Uffa Fox
1898 - 1972

Uffa Fox is considered the father of modern planing sailboats. At age 21, after a seven-year apprenticeship with noted boatbuilder A.E. Saunders, he opened his own firm. Among his many successful designs are the ALBACORE, JAVELIN, FLYING FIFTEEN, and DAY SAILER. He was a major innovator in the INTERNATIONAL 14 CLASS.
Fox was the author of several popular sailing books written mostly in the late 1930s.
During WWII, he designed a boat to be carried and dropped from rescue aircraft to survivors of downed aircraft or sunken ships which he always considered his finest achievement.
Sailboats Designed By Uffa Fox
Model | LOA | First Built |
---|---|---|
ALBACORE | 15.00 ft / 4.57 m | 1954 |
ATALANTA 26 | 26.00 ft / 7.92 m | 1955 |
ATALANTA 31 (UK) | 31.00 ft / 9.45 m | 1956 |
DAYSAILER | 16.75 ft / 5.11 m | 1956 |
DUCKLING | 9.00 ft / 2.74 m | 1952 |
FIREFLY | 12.00 ft / 3.66 m | 1946 |
FLYING FIFTEEN | 20.00 ft / 6.10 m | 1948 |
FOXCUB 18 | 18.00 ft / 5.49 m | 1972 |
FOXHOUND 24 | 23.83 ft / 7.26 m | 1975 |
FULMAR 20 (FAIREY MARINE) | 20.00 ft / 6.10 m | 1958 |
GANNET 14 | 14.00 ft / 4.27 m | 1959 |
JAVELIN 14 (FOX) | 14.00 ft / 4.27 m | 1960 |
JET 14 | 14.08 ft / 4.29 m | 1952 |
JOLLYBOAT | 18.00 ft / 5.49 m | 1950 |
PEGASUS 14 | 14.50 ft / 4.42 m | 1959 |
REDWING (NATIONAL REDWING) | 14.00 ft / 4.27 m | 1939 |
SWORDFISH | 15.00 ft / 4.57 m | 1946 |
TITANIA 26 | 26.00 ft / 7.92 m | 1959 |