Engineering:Pegasus Dinghy
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The Pegasus is a powerful and fast two person racing and cruising dinghy designed by Uffa Fox in 1959. It was notable for being a boat capable of being built at home using marine ply but still with an efficient and aesthetically pleasing round bilged hull form.[1]
The boat has a narrow bow entry and a planing hull, and it carries a mainsail, a jib, and a large symmetric spinnaker. Stability is achieved with a trapeze allowing this relatively narrow boat by modern standards to carry a large sail plan.
Approximately 250 Pegasus's were constructed, some all wooden and many in composite construction from GRP hulls and marine ply decks and buoyancy tanks. A few all GRP boats were also produced. As of 2007, it was believed that about 30 remained, many of which were still sailing .
References
- ↑ Doughty, Richard (2024). "New acquisitions". Fathom: The Journal of National Maritime Museum Cornwall (8): 57. https://nmmc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/NMMC-Fathom-Issue-8-Spreads-V7-Digital-LR.pdf. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
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