The Fireball is a British sailing dinghy that was designed by Peter Milne as a one-design racer and first built in 1962.

[1][2][3] In the past the design has been built by Rondar Raceboats of the United Kingdom, Nautivela of Italy, Chippendale Boats in the UK and Duvoisin Nautique in France.

[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] The Fireball is a recreational racing sailboat, originally designed to be built of wood for the amateur builder.

"[9] In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, the "Fireball is a high-performance dinghy, not as fast as an International 505 or Flying Dutchman, but allowing a great deal of latitude in the positioning and adoption of all gear except sails and hull ...

The (usually) high-cut jibs and the small spinnaker require less strength to control, so that many successful racing crews have had women members.

The class association describes the Fireball as "probably the highest performance dinghy that just about anyone can sail in almost any wind strength.