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F191

Details

Name
Folly

Usage
Dark Blue, White interior

Location
Poor Condition

Builder
Fairey Marine

Build date
September 1947

Condition
Poor Condition

Hull Number
205

Deck Colour
Varnish Mark I, Originally constructed with alloy decks as a result of severe shortages of wood and ply so soon after the war; thought to have been redecked in ply by owners early 1950's

Hull Colour
Varnish Mark I, Originally constructed with alloy decks as a result of severe shortages of wood and ply so soon after the war; thought to have been redecked in ply by owners early 1950's

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Extra Details

Additional Build Notes

Current Owner
Russell Dickinson

Known Owners

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Initial YRA measurement – 10 September
Hull weight – 182lb
Hull number – 205
Built – mould number 3

1st owner – PW Tye

c1955 – Miss Shirley Monson, University College of North Wales, Bangor.
Firefly has remained in the Monson family ever since, sailed at Hickling Broad,
and since laid up in garage for some 40 years.

September 2016 – offered “free to a good home” as a renovation project by present owner Anthony Monson, see note on NFA website for photographs and contact details. Original spars and early sails. Located – Norfolk

Undated – Russell Dickinson, requires a complete renovation.
Wigan and St Helens SC
(See note Facebook page, CVRDA 12/2020)
See F3300

History

NFA 03/2021

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