BoatsFairey Marine Ltd. Flatfish

Fairey Marine Ltd. Flatfish

Fractional Sloop · Keel/centreboard · First built 1960

A centerboard adaptation of the Herreshoff Fish Class, produced in wood and fiberglass for the US market

Designed by Herreshoff & Joel White.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.29 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,403 kg of hull, so roughly 2,000 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 0.66 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a beamy beam gives 19 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 19
CoastalBluewater

2.06 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.06
LightHeavy

332 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 332
EasygoingPowered-up

20.1 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 20.1

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Heavier than ~85% of boats her size on file

Compared with 543 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.1
Displacement / length
332.2
Comfort ratio
18.8
Capsize screening
2.06
Hull speed
5.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
431
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Wood
Production
Years built
First built 1960
Designer
Herreshoff, Joel White
Builder
Fairey Marine Ltd, O'Day

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