<Source: Yachting World Design Supplement, January 1966>

Designer's Remarks - Ian Anderson

 A few months ago George Hurley, of A. G. Hurley (Marine) Ltd., Plymouth, approached me with the idea of a new range of boats all of which would be produced in glass fibre. It was felt that there was a growing demand for small sailing cruisers of deep keel yacht form as well as the ever-present requirement for twin keel sailing cruisers, therefore it was decided to build both versions. The Hurley 22 was the first of the range designed, and after completion of the deep keel type I set about designing the bilge keel version, using the deep keel lines plan down to the waterline and re-drawing the underwater part for twin keels. The wooden plug of the deep keel type was then used for mould making and subsequently suffered the indignity of having its bottom cat off and a new one substituted for mould making of the twin keel hull.

The second moulding was the superstructure, and this was designed to be acceptable to both types of hull in one complete moulding. The cockpit was designed to be self-draining and has intelligent sized gate valve sea cocks fitted. The cockpit is also of very adequate size for sunbathing—on this point I decided to allow the cabin after bulkhead to rake aft and down instead of having it vertical, to allow a more comfortable backrest.
The after locker or lazarette was designed with a well and trunking to take a 9 h-p. outboard motor both for stowage and action, this obviates the need to balance pre-cariously on the after deck to mount the engine, it may all be done from the cockpit and furthermore allows the propeller to operate efficiently where it has the best possible immersion. Tke yacht will of course accept an inboard engine, and then the after locker becomes general stowage.
The third and final moulding was the interior, which has been moulded to achieve a highly finished interior and to reduce building time and costs. The need for wood trim on glass boats cannot be too highly stressed in my opinion, and this was carefully considered throughout the design—the result is mahogany trim in the cabin, afronnosia handrails on deck and, most important of all, a varnished afronnosia sheerstrake and capping to set off the sh«er. The three hatches on deck are unusual and worth noting—they arc glass fibre hatches, but by bonding in an imitation teak veneer the effect of a varnished teak hatch has been achieved. A gloss finish is obtained by the use of a dear gel coat.

The sail plan is of normal proportions designed to obtain the utmost performance from tfac boat. The rudder is of high aspect type and a great degree of sensitivity should be felt even when hard pressed in a blow. With a ballast ratio of 40 per cent, and the centre of gravity of the ballast kept low, she should be a stiff little yacht well able to stand to her cloth.
The cast iron ballast keel was designed to be fitted down into the hull moulding and, in order to distribute the loading properly, three galvanized mild steel straps are contoured into the keel and run up to the level of the datum waterline. These straps are bonded to the mill and the ballast casting sits down snugly on to them and is bedded in place with epoxy fill.
The intention with the Hurley 22 is to offer really good performance together with lashings of space and the very minimum of maintenance, this really being confined to varnishing the sheerstrake and handrails—other than this one would only require a cloth for wiping down and a comfortable chair from which to sit looking at her.

 
 

The Hurley 22 hull consists of one gel coat, four layers of 1.5oz chopped strand mat, one layer of woven rovings of about 2.5oz. The superstructure consists of the gel coat and the four layers of chopped strand mat only. Deck beams throughout the boat, both in the main deck and the superstructure, are formed of paper rope, and a filling is  inserted in places such as the joint between the gunwale and deck.

To the left, the construction of often-sensitive deck fittings are shown in detail.



 

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