Hunt Harrier at home in Portsmouth Rhode Island

8 March 2010 Hunt Harrier

BOAT: Hull # 78- not yet named
OWNER: Anonymous
DESIGNER: C. Raymond Hunt, New Bedford, MA http://www.huntdesigns.com/
BUILDER: Hunt Yachts, Portsmouth, R.I. http://www.huntyachts.com/
LENGTH: 25 feet [7.62 meters]
HULL: E glass with divinycell foam core
YEAR: 2010
HISTORY:
 The Hunt Harrier is the quintessential ocean going day boat. The design is the modern day descendent of a long line of revolutionary offshore powerboats.
C. Raymond Hunt has credentials in the yachting world that are nothing short of legendary. Icons such as the Concordia Yawl, the Boston Whaler, and the 110 and 210 classes of planning keelboats are well known throughout the world, but the deep Vee offshore racing hulls are what led to the Harrier 25.
Originally developed for the Miami to Nassau race in the late 1950’s the “ Mopie” series of high dead rise deep vee hulls has been refined and modified to the point where the Harrier 25 is literally without comparison in today’s small boat market.
 That the boats are hand made from the finest materials by expert craftsmen right here in Newport County is perhaps least important to buyers from around the world- they are in it for the quality of design and build. For us, it means jobs.
The Hunt yachts manufacturing facility is located at the Bend Boat Basin in Portsmouth- learn more by visiting Huntdesigns.com.

6 April 2009 Sea Diamond

BOAT: Sea Diamond
OWNER: Anonymous
DESIGNER: Phillip Rhodes, New York, N.Y. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Rhodes
BUILDER: Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany https://www.abeking.com/
LENGTH: 91 feet [27.7 meters]
HULL: Steel
YEAR: 1956
HISTORY:
Sea Diamond is a remarkable yacht in all regards. Designer Phillip Rhodes is renowned for having created many distinguished yachts as well as several one design classes. For Rhodes, Sea Diamond was a “one off” built by one of the world’s foremost builders- Abeking & Rasmussen of Germany.
From the outset, Sea Diamond was a special boat of exceptional quality and character. The ravages of time and use brought forth the need for repairs. This is where the spirit of Newport, became one with the boat’s history.
Local craftsmen from James Langston and Ben Randall (interior joinery) to Mount Hope Boatworks (mast) to the experts at The Newport Shipyard have left their mark on this extraordinary yacht.
In a rare twist of fate, the niece of previous owner William Bartholomae recently purchased the boat- bringing her back into the family. Captain and crew have been hard at work preparing the vessel for departure this weekend from The Newport Shipyard. http://www.newportshipyard.com/She is bound for Florida and then the Pacific Ocean.