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F13

Details

Name
Hilary

Usage
Racing

Location
Royal Harwich YC

Builder
Fairey Marine

Build date
March 1947

Condition
Very Good Condition

Hull Number
60

Deck Colour
Varnish Mark l

Hull Colour
Varnish Mark l

More Information

Extra Details

Additional Build Notes

Current Owner
Nick Dickinson

Known Owners

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Initial YRA measurement – 31 March
Hull number – 60
Hull weight – 176lb

1st owner – J M Burton, Gerrards Cross, Bucks.
Upper Thames SC

(Fairey Marine sales ledgers suggest initially purchased by William Hardman,
perhaps on behalf of JM Burton – see F12)

1950 – John Dickinson (Father of Nick Dickinson)
Royal Harwich YC
Flag Officer and later President

January 2010 – Nick Dickinson,
Royal Harwich YC

Nick reports the Firefly is in very good and original condition and is raced occasionally on the East Coast.

The boat competed in the 1948 Regional Olympic Selection Trials hosted by
Upper Thames SC, perhaps helmed by Annette Wiggins, a well known and successful National 12 helm, with N454, “Rage”, from Henley SC

History

NFA 05/2021

Nick – “Not much to speak of – yet”.

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