Uffa Fox Flying twelve wanted
Uffa Fox Flying twelve wanted
Recieved the following email.
Roger
hi i was given your details by nation maritime museum in cornwall. as i am looking for a flying twelve the smaller sister to the flying fifteen i have asked tony dixon at uffa fox but know luck there he thought there was some at lowestoft but i tried to email them and photo to no avail.i was wondering if you had any ideas,
i wanted the twelve rather than the fifteen because the club i sail at has a 16ft limited i have sailed the fifteen lots of times and is a lovely boat so the twelve would suit me and it would good to see one sailing again.
many thanks
ian scott
Roger
hi i was given your details by nation maritime museum in cornwall. as i am looking for a flying twelve the smaller sister to the flying fifteen i have asked tony dixon at uffa fox but know luck there he thought there was some at lowestoft but i tried to email them and photo to no avail.i was wondering if you had any ideas,
i wanted the twelve rather than the fifteen because the club i sail at has a 16ft limited i have sailed the fifteen lots of times and is a lovely boat so the twelve would suit me and it would good to see one sailing again.
many thanks
ian scott
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Re: Uffa Fox Flying twelve wanted
No Flying 12's at Lowestoft or Oulton Broad as far as I know, there used to be some Flying 10's at Aldenham Sailing club 50 years ago I remember from School Team Racing there but they were all gone in my mid-late teens when I was going to Merlin Rocket silver tiller races there. Someone will prove wrong but I would doubt any survivors.
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Re: Uffa Fox Flying twelve wanted
I have seen a couple come up for sale over the last few years.....but both were re-builds I think.
Andrew Thornhill had one in Bristol, which Bob C was working on.
A pretty boat, I hope they find one.
cheers
eib
Andrew Thornhill had one in Bristol, which Bob C was working on.
A pretty boat, I hope they find one.
cheers
eib
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Re: Uffa Fox Flying twelve wanted
Been trying to find pictures of a Flying 12. Sounds like a great boat. Has anybody got some pictures they could post of the Flying 12??
Were they similar to Pensive Temptress, if so, I know the style!!
Jon
Just interested, so that I may further my knowledge of classic dinghies...
I only have knowledge of 12's and Merlins. I am slowly working my way through the fleet of classsic Merlins - I will have broken them all soon - just thought I'd put that comment in before DavidH or Roger did!!
Were they similar to Pensive Temptress, if so, I know the style!!
Jon
Just interested, so that I may further my knowledge of classic dinghies...
I only have knowledge of 12's and Merlins. I am slowly working my way through the fleet of classsic Merlins - I will have broken them all soon - just thought I'd put that comment in before DavidH or Roger did!!
Re: Uffa Fox Flying twelve wanted
If anyone has pictures could they send them to me as I can put them on the site to keep the bandwidth (and costs) down AND put them in the Dinghy Database which needs a keelboat section adding.
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Re: Uffa Fox Flying twelve wanted
Don't think I have got anything.
I might of taken something of the one that Bob was working on.....but that was upside down....and I seem to have lost most of what I shot on that day, including the shots of the long fireball.
eib
I might of taken something of the one that Bob was working on.....but that was upside down....and I seem to have lost most of what I shot on that day, including the shots of the long fireball.
eib
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IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
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Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
Re: Uffa Fox Flying twelve wanted
might be worth contacting tradboat site
http://www.tradboat2.co.uk/
run by Charles Smith of Frensham
http://www.tradboat2.co.uk/
run by Charles Smith of Frensham
Re: Uffa Fox Flying twelve wanted
My Uffa "Book of sailing " 1963 has a pics and line drawings of flying 12 on pg 87 onwards.
I could scan and try and upload if anyone interested.
Keith
I could scan and try and upload if anyone interested.
Keith
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Re: Uffa Fox Flying twelve wanted
I have a photo of 'Pensive Temptress' moored afloat on Oulton Broad.
Let me know if you would like a copy,
Chris
Let me know if you would like a copy,
Chris
Re: Uffa Fox Flying twelve wanted
Hi Ian,
Know you are looking for a FF12, however the FF10 that won the Concours at the 2017 Dinghy Exhibition is for sale on the Johnson & Loftus website.
I know there was a FF12 on the River Thames just downstream from Hampton Court back when I was a member of BMYC in the late 60s. I did get the opportunity to sail it once. It wasn't the best boat for short tacking up the bank in the very light winds that predominated.
Craig
Know you are looking for a FF12, however the FF10 that won the Concours at the 2017 Dinghy Exhibition is for sale on the Johnson & Loftus website.
I know there was a FF12 on the River Thames just downstream from Hampton Court back when I was a member of BMYC in the late 60s. I did get the opportunity to sail it once. It wasn't the best boat for short tacking up the bank in the very light winds that predominated.
Craig
Re: Uffa Fox Flying twelve wanted
Chris - photos are ALWAYS wanted! Can you email it or would you like details to upload it to somewhere suitable?
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Re: Uffa Fox Flying twelve wanted
I came across one of the smaller Flying sizes on Eel Pie island London in 1982 or maybe 3, I thought it was a 10 but never measured it. In poor condition then.