Wooden Boat AtlasDesigners, builders & classes · v3.0

Atlas / Designers

1908 – 1978 · Boston, Massachusetts

C. Raymond Hunt

Designer — Boston

Cross-applied sailing hydrodynamics to powerboats and invented the deep-V hull — which is why almost every planing powerboat afloat owes him something.

Firm
Independent; work continued as C. Raymond Hunt Associates
Legacy
The deep-V hull, adopted by Bertram and others
  • 1938Concordia yawl — 103 built
  • 110 and 210 classes
  • 1964Boston Whaler — unsinkable foam-cored hull

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