November 2014
November 2011
I note that the same Sonata that was featured in Part 1* is
still at Rice and Cole. One thing of which I was unaware is that David
Thomas who designed her, deliberately shaped her aft sections to bring the
transom just above the waterline to prevent her from planing. As she was meant to be
used for racing and cruising, he did not want, in his own words, “to frighten
family crews and granny.” His emphasis
was on windward performance, not downwind sailing; hence she is not as stable
and predictable before the wind as a boat with a planing hull, i.e., one having
a flat and beamy transom, the lower edge of which is at or close to the water's surface.
For more information and photos see my first article.*
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Statistics
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LOA
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6.9m
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22'
7"
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LWL
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5.6m
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18'
5"
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Beam
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2.6m
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8'
6"
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Draught
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1.4m
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4'
6"
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Displacement
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1115kg
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2460lbs
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Sail Area
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19.2sq.m
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207sq.ft
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Designer
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David
Thomas
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Builder
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Hunter
Boats
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*Hunter Sonata (Part 1)
Sonata.org
PBO Review May 1988
Hunter Sonata
Hunter Association
Sonata’s for Sale between £2,500 and £6,000
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