Flicka Home Page

Since Bruce Bingham published the Flicka line drawings in RUDDER in the 1972, Flicka's have been built in ferrocement, wood and fiberglass. They have been rigged as a gaff cutter, masthead sloop, fractional sloop, marconi cutter, yawl, schooner, wishbone, top-sail gaff-cutter, bald-headed gaff-cutter, lateen, and Chinese Lug (Junk rig).

Flickas have crossed the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico and sailed to the Sea of Cortez from California, as well as cruised the Sea of Cortez. There are few oceans which have not been explored by these seaworthy "little ships." Over the years, the Flicka has acquired a reputation for seaworthiness, speed under sail and bringing her crew back home from the sea.

Wherever the next harbor is, the Flicka is recognized - her perky sheer, blunt bow, beautiful transom are known to all sailors. The conversation usually begins with, "Is that a Flicka? Salty looking little boat. You can go anywhere in that boat - seaworthy. The Flicka is sailed by people all over the world."

Flicka Home Page

This web page was started by Rod Bruckdorfer in 1998 and developed a strong following under his watch as WebCaptain.

In the summer of 2001, Rod Bruckdorfer asked me to consider taking over the Flicka Home Page while he was away cruising. Having just completed a web page for the Flicka Friends Newsletter, I accepted and the information on Rod's pages was transferred.

The most recent change happened in early 2006 with the move of the Flicka Home Page to a new server. The new domain and server increased the file space from 20 MB to 1 GB and allows 20,000 GB in monthly bandwidth. All of this is at a savings of 80%.

Currently, the Flicka Home Page is approximately 70 MB with approximately 380 pages. This includes all issues of Flicka Friends, the Flicka Sailboat Class newsletter. This newsletter completed it's tenth year of publication in 2005.

YAHOO Flicka 20 Group

Possibly the biggest change with the transfer of the Flicka Home Page to my internet provider in 2001 was the elimination the discussion board. There is another discussion board on the internet the offers more options than the one used by Rod. Hal DeVaney created a Flicka bulletin board on Yahoo in October of 1999. Currently, there are more than 8,600 Flicka related messages posted on the Flicka 20 Group, along with a variety of files, photos and links.

Images & Articles

If you wish to include your voyage or a photo of your boat with a description, please send digital image (s) and/or text to the e-mail address located at the bottom of this page. I can import most image formats. Please send document in text (*.txt) format. If you do not have access to a scanner, you can send a photo. I will scan it and return it. Send me an e-mail and I will send my address to you.

Flicka Home Page Visitors

Visits to the Flicka Home Page include hits from around the world, including the following ninety-eight countries:

Antigua and Barbuda,

Argentina,

Aruba,

Australia,

Austria,

Bahamas,

Belgium,

Belize,

Bermuda,

Bolivia,

Brazil,

Bulgaria,

Canada,

Cayman Islands,

Chile,

China,

Columbia,

Costa Rica,

Cote D'Ivoire,

Croatia,

Cyprus,

Czech Republic,

Denmark,

Dominican Republic,

Egypt,

Estonia,

Finland,

France,

French Polynesia,

Germany,

Ghana,

Gibraltar,

Greece,

Guatemala,

Hong Kong,

Hungary,

Iceland,

India,

Indonesia,

Ireland,

Israel,

Italy,

Ivory Coast,

Japan,

Kenya,

Kyrgyzstan,

Latvia,

Lebanon,

Lithuania,

Luxembourg

Malaysia,

Maldives,

Mexico,

Moldova,

Monaco,

Mozambique,

Netherlands,

New Caledonia,

New Zealand,

Norway,

Niue,

Oman,

Pakistan,

Papua New Guinea,

Peru,

Philippines,

Poland,

Portugal,

Romania,

Russian Federation,

Samoa,

Saudi Arabia,

Seychelles,

Singapore,

Slovak Republic,

Slovenia,

Samoa,

South Africa,

Spain,

Sri Lanka,

Syria,

Sweden,

Switzerland,

Taiwan,

Thailand,

Trinidad and Tobago,

Turkey,

Turks & Caicos Islands,

Tuvalu,

Ukraine,

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom,

United States,

Uruguay,

Vanuatu,

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

Viet Nam,

Yugoslavia.