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F3399

Details

Name
Cyril

Usage
Perhaps Blue, Moulded with decks to approximately Mark II dimensions, half height built in bouyancy tanks full length of the hull, swweping uo to meet the side decks at the stern. Built in tank under the fore deck, forward of the mast

Location
Not Known

Builder
Vic Lewis Boats, Small Heath, Birmingham

Build date
1974

Condition
Not Known

Hull Number

Deck Colour
Perhaps White

Hull Colour
Perhaps White

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Extra Details

Additional Build Notes
GRP, Perhaps moulded by John Baker Ltd, Kenton Forge, Exeter, Devon. Equipped with Proctor mast and boom, sails by Ratsey & Lapthorn, Cowes. Thought to be the first grp Firefly built following the closure of Fairey Marine

Current Owner
Present owner not known

Known Owners

Thought to have been exhibited at London Dinghy Show, Crystal Palace, March 1974

1st owner – Vic Lewis, Midland SC

Undated Bath University, Chew Valley Lake SC

1982 – Mrs M Crossland, Parkstone YC, see F2649

1985 – JT Brown, perhaps Midland SC

May 2020 – Firefly of this unusual design advertised for sale, Norfolk, White hull, blue decks. Offered with none – class sails and seemingly no identification marks or plates to pinpoint exact class number – perhaps F3399?

History

NFA 05/2020

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