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Icelander 43
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Brief details |
Builder |
various: some boats built professionally, other
home built |
The Icelander 43
is a modern fast cruising cutter designed by Hywel Price of Bristol,
who has specialised in multi-chine long-distance cruising designs
for construction in steel or ply. She has shallow draught, with
a centreboard to provide good windward performance. |
LOA |
42' 10" |
Sail area |
990 sq ft main and genoa |
LWL |
36' 4" |
Rig |
cutter |
Beam |
12' 10" |
Cabins |
Forecabin, saloon and aft cabin |
Draught |
4' 7" to 7' 7" with centreboard down |
Berths |
7/8 |
Displacement |
23,000 lbs |
Engine |
inboard diesel |
Ballast |
7,000 lbs |
BHP |
45 - 60 |
Keel type |
Fin keel with centreboard and spade rudder |
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The Icelander 43 has a multi-chine hull built
of steel or marine ply. The hull has a moderately long, shallow
fin keel with 3,500 kgs of integral lead ballast and a profiled
lifting centreplate. There is a semi-balanced profiled spade
rudder.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Hywel Price, whose background included aircraft maintenance and repair, and later theatre set building, ran a boatbuilding yard in the Floating Dock at Bristol. He also sailed some of his boats, including the 35' 'McArthur', in which he started (but did not complete) the 1976 singlhanded transatlantic race. He died in 2012 aged 83. |
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