sail tab.

  8. Flying Fifteen World Championship

    The Flying Fifteen World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta of Flying Fifteen keelboats, organized by the host club on behalf of the International Flying Fifteen Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, ... 15: 2009 Royal Yacht Club of Victoria:

  9. Aus History

    The Flying Fifteen Yacht designed by Uffa Fox. 1948: Three yachts built in quick succession at the Medina Yacht Yard at Cowes. The class was known as Dainty Ducks and changed to Flying Fifteens with the characteristic fortissimo lettering: 1949: The Flying Fifteen Association of Great Britain was formed, first secretary Sqdn Leader Charles ...

  10. Endeavour Homes 2023 Flying Fifteen World Championship at Fremantle

    Posted on 20 Feb Flying Fifteen Southern Championship entry opens Taking place on 8th & 9th June at Parkstone Yacht Club Parkstone Yacht Club are delighted to open entries for the Salcombe Gin Flying Fifteen Southern Area Championships 2024. The event will be held on the weekend of 8th & 9th June 2024.

  11. Flying Fifteen

    Flying Fifteen is a 20′ 0″ / 6.1 m monohull sailboat designed by Uffa Fox and built by Fairey Marine Ltd, Stebbings & Sons, Copland Boats, Ovington Boats Ltd., Chippendale Boats, Halmatic Ltd., Rob Legg Yachts Ltd., and Windrush Yachts starting in 1948.

  12. Thrilling Sailing on a Flying Fifteen

    Under a rig similar to that of the International 14s, Fox created one of the early planing keel boats by giving the Flying Fifteen a long, light, narrow hull with shallow, flattish sections, a fin keel, and spade rudder. Long-ended, the waterline length is 15 feet, the overall length 20 feet, and the draft 2 ½ feet. The beam is 5 feet.

  13. Flying Fifteen

    The Flying Fifteen is a 2 person, planning keelboat sailed worldwide. The Ovington Flying 15 has been refined for over 35 years and is now built of epoxy resin and carbon fibre. In 2006 we built a new deck mould to fit on the mk10 hull to improve the ergonomics and simplify fit-out. Since then further modifications have been introduced ...

  14. Interiors and Rigging photos

    Innovative twin jib track system, with one track mounted inboard, on GBR4073 at the 2020 dinghy show - View 1. Simple device to prevent the spinnaker sheet going overboard and dragging in the water Simple device to prevent the spinnaker sheet going overboard and dragging in the water.

  15. Flying Fifteen New Zealand National Championship 2023 at Lake Taupo

    7. Thirteen Flying 15 from across the North Island converged on Taupo last weekend for the 2023 New Zealand National Championship. The fleet included six of the boats that travelled to Fremantle for the World Championship in March, plus sailors from Whangeri, Napier and Wellington. The entire of the North Island was covered by a strong high ...

  16. Flying Fifteen

    The Flying Fifteen is a two person racing sports boat which is 6 metres long which was originally designed by Uffa Fox in 1947. The Fifteen refers to the original waterline length - 15 feet (4.57m). The boat has significantly evolved over its 72 year history and has been maintained as an attractive, competitive, high performance modern sports ...

  17. SAIL A FLYING FIFTEEN

    CONTACT VIA http://ffiwa.com/Promotional video for Flying Fifteen WA, shot at the 2020 State Championships hosted at Fremantle Sailing ClubRIB DRIVER: LIAM P...

  18. Used Flying Fifteen Ff15 for Sale

    MORE BOATS FROM ADELAIDE BOAT SALES. Sunmaid 20 AU $9,500. Hood 23 Custom AU $9,000. Hartley Ts16 AU $7,500. Cole 23 AU $18,000. Search for more boats. Flying Fifteen Ff15. The Flying Fifteen is a high-performance planing boat which is now one of the most popular one-design keelboat class in the...Find out more.

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    Russia's air force may have just suffered one of its worst days since the Ukraine war began. Unconfirmed reports say that four of its aircraft were shot down within Russian territory, in what ...

  20. Banned From Russian Airspace, U.S. Airlines Look to Restrict

    Depending on winds, air traffic and other factors on any given day, on a 14-hour flight, avoiding Russian airspace can mean less than an hour of extra flying time in some cases. But it can also ...

  21. Large-scale drone attack hits Moscow for first time in Ukraine war

    First published on Tue 30 May 2023 01.25 EDT. Moscow has been targeted with a large-scale drone attack for the first time in its 15-month-old war in Ukraine, marking a new inflection point in the ...