Flying Fifteen Boat Tour

This week at the Flying Fifteen World Championships in Weymouth, Mark Jardine and team put the spotlight on one particular boat, Charles Apthorp’s Allen-fitted Flying Fifteen, featured in the video below.

As a day sponsor at the Worlds and a long-time supplier to the class, we wanted to pull back the curtain and show exactly why this particular fit-out works so well, and in the video, you can find out exactly what Charles thinks. The Worlds at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy are the class’s premier event this year and the perfect place to show the kit in action.

The fitted boat in the video is a working demonstration of our design principles: minimise weight where it matters, put high-load stainless where strength is needed, and place low-friction turning points so the crew can trim faster and with more precision. These changes are subtle on the water but add up to measurable speed and better handling in tight fleet racing — the very demands of a Flying Fifteen Worlds campaign. The Flying Fifteen itself is a responsive two-person keelboat with dinghy-like performance, so modern, lightweight running-rigging hardware makes a big difference.

Flying Fifteen Fittings Guide

Below is a comprehensive parts list used on the Allen-fitted Flying Fifteen shown in the video. Use this as a reference when rigging, servicing or specifying gear for new builds.

Blocks

A4078 — 16mm Single Plain Bearing Block With Acetal Sheave (x6)

A2020 — 20mm Single Dynamic Block (x45)

A4033 — Soft Stainless Steel Spring (x10)

A2020SC — 20mm Single With Swivel Head Dynamic Block (x1)

A2020Ti3 — 20mm Single Ti3-On Dynamic Block (x25)

A2022Tii — 20mm Double Dynamic Tii-On Block (x2)

A2023 — 20mm Double Dynamic Block With Becket (x1)

A2030XHL — 30mm Single Extreme High Load Block (x2)

A2034HL — 30mm High Load Triple Dynamic Block (x1)

A2030TiiHL — 30mm Single High Load Dynamic Tii-On Block (x3)

A2040TiiHL — 40mm Single Tii-On Block With High Load Sheave (x3)

A2037 – 30mm Dynamic Triple Block With Small Allenite Cam Cleat and Becket (x1)

Cleats

A..77 — Small Ball-Bearing Cleat (x30)

A..76 — Medium Ball-Bearing Cleat (x6)

A.497 — Mega Pro-Lead Small (x14)

A4665-LOW — Stainless Steel Wire Under Fairlead Small And Low (x16)

A5166COMPACT — Compact (short) Mainsheet Jammer (x1)

CL253 — Trapeze & Vang Clamcleat® with Pulley (x2)

Deck fittings

A8639-10 — Pad-Tii with Removable Tii-Bar (x2)

A4073 — Pressed Stainless Steel Lacing Eye Medium (x4)

A4490 — Sliding Jib Track with Adjustable Sheeting Angle Bracket and A2030 (x1)

A8439-7 — Threaded Aluminium Deck Bush (x2)

A4024 — Channel Stay Adjuster (x2)

ED-102903 — Stainless Steel Round Ring (x1)

A1837 — Hatch Cover 138mm (x2)

A1937 — Hatch Cover 154mm (x3)

A4036 — Pressed Offset Lacing Eye (x2)

A4288 — Pressed Eye Strap Small (x15)

A5014 — Forged Eye Strap Small (x15)

Furlers & Rigging

A4302 — Small Boat Furling Swivel (x1)

A4905 — Small Boat Drum Furler (x1)

A4772DR-KIT — Heavy Duty Vernier Adjuster With De Raker Plate (x2)

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