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English sailboat designer
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_Fox
Lifeboat dropped by an aircraft to assist in rescue operations
British, a 32-foot (10 m) wooden canoe-shaped boat designed in 1943 by Uffa Fox to be dropped by Royal Air Force (RAF) Vickers Warwick heavy bombers for
Airborne_lifeboat
Sailing of small boats, usually for sport
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
Dinghy_sailing
Mode of watercraft operation
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
Planing_(boat)
radio and submarine detection Thomas Fleming, judge and Lord Chief Justice Uffa Fox, yacht designer Vivian Fuchs, Antarctic explorer Marius Goring, born Newport
List of people from the Isle of Wight
List_of_people_from_the_Isle_of_Wight
Consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021
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
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh
British boat building company
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
Fairey_Marine
Topics referred to by the same term
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
Uffa
Sailboat design
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
Day_Sailer
Surname list
the 1930s Tomon Fox (born 1998), American football player Uffa Fox (1898–1972), English boat designer and sailing enthusiast Wilbur Fox (1919–1991), American
Fox_(surname)
Two-person dinghy for competitive racing
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
Albacore_(dinghy)
County and island of England
Cockerell Presenter and actor Ray Cokes Actress Bella Emberg Yachtsman Uffa Fox Actor Marius Goring Musician Jack Green Survival expert and Chief Scout
Isle_of_Wight
Sandbar in the Solent, off the coast of Great Britain
been played in the 1950s at the behest of pioneering British boatmaker Uffa Fox. The Brambles cricket match has been described as "quintessentially English"
Bramble_Bank
Church
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
St Mildred's Church, Whippingham
St_Mildred's_Church,_Whippingham
Town in Isle of Wight, England
John Henry Corke — four times Mayor of Portsmouth Ena Fitzgerald — writer Uffa Fox — naval architect, author, yachtsman Celia Imrie — actress Jeremy Irons
Cowes
Sport of rowing across oceans
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
Ocean_rowing
1963 Christian Maury Several 505 1954 John Westell Several Albacore 1950 Uffa Fox Several B14 1986 Julian Bethwaite Several Byte 2500 1973 Ian Bruce Byte
List_of_sailing_boat_types
River in Suffolk, England
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
River_Orwell
Sailboat class
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
Javelin_dinghy
Sailing dinghy class
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
National_12
Coordinated search and rescue of survivors at sea
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
Air-sea_rescue
Gaff-rigged cutter
Library of Sports and Pastimes, Longmans, Green & Co, London, pp. 50–101 Uffa Fox (1949). Sailing, Seamanship and Yacht Construction. Charles Scribner's
HMY_Britannia_(1893)
Sailboat class
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
Firefly_(dinghy)
British multi-purpose twin-engined military aircraft of the Second World War
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
Vickers_Warwick
Powered lifeboat for air drop deployment
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
A-1_lifeboat
Former boatyard in Sandbank, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
specialised in was replaced by 'one-design' yachts, which began with Uffa Fox's Flying Fifteens in 1948 and the successful Loch Longs in 1949. In September
Alexander_Robertson_&_Sons
British organisation
Eckersley, Posters, 1963 Alan Fletcher, Graphics & publicity design, 1972 Uffa Fox, Small boats, 1955 Barnett Freedman, Graphics, 1949 Roger Furse, Stage
Royal_Designers_for_Industry
Code name used by the United States Navy
British, a 32-foot (10 m) wooden canoe-shaped model designed in 1943 by Uffa Fox to be dropped by Avro Lancaster heavy bombers for the rescue of aircrew
Dumbo_(air-sea_rescue)
Ocean racing yacht
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
Bloodhound_(yacht)
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
Colin_Mudie
Ship type
Estlander in 1919 and claimed to have been the fastest boat in the Baltic: Uffa Fox had the dubious pleasure of surfing this boat at 14 knots and claimed afterward
Skerry_cruiser
Car ferry on the Isle of Wight, England
Yard, Cowes Steam Packet Company 1896-1925 Sold to local yacht builder Uffa Fox in 1925 after being used as a spare and deteriorating during the First
Cowes_Floating_Bridge
British ocean rower and adventurer
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
John_Fairfax_(rower)
Sailboat class
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
Flying_Fifteen
Yacht class
overall; the design was strongly endorsed as a 'very advanced type' by Uffa Fox who was especially interested in the composite method of construction employed
Tumlare
Sailboat class
of the official class. In 1923 Uffa Fox built his first 14-foot racer and by 1925 was creating designs for them. Fox introduced the first planing hull-equipped
International_14
1958 racing dinghy
a powerful and fast two person racing and cruising dinghy designed by Uffa Fox in 1958. It was notable for being a boat capable of being built at home
Pegasus_Dinghy
Sailboat class
one-design racer and first built in 1952. The Jet 14 is a development of Uffa Fox's International 14. Siddons used a set of early International 14 molds that
Jet_14
Region of the Isle of Wight, England
included the writers Alfred Noyes and Aubrey de Sélincourt, and the yachtsman Uffa Fox. The Undercliff is accessed by the A3055 road running its length from Niton
Undercliff_(Isle_of_Wight)
Hydroplane powerboat
February 2020. "Blue Bird K3 Returns to Lake Maggiore". 24 July 2018. Fox, Uffa (1985) [1937]. "31: Bluebird". Racing, Cruising and Design. London: Peter
Blue_Bird_K3
British ocean rower and adventurer
called Britannia II, a self-bailing, self uprighting vessel, designed by Uffa Fox. Cook works for B&Q in Surrey, UK, where most of her co-workers had no
Sylvia_Cook
the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2007. "Vigilant". Uffa Fox. Retrieved 5 December 2007. 51°26′49″N 2°37′02″W / 51.446827°N 2.617361°W
Slipway_Co-operative
American sailor
company O'Day Corp. The same year, together with the English boat designer Uffa Fox, O'Day co-designed the Day Sailer. The boat was inducted into the American
George_O'Day
the 8 metre Raven. Boat designer Uffa Fox was a close friend of Mylne, and the latter appears regularly in the books Fox wrote before the Second World War
Alfred_Mylne
Poorly defined sailboat type
features of the larger shorthanded and ocean racer design formats. The Uffa Fox designed Flying Fifteen from 1947 meets most of the criteria used to define
Sportsboat
British royal recognitions
Director, Industrial Group Headquarters, Risley, Atomic Energy Authority. Uffa Fox, Yacht designer. For services to Yachting. Norman Frost, Chief Constable
1959_New_Year_Honours
17 built, all still extant. Active 1938 GBR Firefly 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) Uffa Fox Fairey Marine & Others Used as single handler at 1948 Toequay Olympic Regatta
List of dinghy classes designed before 1960
List_of_dinghy_classes_designed_before_1960
5 in) William James Roué Canadian 1947 Flying Fifteen 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in) Uffa Fox active 1948 Mälar 25 10 m (33 ft) Erik Nilsson Mälarens Seglarförbund Sweden
List of keelboat classes designed before 1970
List_of_keelboat_classes_designed_before_1970
Barque, 1968–1971, wrecked on the coast of New Zealand
was built along the lines of the brigantine Albatross as published in Uffa Fox's Second Book of Boats. In late February 1971 she was embayed during a full
Endeavour_II_(barque)
British racing yacht
George V and Uffa Fox, who subsequently sailed with Prince Philip and taught Prince Charles to sail, were both guests aboard Dolly Varden. Fox referred to
Dolly_Varden_(yacht)
Popular form of dinghy racing and yacht racing
racing keel boats. In the UK the Firefly, a 12-foot dinghy designed by Uffa Fox, is the most commonly used boat. The Firefly is ideal for team racing because
Team_racing
Lotte Lehmann Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Paintbox more 29 June 1959 Uffa Fox Anthology of world poetry Painting materials more 6 July 1959 Hermione
List of Desert Island Discs episodes (1951–1960)
List_of_Desert_Island_Discs_episodes_(1951–1960)
British Home Stores opens its first department store at Brixton, London. Uffa Fox launches his first planing sailing dinghy, Avenger, in the International
1928_in_the_United_Kingdom
Type of yacht
on the water. Amongst the early designers were famous sailors such as Uffa Fox and Jack Holt, although most successful boats were from the drawing boards
Norfolk_punt
1960s and 1970s design of sailing boat
GBP£50 chest of tools and was congratulated by renowned boat designer Uffa Fox. First prize went to the Stanley 10 dinghy. The Measle Beatle came second
Measle_(boat)
American sailboat manufacturer
brothers Richard and Bill Porter in 1978. The first design produced was the Uffa Fox and George O'Day-designed Day Sailer, as well as the Seaforth 24. Many
Precision_Boat_Works
Flat horse race in Britain
Cloak Piano Concerto 2008 Red Harbour Bushwacker Springfield Raki 2007 Uffa Fox Hold Em Shoreacres 2006 Seven Is My Number Earth Planet Kia Kaha 2003 Refinement
King Edward VII Ascot Membership Open NH Flat Race
King_Edward_VII_Ascot_Membership_Open_NH_Flat_Race
Canadian sailor
1982–83, Honorary life member ‘10 1987-2008 Oakville Club 1950 Thor K 501 Uffa Fox 1969 Tradewind KC 354 Kirby III 1957 Stormalong KC 179 Fairey V 1971 Bacchante
Graeme_Hayward
Hamlet on the Isle of Wight, England
also produced notable paintings of Puckaster. Yacht designer and builder Uffa Fox lived in Puckaster. Prince Philip stayed in Puckaster as a young man when
Puckaster
Italian singer-songwriter
singer to have released two albums only 15 days apart in March 1980: Uffà! Uffà! and Sono solo canzonette. Edoardo Bennato began his music career in the
Edoardo_Bennato
American architect
he was American. Douglass befriended English boat designer and racer, Uffa Fox, whom he met through sailing canoe racing. After false starts at selling
Sandy_Douglass
Racing dinghy
Australia where regular races are still held. The canoe was based on Uffa Fox's Brynhild design, and possesses a sleek hull with two hiking planks. "The
Payne-Mortlock_sailing_canoe
Sailboat class
for standing headroom in this boat. As a well known British designer (Uffa Fox) once said, "If you want to stand up, go on deck"." List of sailing boat
Viking_28
Type of ship or boat
term might also refer to A Jollyboat is a 1953 sailing dinghy designed by Uffa Fox. It was the fastest dinghy in its day, and was built by Fairey Marine 1953
Jollyboat_(dinghy)
US sailboat builder
was appointed by the class association as the official builder for the Uffa Fox-designed Day Sailer. In 2022 the company was producing ten designs: the
Cape_Cod_Shipbuilding
Finnish architect, yacht designer and speed skater
knots on a race from Kiel to Travemünde on the Baltic Sea, according to Uffa Fox, the well-known author on yacht design. Moving on to Sweden, Estlander
Gustaf_Estlander
Water sports club in London, England
of the club was Warington Baden-Powell, brother of Lord Baden Powell. Uffa Fox was not a member, but was nevertheless closely associated with members
Royal_Canoe_Club
Gearbox and drive configuration for marine propulsion
Sterndrive "V-drives", by Seaboard Marine [1] "Boatsgeek" article [2] Fox, Uffa (1937). "31: Bluebird". Racing, Cruising and Design. London: Peter Davies
V-drive
Okawongo". Fernsehserien.de (in German). 25 August 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2023. "Uffa! Che pazienza". la Repubblica (in Italian). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 2 May
List of animated television series of 2008
List_of_animated_television_series_of_2008
Maritime museum in England
French regatta in Aix-les-Bains. Airborne Lifeboat - A Mark 1 version of Uffa Fox's 1943 Air/Sea Rescue design. The Mark 1 was carried and dropped by parachute
Classic_Boat_Museum
Weather at Argentario, in 2007, when he was 98 years old. Uffa Fox's Second Book; Fox, Uffa; Peter Davies, London; 1935 The Miami Daily News, 13 February
Stormy_Weather_(yacht)
British photographer (1915–2017)
also respected for her strength and firmness, successfully resisting Uffa Fox's repeated attempts to seduce her during a portrait shoot by reminding him
Eileen_Ramsay_(photographer)
Uffa Fox's book Racing, Cruising and Design (another Teal-class yacht, Content, would also win the first post war Round the Isle Race in 1945). Uffa said
Luke_&_Co
American yacht launched 1930
(English)". Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dorade (ship, 1930). Fox, Uffa (1934). Sailing, Seamanship and Yacht Construction. Peter Davies Limited
Dorade_(yacht)
Language family of the Arctic and sub-Arctic
they make contact with a uvular consonant. For example: uuquchiing 'blue fox', qiiqix̂ 'storm-petrel', and qaaqaan 'eat it!' The Aleut consonants featured
Eskaleut_languages
the Arsenal Birds and their supply ships, from Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Uffa: Mentioned in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story "The Five Orange Pips" Utopia:
List_of_fictional_islands
City in Norway
prodigy Malin Reitan and Aleksander With. The most popular punk scene is UFFA. Georg Kajanus, creator of the bands Eclection, Sailor and DATA, was born
Trondheim
Co. London Two Towers Brewery West Midlands Tyne Bank Brewery Tyne & Wear Uffa Brewery Suffolk Uley Brewery Gloucestershire Ulverston Brewing Company Cumbria
List_of_breweries_in_England
of yacht designers (1st ed.). New York: W.W. Norton. ISBN 0393048764. Fox, Uffa (2002). Sailing, seamanship, and yacht construction (Dove ed.). Mineola
Frederick_Shepherd
Village in Oxfordshire, England
16th century. The name is derived from Old English and means "the tūn of Uffa's people". The word tūn originally meant "fence", but had come to mean an
Uffington,_Oxfordshire
UFFA FOX
UFFA FOX
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from the animal, Middle English, Old English fox. It may have denoted a cunning individual or been given to someone with red hair or for some other anecdotal reason. This relatively common and readily understood surname seems to have absorbed some early examples of less transparent surnames derived from the Germanic personal names mentioned at Faulks and Foulks.Irish : part translation of Gaelic Mac an tSionnaigh ‘son of the fox’ (see Tinney).Jewish (American) : translation of the Ashkenazic Jewish surname Fuchs.Americanized spelling of Focks, a North German patronymic from the personal name Fock (see Volk).Americanized spelling of Fochs, a North German variant of Fuchs, or in some cases no doubt a translation of Fuchs itself.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Lison in Calvados, France.Perhaps also Czech or Slovak, a derivative of lis ‘fox’ (see Lis).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Northamptonshire and Suffolk, so named from the Old English personal name Uffa (of uncertain origin) + Old English worð ‘enclosure’.
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
Name of a King
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, most likely Uffington in Lincolnshire, named with the Old English personal name Uffa + Old English -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’. Other places so named are found in Shropshire and Oxfordshire, as well as Uffington Farm in Goodneston, Kent, which may also have contributed to the surname. The Oxfordshire place name is from the genitive form (Uffan) of the Old English personal name Uffa + tūn, while the other two are of the same derivation as the Lincolnshire place name.
Boy/Male
African, British, English, Malawi
Flour
Surname or Lastname
English (Somerset)
English (Somerset) : probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, possibly named from Old English fox ‘fox’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
This was the Name of Ibn Jamil; He was on Eof the Ashab-as-suffa
Male
English
From an Old English byname, FOX means "fox."
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : from the Middle English personal name Loveke, Old English Lufeca, a derivative of Lufa (see Love 1), or LÄ“ofeca, a derivative of LÄ“ofa (see Leaf 2).English : perhaps a habitational name from places in Cumbria and Northumberland called Lowick, or Lowich in Northamptonshire. The first is from Old Norse lauf ‘leaf’ + vÃk ‘creek’; the second is from the river name Low (possibly from Old English luh ‘pool’) + Old English wÄ«c ‘dairy farm’, ‘dwelling’; and the third from an unattested Old English personal name, Luffa, or Luhha + wÄ«c.Probably a respelling of Lovik.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : habitational name from a place in Devon named Foxworthy, probably from an Old English personal name Færoc + Old English worðig ‘enclosure’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Fosse.Danish : from fos, vos ‘fox’; a nickname for a sly or cunning person or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a fox.Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead so named from Old Norse fors ‘waterfall’, examples of which are found throughout Norway.Altered spelling of German Voss or the Dutch cognate Vos.
Boy/Male
Muslim
This was the name of Ibn Jamil, He was on eof the ashab-as-suffa
Surname or Lastname
English (West Midlands)
English (West Midlands) : habitational name from some minor locality, probably the lost Foxhale near Claverley, Shropshire, the name of which is derived from Old English fox ‘fox’ + halh ‘hollow’, ‘recess’. It is less likely that the surname is derived from Foxhall in Suffolk (earlier Foxhole), which is named from Old English fox + hol(h) ‘hollow’, ‘depression’: the surname is not established in East Anglia.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Young fox, Sehabie Rasool sawas
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, such as Foscott (Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire), Foscote (Northamptonshire, Wiltshire), Foxcott (Hampshire), Foxcote (Gloucestershire, Warwickshire), so named from Old English fox ‘fox’ + cot ‘shelter’, ‘burrow’.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Name of a Ashb-as-Suffa
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Foulks.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Indonesian, Islamic, Malaysian, Muslim, Pakistani, Urdu
Friendship; Love; Harmony
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Name of a Ashb-as-suffa
UFFA FOX
UFFA FOX
Girl/Female
Muslim
Lotus, Water Lily
Girl/Female
Tamil
Mahagauri | மஹாகௌரீ
Goddess Durga
Girl/Female
Indian
Expected, Expectation
Boy/Male
African, American, Australian, British, English
Crown; Wreath
Boy/Male
English
Austere.
Girl/Female
French
pleasantness.
Boy/Male
Indian
Associated with faithfulness
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Goddess of Learning
Boy/Male
Hindu
One of the kauravas
Boy/Male
Hindu
Victory
UFFA FOX
UFFA FOX
UFFA FOX
UFFA FOX
UFFA FOX
n. fem.
The comic actress in an opera.
n.
A male fox. See the Note under Dog, n., 6.
a.
Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.
a.
Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling.
n.
Foxiness; craftiness.
n.
The state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration.
n.
Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis.
n.
One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.
n.
The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
n.
The Arctic or blue fox; -- a name also applied to species of the genus Cynalopex.
n.
The tail or brush of a fox.
n.
A kind of fox found in Sweden (Vulpes alopex), smaller than the common fox (V. vulgaris), but probably a variety of it.
a.
Sour; unpleasant in taste; -- said of wine, beer, etc., not properly fermented; -- also of grapes which have the coarse flavor of the fox grape.
a.
Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily.
n.
The state or quality of being foxy, or foxlike; craftiness; shrewdness.
a.
Foxlike.
a.
Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color.
a.
Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.
a.
Comic, farcical.
a.
Foxlike.