Browsing: Ray Hunt Design

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Hunt Delivers New Ocean 63 Cruiser

Hunt Yachts has delivered its latest Ocean 63 series to its new owner, with a custom galley since the owner represents the third generation of chefs. The Hunt 63 is a popular boat. The latest, named Lady B, is hull number three, and four more are under construction. They all share the same basic Hunt envelope and propulsion, but otherwise they are custom built to suit each owner. In this case, cooking is a family affair, and Lady B is the first 63 to have the galley up in the deckhouse. It runs the full length of the deckhouse on…

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Lyman-Morse Building New Monhegan 42 Cruiser

Lyman-Morse in Thomaston, Maine, just announced that it’s building a new Monhegan 42 Down East cruiser designed by C. Raymond Hunt Associates in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The new 42 is the third in Lyman-Morse’s semi-custom Monhegan series, and it shows how an owner can customize an existing platform to suit his or her specific needs. The semi-custom approach delivers the attributes of a custom yacht, but with a considerably shorter lead time. It also builds on the success of a proven design. The Monhegan 42 has Hunt’s iconic deep-V hull, with power from twin 550-hp Cummins QSB 6.7 diesels. Its…

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Meet Blue Chip from Front Street Shipyard

The Front Street Shipyard in Belfast, Maine, is promoting Blue Chip, the 41-foot custom dayboat it built for a private client who will be cruising on Long Island Sound this summer. With classic Down East lines, a low profile and a long sheer, all designed by Ray Hunt Design, Blue Chip also has the iconic deep-V hull that C. Raymond Hunt developedfor superior blue-water performance some 60 years ago. It’s powered by twin 480-hp Volvo IPS650 pod drives, giving it a top speed of 38 knots. The people from Front Street delivered it to its new owner in Sag Harbor,…

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Ray Hunt Designs Alaska Pilot Boat

There’s been a lot of interest in expedition yachts lately, go-anywhere, anytime vessels of all sizes and shapes, ready to tackle rough waters all around the world. That’s all well and good. We all need dreams, and sometimes they come true. But here’s the real thing. Take a good look at the Emerald Island, an aluminum pilot boat designed by Ray Hunt Design of New Bedford, Massachusetts. It runs up and down Prince William Sound, all year, in any kind of weather, delivering pilots to tankers serving  Valdez, Alaska. At 75 feet, the Emerald Island is large enough to deal…

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Lyman Building New Monhegan 42 by Hunt

Lyman-Morse in Thomaston, Maine, is building a new semi-custom version of the Ray Hunt-designed Monhegan 42, a seakindly, fast and comfortable cruising yacht. The new Monhegan was designed as a commuter yacht, carrying passengers back and forth to a corporate island retreat on Lake Ontario. It has seating for 12 on settees in the salon, plus eight more in the cockpit. Below, the arrangement could not be more simple; there’s a small head and lots of cargo space for luggage. Hunt has designed the Monhegan 42 in four configurations: Flybridge, Cruiser, Extended Hardtop Cruiser, and Open. They’re all available with…

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Front Street Launches 41-Foot Custom Hunt

The Front Street Shipyard in Belfast, Maine, just launched a new 41-foot custom dayboat named Blue Chip that it made in collaboration with Ray Hunt Design. The new boat, with its classic Down East lines, low profile and long sheer represents an iconic Hunt design, with the deep-V hull that C. Raymond Hunt first developed for its superior blue-water performance more than 60 years ago. The boat is powered by twin 480-hp Volvo IPS650 pod drives, with a top speed of 38 knots and a cruising speed of 32 knots. The topsides and deck are cored fiberglass with vinylester resin for…

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Front Street Shipyard Making New Hunt 41 Dayboat

Front Street Shipyard in Belfast, Maine, is building a new, custom 41-foot Hunt Dayboat, powered by twin 480-hp Volvo IPS650 pod drives. With Hunt’s classic deep-V hull, the new 41 is expected to top out at 38 knots and cruise at 32 knots. The new boat has classic Down East lines, with a fine entry, long sheer and low profile, all the work of the iconic Ray Hunt Design studio in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Hunts have been known for their superior seakeeping abilities for past 60 years, ever since C. Raymond Hunt developed the first deep-V hull. The Hunt Dayboat…

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Ray Hunt Designs New Yachts, New Hull Shape

Few names in American boating are more iconic than C. Raymond Hunt. After all, he designed the deep-V hull more than 60 years ago that has been regarded as the gold standard for offshore performance and safety ever since. So it’s news, big news, when his successors have made some adjustments now, creating a more efficient hull shape for today’s yachts with the goal of producing double-digit cruising speeds, under moderate power, while still retaining all the seakeeping abilities of the original. But Ray Hunt Design, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, has done exactly that, drawing a new Ray Hunt Design…

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Hunt Unveils Two New Bluewater Cruising Boats, a 63 and a Flagship 76

The Hinckley Company, which bought Hunt Yachts in 2013, just announced it has integrated Hunt in its day-to-day operations and unveiled two new expedition-ready yachts, a Hunt 63 and a Hunt 76 (pictured above), in Hunt’s Ocean Series. Both new Hunts were drawn by the legendary Ray Hunt Design firm, with an emphasis on bluewater performance, safety and cruising comfort. The first of the new Hunt expedition yachts, a 76, has already been delivered to an owner in Europe, and two others are currently under construction. For cruising boats, Hinckley’s Talaria Series now runs from 43 to 55 feet. The…

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Hunt To Build New 54-mph, 40-Foot Center Console with Three Outboards and a Large Cabin

Hunt Yachts, the legendary builder of blue-water, go-anywhere boats for more than half a century, just introduced a new, elegant 40-foot center console with a queen berth tucked into its cabin that is powered by three 300-hp Mercury Verado outboards. The new Hunt, with a 23-degree deadrise at the transom, combines two major trends: The move to larger and larger center consoles, incorporating more amenities to make them family-friendly, and the move to larger and larger outboard engines for fuel-efficient, quiet and reliable power. Hunt says the new 40 with standard power will top out at 54 mph; with three…