British Bertrams

[Sean B]

There is a neat article in this month's Professional Boatbuilder magazine about a British company that made Ray Hunt hulls:

[Tony Meola]

I bet that is where the boat Richard Bertram saw came from.

So old Dick Bertram got beaten to the punch but the Brits never realized what they had.

[Rocket]

No Tony, the boat that Dick Bertam saw in the americas cup was Ray Hunt's own 23' custome built by Dyer in the good old USA. After the Deep V was proven, Fairey Marine hired Ray Hunt to design boats for them. First large scale production Deep V was the 31.

[ianupton]

Not sure if this has been posted before, but on boatdesign.net, there is a great thread about a guy who brought an old mold for a Hunt 18' back to life.

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/projec ... 42011.html

From this:


To this:


And from this:


To this:


He went on to layup a hull and build his own deck mold.

Enjoy,

Ian.

[ianupton]

A couple more tease pictures:

Loot at that reverse chine. Notice the gel coat line where the two halfs of the mold come together.





Ian.

[dougl33]

I knew it, the boat in Fig 8 was in the James Bond movie "From Russia with Love". I always thought that was a Hunt hull.

[Bertramp]

I'm still always blown away when I think of Ray hunt designing the 31 Bertram and the 13 Whaler .......... that's like one step short of inventing fire and the wheel !!

[Bob H.]

I'd love to get a blank 18 hull to fool with...Steve, when you have vision you HAVE vision Ray Hunt had it.. No doubt! BH

[Morning Wood]

Go to the site and look at the finished boat. Hmmmmm.

[ianupton]

Not too fond of the finished product, but the hull is a great platform.

[Morning Wood]

I was so excited until they started putting on the deck and then.... But that hull is beautiful with great lines.