Fire Fly
A speedy stepped hydroplane designed for the largest outboard motors
- Category
- Outboard Runabouts
- Designer
- William D. Jackson
- Published
- Boat Builder's Annual, 1948 edition, p. 5
- Craft Print
- 55
A high-speed stepped outboard hydroplane runabout with a new vented step and bottom design, fast and seaworthy in smooth or rough water. With an Evinrude Big Four it planes six people, pulls aquaplanes and approaches 60 mph; a 25 hp Johnson Twin also performs well.
Specifications
- Length
- 14 ft
- Beam
- Just over 5 ft
- Weight
- About 275 lb (hull)
- Capacity
- Up to 6 persons
- Construction
- Stepped hull with vented step
- Power
- 15–50 hp outboard; up to about 60 mph with an Evinrude Big Four
Downloads
Plan sheets 13
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