13 Facts About Uffa Fox

Uffa Fox, CBE was an English boat designer and sailing enthusiast, responsible for a number of innovations in boat design.

Uffa Fox lived for a while in Puckaster on the Isle of Wight.

Uffa Fox decided to extend the itinerary up the Seine towards Paris.

Uffa Fox was the subject of This Is Your Life in January 1963 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the Colston Hall in Bristol.

Uffa Fox was among the crew of the Typhoon, an account of which was written and published by William Washburn Nutting in In the Track of Typhoon.

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Uffa Fox joined the crew in England for her transatlantic return via France, Spain, and the Azores into New York City.

Uffa Fox was a founding participant in the 1950s annual sea-side cricket match on Bramble Bank in the central Solent.

Uffa Fox was responsible for innovations in dinghy sailing that enhanced the popularity of the sport.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Uffa Fox became friends in 1949 and raced together frequently at Cowes Week aboard Uffa Fox's Dragon "Fresh Breeze" or the Duke's 'Royal' Dragon "Bluebottle".

Uffa Fox established boat design and building businesses in the south of England.

Uffa Fox designed many of the significant classes of boats around today, including the planing International 14, the Foxhound, the Foxcub and Super Foxcub, the Flying Fifteen, the Flying Ten, the National 12, the National 18, the Albacore, the Firefly, the Javelin, the Pegasus Dinghy, the Jollyboat and the Day Sailer.

Uffa Fox designed the Britannia rowboat, used by John Fairfax for the first solo-rowing expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1969.

Uffa Fox designed Britannia II, used by Fairfax and Sylvia Cook to row across the Pacific Ocean in 1971 through 1972.