Uffa Fox CBE (15 January 1898 – 26 October 1972) was an English boat designer and sailing enthusiast, responsible for a number of innovations in boat design...

Uffa or UFFA may refer to: Uffa or Wuffa of East Anglia, 6th-century king of East Anglia Uffa Fox (1898–1972), English boat designer and sailing enthusiast...

needed] Planing a sailing dinghy was first popularised by Uffa Fox in Britain. In 1928 Fox introduced planing to the racing world in his International...

development of the sailing dinghy was helped in the early 20th century by Uffa Fox (1898–1972), an English boat designer and sailing enthusiast. He developed...

British, a 32-foot (10 m) wooden canoe-shaped boat designed in 1943 by Uffa Fox to be dropped by Royal Air Force (RAF) Avro Lancaster heavy bombers for...

struck up a friendship in 1949 with boat designer and sailing enthusiast Uffa Fox in Cowes. Philip's first airborne flying lesson took place in 1952, and...

14 and O'Day Javelin is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Uffa Fox as a one-design racer and first built in 1960. The design was built by...

either wood or fiberglass. The basic shape was developed in 1954 from an Uffa Fox design, the Swordfish. Recent boats retain the same classic dimensions...

Cockerell Presenter and actor Ray Cokes Actress Bella Emberg Yachtsman Uffa Fox Actor Marius Goring Musician Jack Green Survival expert and Chief Scout...

manouvreable and challenging to sail in windy weather. N1 "Gipsy" was designed by Uffa Fox and launched at Cowes in April 1936. The Twelve proved extremely popular...

the 1930s Tomon Fox (born 1998), American football player Uffa Fox (1898–1972), English boat designer and sailing enthusiast Wilbur Fox (1919–1991), American...

The Firefly is a British sailboat that was designed by Uffa Fox as a one design racer and first built in 1946. The boat was originally named the Sea Swallow...

built Year of first construction Designer Builder Notes Albacore 1950 Uffa Fox Several 420 56,000 1959 Christian Maury Several 505 1954 John Westell Several...

John Henry Corke — four times Mayor of Portsmouth Ena Fitzgerald — writer Uffa Fox — naval architect, author, yachtsman Celia Imrie — actress Jeremy Irons...

today. In 1946 Uffa Fox was asked by Chichester-Smith, together with Stewart Morris, to design a one-design twelve foot dinghy. Uffa Fox dusted off his...

Eckersley, Posters, 1963 Alan Fletcher, Graphics & publicity design, 1972 Uffa Fox, Small boats, 1955 Barnett Freedman, Graphics, 1949 Roger Furse, Stage...

lifeboat; a 32-foot (10 m) wooden canoe-shaped boat designed in 1943 by Uffa Fox was to be dropped by RAF Avro Lancaster heavy bombers for the rescue of...

radio and submarine detection Thomas Fleming, judge and Lord Chief Justice Uffa Fox, yacht designer Vivian Fuchs, Antarctic explorer Marius Goring, born Newport...

graves of Prince Louis of Battenberg and his wife, Princess Victoria; also Uffa Fox, the yachtsman and designer. The churchyard contains war graves of seven...

derivative of the National 12-foot dinghy, both designed by the sailor Uffa Fox. It now hosts a broad range of sailing events, such as the annual 'Junior...

Ocean from Gibraltar to St. Lucia in Britannia II - the boat designed by Uffa Fox and first rowed by John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook across the Pacific Ocean...

lifeboat and used for air-sea rescue. The lifeboat, designed by yachtsman Uffa Fox, laden with supplies and powered by two 4 hp (3.0 kW) motors, was aimed...

The Flying Fifteen is a British sailboat that was designed by Uffa Fox as a one design racer and first built in 1948. The design has been a World Sailing...

now located in the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, was designed by Uffa Fox. The row took 180 days. Upon completion of his row he received a message...

yachts, designed by Uffa Fox: The Atalanta was conceived in 1955 by Alan Vines, a senior executive at Fairey, with the expertise of Uffa Fox who was their Design...

in the United Kingdom by Uffa Fox in 1943 and used from February 1943. In the United States, Andrew Higgins evaluated the Fox boat and found it too weak...

racing; it is sailed throughout North America and Brazil. Designed by Uffa Fox and George O'Day in 1958, the Day Sailer possesses a 6-foot beam, an overall...

University, before working under yacht designers including Laurent Giles and Uffa Fox. He then set up his own firm. He received the award of RDI (Royal Designer...

and the work was finished by June. Prince Philip sailed Bloodhound with Uffa Fox at Cowes Week in August of that year. During royal ownership Bloodhound...

Library of Sports and Pastimes, Longmans, Green & Co, London, pp. 50–101 Uffa Fox (1949). Sailing, Seamanship and Yacht Construction. Charles Scribner's...