While Uffa is probably best remembered for his dinghy designs, he did design several cruiser/racers. His maxim "the only place for weight is in a steam roller" was certainly his philosophy in this field as well.

Before the Second World War Uffa became very interested in the Skerry Cruisers, designed to the Square Metre Rule. For the 1930 season he built a 22 Square Metre called Vigilant: long overall, narrow in beam and light in displacement. Her light construction was controversial, and the Solent Q Class reportedly refused to allow her to compete. Later he built a 30 Square Metre, Waterwitch, to a Knud Reimers design, and then his own Sea Swallow.

After the success of the Flying Fifteen, Uffa designed cruiser/racers along the same lines. The best known were the Flying 35 Flying Fox and the Flying 30 Huff of Arklow, both with displacements around half of their contemporaries and flat sections aft to encourage planing. Huff is reputed to have recorded 23 knots on one occasion.

Another expression of his philosophy came through his work with Fairey Marine on the Atalanta. Developed in the 1950s, the Atalanta 26 used hot-moulded plywood with twin lifting keels, a centre cockpit and a remarkably light hull, able to explore shallow creeks yet make lively coastal passages.

Uffa's last cruiser design was the 18 foot Foxcub, designed for Copland Boats of Ventnor in 1970. Built in bilge, fin and lifting keel versions, the first was launched in 1970 with 650 built in the following years.