FARR 1104
Design No. 51 represents Bruce Farr’s first commission for a full blown IOR race boat. The first boat launched to the design – PROSPECT OF PONSONBY – although built with a cruising interior, immediately won the Southern Cross trials, and became the top scoring boat in the 1975 South Cross Cup. PROSPECT’s success was followed […]
12′ CHERUB
Also available are plans for a 12 ft plywood dinghy designed within the “Cherub” class rules. These rules limit sail area to 105 sq ft for main and jib, with 80 sq ft spinnaker. This class is more subdued than the unrestricted 12 ft class, and has enjoyed long term popularity in New Zealand, Australia […]
3 MAN DINGHY “TRAVELODGE”
The 18 foot Unrestricted Racing Dinghy has enjoyed a long and colorful history through almost a century of strongly competitive racing in Australia and New Zealand. In the quest to have the fastest 18 footer in Australasia, designers have ranged over a comprehensive and intriguing variety of solutions. In the 1930’s boats carried crews numbering […]
42′ CRUISER “GERONTIUS”
The design brief for this boat was for a very easily handled, large, low cost cruising yacht of similar stlye to MOONSHINE, that would be about the maximum to be handled by a husband and wife. The boat was, however, to have IOR consideration so that, without compromising primary requirements, it could be raced reasonably […]
23′ CRUISING SLOOP “FANZIPANZ”
Design No. 37 represents a more serious approach to the IOR Rule than was taken with Design No. 27, although cruising considerations are still evident in the form of built-in berths and more than Rule requirement headroom. The design has more beam and more sail relative to length, and the rig is nearer to 3/4 […]
12′ (3.7m) single handed trapeze racing dinghy
Every so often something new and better comes into the sport of sailing. And there always is a need for it. Many new skippers like to start right in on all the excitement, but that need is greatest for those who have gone so far in the normal type of single handed sailing craft, and […]
33’3″ Cruising Sloop
The design brief for MOONSHINE was to produce a very fast, low cost, easily handled cruising sloop that could be home-built. This design was the starting point of the Farr concept of light displacement, super-efficient cruising yachts. The displacement length ratio chosen for this design was one that Farr felt would be low enough to […]
26’8″ (8.1m) Cruising Sloop
TITUS CANBY was designed for Rob Blackburn who had previously crewed with Farr in 12 ft dinghies. Rob had been looking at several light displacement designs aimed at amateur construction. He required a yacht around 26 ft that would have a very low building cost. The intended use of the boat was for Harbor and […]
10′ (3.05m) General Purpose Rowing/Sailing Dinghy
Bruce Farr’s overwhelming popularity through the 1970’s and 80’s has resulted in a well beaten path to his office door. The Farr office’s order book for leading edge race boats and fast cruising yachts has been full continuously. Many a design brief has been compiled by a family in committee and interpreted into a fine […]
VOLVO OPEN 70 “TELEFONICA BLUE”
