MFV BF494 'Pansy', an old Motor Fifie Conversion - Latest comments on Zulu or Fifie

mark [Member] in response to: Zulu or Fifie

mark [Member] — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:04:15 +0000

do you mean fifie or zulu or baldie have the most deck shear or a particular boat.

don't think there were any hard and fast rules, most were built to eye and to order adn every yard did them slightly differently. At some point I'm going to scan in Edgar J March's thoughts and drawings on the subject and upload them

schoonertack [Member] in response to: Zulu or Fifie

schoonertack [Member] — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:59:03 +0000

Was wondering which Fiffie / baldie/ Zulu had the most deck shear?

Ken Powell [Visitor] in response to: Zulu or Fifie

Ken Powell [Visitor] — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:19:14 +0000

Good article in the link, including a pic of "Poppy", which looks suspiciously like Pansy on the Cally canal......

http://intheboatshed.net/2008/01/12/ocean-pearl-zulu-fifie-or-baldie-jay-creswell-explains/comment-page-1/

Excellent Way Preservation Society [Visitor] in response to: Zulu or Fifie

Excellent Way Preservation Society [Visitor] — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:28 +0000

We reckon she is a Baldie, in other words a cross between a Fifie and a Zulu. Combining the attributes of both designs.

The angle of stern rake is not enough for a full Zulu. Locally (Old Torry, Aberdeen) we called them a quarter or half Zulu depending on the rake angle.

Our group are in the process of rebuilding a 26ft one at the moment back to full sailing spec.

The resemblance in the link pic below is quite noticable.
http://www.mcaorals.co.uk/Photos/Aberdeen_boat_images/A-20.bmp

Keep up the good work.