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I have just checked with a friend who built two Cherry 16s. He says many of the boats were built using the West System including all their glue and filler powders plus using their solvents and...

Welcome to the world of the Cherry 16.

It is a great light weight boat and was the first Trailable Yacht design built by the stich and tape construction technique.

She was designed for New...

Victoria has complex boating regulations. Unfortunately there is no eqivalent of an International Driving licence so I had problems when visiting there for a world championship and wanted to take out...

Hi Andrew,

I have the best of all possible worlds, living in St George Bemuda married to a fantastic blonde Ozzie and work internationally. Our son did one of his law degrees at Melbourne Uni, so...

Thanks for the photographs. In my view she is not a motorised version of the Hartley 18 called the Fisherman 18. Neither is it one of the Hartley powerboat designs such as the Flareline 18 which is a...

Unfortunately the response by Par is flawed and is against the fundamental principles of hydro-dynamics. The maximum displacement speed of a Hartley 18 half cabin cruiser is just under 4.5 knots...

Apologies for a third comment. Regarding the views on the use of a staysail, in our family sailing library I have a 1884 book on handling yachts for the education of gentleman owners when paid hands...

Andrew,

At least you will not need a passport. As you will have paddles anyway, try for Queenscliff on the way out as there are some good restaurants. These days a mobile phone is often far...

One option for the Hartley 18 was a 45hp inboard motor.

My suggestion would be a 6-8hp for safe displacement motoring and a 50 hp for a planning hull, but only the latter if the transom area is...

I fully agree that Richard designed both the 18 and 21 for cruising, he derived them from traditional fishing boat not racing yacht shapes. The plan is actually entitled "a plywood family cruising...

Hi Peter,

One of the points to keep in mind is the cabin shape. If you intend having the jib track well inboard on the cabin top [say 12 degrees], the standard sail shape does not fit well. I...

The Hartley 16 Mk 2 and the Hartley 18 Mk3 were designed by Colin Brookes when he became a partner in the firm. They had a straighter bow and narrower entry than the Richard Hartley original designs,...

The Hartley and Cherry 16s each have merit. The Hartley is built by the original plywood method of screwing/gluing the sheets to stringers and frames. This is why the hull weighs 360kg. The Cherry...