Fireflower (Sundancer)
Description
Fireflower (also spelled FireFlower or Fire Flower) was a variant/model name used by Snark Sailboats (Meyers Boat Company, Adrian, Michigan) in the 1970s for a lightweight, unsinkable styrofoam-core daysailer. It's essentially a version of the Snark or Super Snark line, with a similar hull but often featuring a different sail rig (single sleeved mainsail with forked nose boom instead of lateen) and branding. Snark boats were marketed as affordable, portable, and foolproof "everyman's sailboat"—foam-filled EPS hull (later ABS-clad in some models) for buoyancy and durability, weighing ~40–50 lbs, and easy to car-top or trailer. The Fireflower was discontinued (some parts still available via resellers like CastleCraft), with hulls similar to the later Sunflower 3.3 (11 ft, yellow cladding, splash deck) and sail rigs akin to early Super Snark variants.
Construction Details
| Designer | In House Design |
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| Builder | Meyers Boat Company, Adrian, Michigan |
| Length | 11.000 ft |
| LOA | 11.000 ft |
| Year Built | 1974 |
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Documents
Sails
Fireflower (Sundancer) - MAINSAIL
| Luff | 12 ft - (3658 mm) |
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| Foot | 7.83 ft - (2387 mm) |
| Leech | * 13.94 ft - (4249 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 88.02 ° |
| Diagonal | * 14.1 ft - (4298 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 3.5 in - (89 mm) |
| Area | 46.9 ft² |
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