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From England to Canada to America, Uffa Fox and Bruce Kirby are the 20th century pioneers of the planing dinghy. This episode features an exclusive interview with Nathaniel Philbrick, an American author and historian, winner of the National Book Award, and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

For more information about Philbrick, visit his website here: https://www.nathanielphilbrick.com/

A model of a 1950s Thistle, #1079, Nautigal, the Darling boat






























The Flying Fox, Uffa Fpx. godfather of the modern high performance






























The lines of Avenger, Uffa Fox's breakthrough design






























The Uffa Fox International 14- the breakthrough to the planing dinghy






























Ottawa River, International 14, wild and windy






























Launching Torch, the Orange Mark I that started it all






























Torch, KC 205, classic






























Bruce Kirby goes racing in Torch, his breakthrough Kirby 1






























The lines of the Kirby Mark IV International 14






























The Gold Standard of the International 14. Kirby IV






























The RC Laser ready to frostbite






























Its a beautiful day sailing RCs at 10 degrees F






























Hundreds of thousands of Lasers, thousands of RC Lasers like these, raced year round by Bruce Kirby fans