Your Survival Guy wrote to you yesterday about yacht designer C. Raymond Hunt, the creator of the revolutionary hull deep-V (you can read part 1 here). “According to Hunt, two fiberglass 23’ prototypes were built. Each had a centerboard and an engine mounted amidships,” writes Stan Grayson in Boat Crazy.
As many of you know, Newport, Rhode Island, was host to the America’s Cup races for decades. “During the 1958 America’s Cup trials off Newport, Rhode Island,” explains Grayson, “one of these Hunters served as tender to the wooden Hunt-designed 12-Meter Eastener. The boat, flying the Eastern Yacht Club’s burgee from a staff on the bow, was often driven by Hunt’s son Josh, with Hunt’s wife Barbara sometimes aboard. That’s where people first noticed the design. Those who noticed the boat—and they were many—observed how smoothly it ran in rough seas without reducing speed. At rest, it looked like a displacement hull, but then as it gained speed the boat lifted out of the water in a manner nobody had ever seen.”
As an owner of a deep-V hull and frequent traveler of the seas outside my homeport Newport, RI, I can tell you the C. Raymond Hunt designed deep-V hull performs as advertised. Even in the roughest of seas, Your Survival Guy has felt comfortable knowing how Tom Sawyer handles rough water. It always seems to be rough and windy off Brenton Point in Newport. Perfect for 12-Meter sailing and a Hunt-designed deep-V hull.
Action Line: Don’t let poor hull design, or portfolio design for that matter, keep you on the docks. When you’re ready to talk, let’s talk. Email me at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com.
