Original Seafly Design
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As originally developed by South Devon Boatbuiders, the Seafly was designed for construction in wood. As an example, these photographs from about 1963 show C59 which was constructed from a “Stage 2” kit consisting of a set of plans, a hull shell, and wood to complete.
The original design featured a deck level mast step and wave deflectors on the foredeck. The forward buoyancy tank occupied the full fore-peak height. In contrast to many dinghy designs at that time, the Seafly used integral fore-aft floor boards to avoid the need for cross frames to stiffen the hull. In the photo of the under-side of the hull, note the small rectangular self-bailers which were “state of the art” in the early 1960’s.
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