Seafly Sail Plan
The normal Seafly sail plan consists of a jib, mainsail with a full batten only at the top, and a relatively large spinnaker. Main and jib add up...
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Zygal Boats
When South Devon Boatbuilders ceased trading in 1974, Arthur Edmunds of Zygal Boats at Whitstable, Kent, obtained a licence to build the Seafly in GRP*. Zygal exhibited their...
Zygal Seafly Construction
The April 1975 SDCA Newsletter described the method of construction for the new Zygal GRP hulls: “The hull now consists of four mouldings:- Hull – made from the same mould...
Who Designed the Seafly?
The Seafly, in design, is clearly a larger version of the Mayfly which was designed by John Kelley, a “successful 12ft and 14ft National Designer, builder and helmsman”...
Dorset Dinghies and Bob Hoare Racing Dinghies
Dorset Dinghies was set up by Dick Flower. The photo shows Dick Flower’s own Seafly “Graded Grains” (C477) which was home built in the years before “Dorset Dinghies”...
C.M.Marine
In 1978 Colin May, trading as C.M. Marine, obtained the GRP moulds from Zygal together with a licence to buid Seaflys, and in 1980 he obtained the design...
The “New Look” Seafly
Despite being a “One Design” Class it was perhaps inevitable that changes in building materials and sailing techniques would lead the Seafly Dinghy Class Association to approve various...
Cruising Seafly
During the 1980’s very few Seaflys were being built and the Seafly Dinghy Class Association sought ways to make the Seafly more popular. The July 1987 SDCA Newsletter...
The Seafly – a potential Cruising Dinghy?
The following is based on the draft manuscript for an Article which was published in the Spring 2012 issue (DCA Number 214) of the Dinghy Cruising Association. In the...
A Recent Seafly Design
Around the year 2010 a few new Seafly Dinghies were built by long time Seafly sailor Tony Longworth and Pete Lawson (both based near Ullswater in the English lake district). The two...
Tony Longworth/Peter Lawson
Glenridding Sailing Centre on Ullswater in the English Lake District has used Seaflys for tuition since at least the 1990’s. Tony Longworth, used to own the centre, owned a...
John Claridge Boats
Based in Lymington, John Claridge has a distinguished record as a racing dinghy helmsman, boat designer, and boat builder. He is perhaps best known for his International Moth designs...