Firebug Downloads
Numerous articles relating to the 'Bug, it's designer Ruth Buckley and associated events have been written. Some have appeared in various publications and are reproduced here with permission from the publishers: 'Australian Amateur Boat Builder', 'Boating New Zealand', 'Practical Boat Owner', 'Messing About in Boats' and 'Windling World'. Others have been written as a good tale that should be told. Just click the link to download and have a read!
The popular FireBug Newsletters appear twice a year and recent issues are now downloadable from the Newsletters page.
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My FireBug Build by Mike Harrison in Johannesburg
Format: PDF - Size: 1.70MB
Mike in South Africa took great delight in learning boat building and sailing then misfortune struck..
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Southern New Zealand Sail with Gordon Caley
Format: PDF - Size: 1MB
Otago Yacht Club ex Commodore, FireBug fleet builder and lifetime keen sailor Gordon needed a crew to sail from Stewart Island (off the bottom of NZ) to Dunedin. Pete couldn’t say no..
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Building Bacarra – My first keelboat by Peter Tait
Format: PDF - Size: 1.12MB
As a young fella at the Blockhouse Bay Yacht ClubI learned to build a dinghy. Not too much later on I reckoned I could build a keelboat..
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The 2016 FireBug Season in Canterbury
Format: PDF - Size: 857KB
The summer of 2016 was a good year for Canterbury sailors. Good club racing and two very enjoyable reagattas..
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New Zealand South Island FireBug Champs 2013
Format: PDF - Size: 205KB
The SI Champs were once again sailed at the ideal ’Bug venue – Lake Hood.
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Lindisfarne Sailing Club at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2013
Format: PDF - Size: 430KB
LSC family build 3 'Bugs at the show and sail the Tassie Champs in Dockland waters.
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Cerebral Palsy FireBug builders in Portugal
Format: PDF - Size: 94KB
Translation from Portuguese for the TV feature
http://youtu.be/Jcw7nWnkBiQ
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Irakli – My Sailing Journey Part One
Format: PDF - Size: 177KB
Irakli Kutsia builds a FireBug against-the-odds in the Republic of Georgia and learns to sail.
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Irakli – My Sailing Journey Part Two
Format: PDF - Size: 266KB
Irakli Kutsia makes friends in yacht racing circles, spends a night sailing on the Black Sea and wins a medal.
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LIndisfarne Sailing Club Mass 'BugBuild Success
Format: PDF - Size: 442KB
Lindisfarne Sailing Club in Hobart Tasmania gets a boost with lots of new, keen boat building and sailing members.
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FIREBUG SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPS 2009 - 2010
By Tom Arthur
Format: PDF - Size: 212KB
The forecast was atrocious predicting southerly gales with rain spreading…
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HOW TO GET THE BEST FUN OUT OF YOUR FIREBUG
By Ray O'Brien
Format: PDF - Size: 584KB
Ray O'Brien from the PPYC in Christchurch NZ advises on getting the best sailing performance from a FireBug.…
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FIREBUG BUILDING PROGRAM - MORDIALLOC SAILING CLUB MELBOURNE
By Richard Lozell
Format: PDF - Size: 241KB
On the 6th of February 2010 we launched seven new FireBug dinghies…
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SAILING WITH MOKO THE DOLPHIN
By Stepnane Tiedemann
Format: PDF - Size: 241KB
We do most of our sailing at Mahia, on the East Coast of New Zealand, which happened to be the home of Moko the dolphin…
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AABB #30 Article
Format: PDF - Size: 222KB
The FireBug Introduction, The clever design, The FireBug project, The design and the designers.
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AABB #31 Article
Format: PDF - Size: 287KB
Building the 'Bug, Getting started, Glossary, Assembly on the building jig, How it goes together.
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AABB #32 Article
Format: PDF - Size: 294 KB
Finishing and Rigging. Centreboard and Rudder, Painting, Attaching the fittings, Rigging it for the first time.
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AABB #33 Article
Format: PDF - Size: 260KB
Head for the Beach! Clever design features again, Racing and tuning your Firebug, The basics of How to Sail.
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Ruth Buckley 1931 - 1996
Format: PDF - Size: 288KB
Ruth Buckley, the FireBug designer was renowned worlwide for radical dinghies and keel boats.
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PPYC FireBug Building Scheme
Format: PDF - Size: 260KB
Ray O'Brien writes about how the 'Bug reversed a b membership decline at the Pleasant Point Yacht Club.
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The Scow 'Owhiti'
Format: PDF - Size: 191KB
One of NZ's last sailing scows 'dead on the beach' after two careers, one in shingle, the other with Hollwood!
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Ron Wilkinson - Real Sailor
Format: PDF - Size: 159KB
Ron's first job was on a scow under sail Auckland - Tauranga twice a week with a cargo of drums full of petrol.
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The Plywood Car
Format: PDF - Size: 116KB
Ruth Buckley best known for designing boats puts his skills to making himself a plywood car!
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Ray O'Brien 'How to Sail'
Format: PDF - Size: 159KB
Ray O'Brien from the PPYC in Christchurch NZ advises on getting the best sailing performance from a FireBug.
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Dutch Regatta
Format: PDF - Size: 340KB
Peter Tait describes a 3 day Old Boat Regatta in Holland on board with Koos Winnips and Bert. 250 amazing old ships and even the Queen was there with hers. Published on the web with permission Boating NZ Magazine.
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Baltic Sea Part 1
Format: PDF - Size: 381KB
Peter Tait describes the first part of a 700 mile cruise in the North Sea and Baltic Sea, including Wilhelshaven and the Kiel Kanal !
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Baltic Sea Part 2
Format: PDF - Size: 378KB
Peter Tait describes the second part of a 700 mile cruise in the North Sea and Baltic Sea, including Stralsund, Rugen and parts of the old Communist East Germany.
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BugBuild in the Netherlands
Koos Winnips describes building a FireBug in the living room of his 4th floor apartment then the delights of sailing a self-built boat. Photo galleries too.
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Building Boats at School
Build a boat at school and see new life in the classroom. The ministry of Education provides full funding for FireBug building at school and YNZ can assist with Learn to Sail programs.o.
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