Fly (dinghy)

The Fly class is a singlehanded sailing dinghy designed by Roger Fillery and later modified by Kenneth Ford.^[1][2][3]

Fly

Development
Designer	Roger Fillery, Ken Ford
Country	United Kingdom
Role	Sail trainer
Name	Fly
Boat
Crew	1
Trapeze	No
Hull
Hull weight	39 kilograms (86 lb)
LOH	2.9 metres (9.5 ft)
Beam	1.15 metres (3.8 ft)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Daggerboard
Sails
Spinnaker area	No
Total sail area	4.09 square metres (44.0 sq ft)

It was intended to be built at home, and appears to have been developed as a youth trainer for the British Moth. The early boats were built from canvas, although that changed and later boats employed a plywood bottom. The modifications to the original design made by Kenneth Ford were mainly a deeper free-board allowing a deeper cockpit with larger roll decks allowing larger children and adults to sail the class.

It was used as a trainer for the British Moth at the Lea Avon Sailing Club before the club folded in 1971. The original club was founded in Leyton and sailed on the River Lea. It later moved to Highams Park Lake. The club hosted an international event for the class, on the River Lea, during the 1960s.^[4]