Fireball Racing Sailboat

Dimension: Length 71 x Width 19 x Height 113 cm.

History:

Fireball Sailboat is a single hard chine scow w/ a fractional sloop rig & aluminum spars. Built of wood in '62, today mostly fiberglass. Modifications to construction, sails & hull are restricted, w/ rig changes allowed.

It earned Int'l Yacht Racing Union status in '70 & is used in 120+ countries, esp. Australia, Canada, France & South Africa. Laser, a single-handed one-design dinghy, is popular worldwide, w/ 215,000+ produced by 2018 & Olympic status from '96.

It was created in 1969 by Canadians Bruce Kirby and Ian Bruce and is now made by different companies in different regions. Bobato - La flotte ltée specializes in wooden hand-crafted Fireball sailboat models in Mauritius. Request a quote and get your tailor-made fireball model below.

Construction of the boat:

• We place a layer of Fiberglass on the hull’s planks and painted with acrylic paint.
• Deck and all the pieces are Teak.
• Mast is made Acajou and painted.
• Ornaments made with Solid Brass.
• Nylon sails and nylon rigging.