There is a saying "If it looks right - it is right" and nothing could
sum up this
yacht more accurately. It has classical good looks that are at the
same time both
practical and pretty, and whilst it is very well planned on deck and
in the cockpit
- particularly with the engine lost to view in the separate enclosed
engine-well -
the interior is astonishing.
There is a surprising feeling of space and the whole interior is beautifully
finished
in leak with soft side and headlinings throughout, there is a galley
and marine
toilet and plenty of locker space. The standard of finish is very high,
far better
than anything I expected to find in a 7 metre yacht.
Standards have not been sacrificed in order to remain competitively
priced.
The performance and safety of the yacht speak for themselves; there
are now over
one thousand built in this design - some have made single-handed Atlantic
crossings, others have "to and fro'd" across the Bay of Biscay, many
are used by
the Royal Navy for training purposes and many are raced with local
clubs - but
the vast majority are used to fulfill the most popular and important
requirement,
that of the family cruiser, where it succeeds eminently.
The Hurley 700 is a splendid all-round yacht and one that I am delighted
to
recommend.
DAME NAOMI JAMES, D.B.E.
Plymouth, 12th October 1978.