Links

AMYA Footy Class Page

http://www.theamya.org/boats/footy/

Other national pages

Frappr Map of Footy Sailors

Footy Sailing, add yourself to the map, and then contact others in your area via one of the Forums or mailing lists below!
Tallastro's brief guide to Frappr to get the most out of it.

Mailing List

The Yahoo Group FOOTY SAILBOATS USA mailing list is very active, and includes files and links to other Footy resources.

Kit Sources

Mike Mayhew in the UK has started making vacu-formed components for Footy Chinese Junks. He has drawings and instructions made up and can also supply electronic components. Email Mike at waverley.models@virgin.net for details. Click the photo at the right to see more in the Photos section.
As of Dec. 2007 Andrew Cook's "Footy 507" is in full production. It features a molded hull with built in servo mountings, carbon fiber rig, kevlar/carbon fibre matrix sails, servo arms and waterproof switch. See his website at www.gospectre.com/footy yacht.htm or see pictures here.
Victor Models is offering their V-12 Footy kit for $65. The boat looks nice and the kit sounds like it's quite complete.
Barrett Sparkman offers Footy hulls, plans, etc. at his website - Sparkman Micro Marine.
For information on Nigel Heron's "LAJABLESS", watch his photo gallery at www.freewebs.com/heroncomposites or email him at nigelpheron@hotmail.com. His old website at www.heroncomposites.com is no longer active (June 2007).
Dennis Desprois is offering fiberglass hulls, decks and even completed boats at his RC Boats & Walrus Sails website.
Graham McAllister's scalesailing.com offers:

Full kits for the Kittiwake and Pintail.
Free download plans for the new Harpy
A Harpy Foam Hull Core for even easier construction.
Kittiwake style Sails, Lead Bulbs, Mini Bowsies and more
ScaleSailing now has a supplier of our kits in England.
Full details on the ScaleSailing Product Range page.
ScaleSailing is pleased to announce that we now have a supplier of our kits in England. All UK sales enquiries should be addressed to Keith, contact details are at the web page.
Forums
Here are links to discussion forums related to RC sailing, and Footys in particular:

RC Sailing - Footy Class (developing), The only forum devoted solely to Footy's. See button at the top of this page.

RC Groups - Sailboat forum, a very active RC sailboat forum. See button at the top of this page.

RC Universe - RC Sailboats, not very active, but RC Universe is the home of lots and radio and CAD experts.

MYA Forum: News, from the UK, the Model Yachting Association's Interactive Forums.
Note: All of these sites will require a free registration process to be completed before you
can post new questions and responses.

Organizations
Here are the major organizations governing model yachting. These usually serve as the rule-making body for their country and designate standard classes. The Footy is not yet recognized as a class by some of these organizations YET!

AMYA - American Model Yachting Assoc., for the USA.

Model Yachting Association, for Great Britain.

Kiwi Radio Yachting, for New Zealand.

Australian Radio Yachting Association, Inc.

Other sites

Footy Seniors, "a resource for seniors seeking a low threshold intro to RC"
Latitude 24 Designs ICARUS carbon fiber Footy
Jason Pilgrim's website has some nice photos of his assembly of a Brett McCormack kit.
The Wicksteed Park MBC Sailing Page has some nice Footy pictures (scroll to the bottom of the page).
Swing rig blocks suitable for use with BUG are available from P.J. Sails, Poole, United Kingdom. Their (new) web address is www.pjsails.co.uk and they do take PayPal.