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Registration number
755
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Maldon
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Web address
http://www.yachthardy.com
Construction
Builder
Summers & Payne Ltd, Southampton
Built in
1910
Rig
Gaff Cutter
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Sail
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
10.98 feet
(3.35m)
Depth
6.26 feet
(1.91m)
Length: Overall
48.98 feet
(14.94m)
History
Built in 1910 by Summers & Payne, Southampton as a cruising yacht, HARDY was designed by A .E. Payne Junior, probably as his largest commission, and is cutter rigged. HARDY is a direct descendant of the Itchen fishing boats A.E. Payne's grandfather, Alfred Payne, designed and built with Dan Hatcher. Her lines speak of a period reaching back to the very genesis of yacht racing, yet retains a 'Cod's head and Mackeral's tail' hull shape, uninfluenced by the Metre rule.
Sources
Old Gaffer's Association Member's Handbook and Boat Archive, 1993
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