Links & Contacts

The Internet holds more information on the Hurley range than you would think! Many Hurley owners have put up web pages with their their boats and experiences. Some of these are really worth a visit! Recommended places to go: Further below, you'll find a host of other relevant and not-so-relevant links. I sprinkled this page with Hurley photo's I found in various places - don't try to look for a logical connection between the pictures and the text, I'm trying to say.

Comments from Hurley 22 owners

Some Hurley owners have put their names, or rather email addresses, forward for questions from fellow owners. Have a look here at Sailnet. Two owners' remarks:

Robin Anderson (1985 Hurley 22):

Very seaworthy small cruiser thanks to 60% ballast ratio, good lines and strong construction. Available with 4 berth accomodation which is ideal for single handed off shore sailing, comfortable for two people, OK for two adults and two young children. Lack of headroom below but accomodation can be good if vessel professionally built for compactness. Inboard diesel option engine (Yanmar 9hp) excellent. A lot of weather helm but reasonable performance. Very re-assuring in heavy weather. Super little ship.

Per Frederiksen (1970 Hurley 22):

Nice looking little boat. Quite heavy, 1840 kg. with 1040 kgs of ironballast in the semi-long keel. Very strong build, and feels bigger than it actually is. I sailed mine from Denmark to Gibraltar, via the Bay of Biscay, all without an engine and without any problems. Did the trip from Gib. to Denmark via the spanish coast and the european waterways with an 8 hp. Suzuki outboard mounted in the weld, aft of the cockpit. This system is ingenious and it worked well under all conditions (25oo km. of motoring in all...). The Hurley is a simple construction that works well for low budget cruising. At least one has completed a circumnavigation. The design is very traditional, which also means a little slow compared to modern designs. Designed by Ian Anderson and tested by Lloyds.

The ever-interesting Practical Boat Owner magazine also has a volunteer on their second opinion page: Ian Munday. PBO also has contacts for some other Hurley boats: the 24/70 and the 30/90. The Boat Talk website has a huge database of owner opinions, some of them on the Hurley. Might we suggest you leave yours there as well? It will be interesting to see that database grow with our collective Hurley thoughts. Another excellent place is Sailingnet, which has some basic data on practically all Hurley and some in-depth material on the H22 in particular.

Various Tidbits

If you can read Dutch, read the discussion between Hurley 700 owners on www.bootnet.nl, in the Vraagbaak section. Also, see what happens if you sell your Hurley and become an ex-owner!

If you're into racing, the Hurley's yardstick ratings might be of interest. They can be found here, in Austria of all places. And, if you find yourself in Sweden one day, you can rent a Hurley 18 at Horns Båtvarv & Skärgårdscamping - at least, that is what I understand from their Swedish site.

Other Owners' Sites

More owners have by now discovered the Web and have put up various bit of information and pictures. Below are all the links I have uncovered so far:

Robert Mattson (Hurley 18, Sweden)
Hawkwind is an Atlanta 25 - but that's more or less a Hurley 24/70 really
Inger & Wern Palmius sail a Hurley 20 in Sweden

Silhouette Owner's International Association

Links to Maintenance & Repair sites

Osmosis must be the #1 concern of many owners, although there is a growing realisation that the problem, up to a large extent, is only as big as you make it. Very good in-depth information can be found here, in Telltales, a Texan Yachting magazine (and why not?). An even more extensive review comes from David Pascoe, a yacht surveyor from Florida. Mr. Pascoe deserves more than just attention to his osmosis articles. Look here for a ton of interesting, practical articles on boat repair!