Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Lluis. The group in that third shot really were having a great time. Regards, Dick On Jul 27, 2009, at 6:29 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote: > Hi Richard, > > I really like these classic boats, morethan the modernes ones, there > really beautiful, they seems have the correct size for the man. The > pictures are beatiful, I like very much the third one. > > Cheers > Lluis > > > El 27/07/2009, a las 21:14, Richard Taylor escribi?: > >> C. Raymond Hunt was one of the most prolific boat designers of the >> last century. He designed a wide range of powerboats and sailboats >> that were often highly innovative and almost always widely >> admired. Many of his boats are considered classics. The Concordia >> Yawl and the Boston Whaler are just two that come to mind off the >> top of my head. The classic deep-V powerboat hull is also his. >> >> The owner describes Huntress as a Ray Hunt "one-off." It's very >> much in the tradition of the plywood slab-sided 110's and 210's >> that Hunt also designed in the post-WWII era. Those were intended >> to be fast, low-cost, racing sailboats. they were to be cheap and >> great fun to sail. Like those boats, Huntress is long and very >> narrow, designed for maximum speed and sailing pleasure. She >> appears to be strip-planked, a build method that would have been >> very new at the time Huntress was designed. >> >> We were anchored off the Weepeckets in Buzzards Bay having lunch a >> couple of weeks ago when Huntress sailed in and anchored next to us. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_4337.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/ldz944 >> >> Huntress Bow-On >> >> You can see just how narrow she is by comparing her beam to the >> height of the guy standing on the bow. Her maximum beam looks to >> be about four feet. That's astonishingly narrow for a boat about >> 30-feet long and very much the opposite of most boats today that >> are built beamy to maximize the available space below. Huntress >> was designed for speed. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_4340.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/m4ho7r >> >> The Boating Party >> >> The cockpit was is very long and narrow making for a tight squeeze >> if more than a few people go along for the sail. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_4352.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/mud6ff >> >> I've not been able to find out anything more about Huntress on the >> web, but more about Ray Hunt's boats is available here: >> >> http://www.huntdesigns.com/about_ray_hunt.htm >> >> D300 etc. C&C always welcome. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Lluis Ripoll > luisripoll at telefonica.net > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/ > http://photo.net/photos/lluisripoll > Blog: > http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/ > > http://www.lrmusic.es > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information