Project | Hawley F140 Racing Yacht




A 14 metre super fast, style machine, designed for optimum sailing in 10 - 20 knots of air, preferably in flat water or steady state sea. Exhilarating to sail, a ride on the F140 is very wet and very quick, especially off the wind.

Contact me to purchase the rights and plans for a Hawley F140, created by a team of world renowned marine experts with extensive design and engineering experience in design programmes for Americas Cup Class yachts, Super yachts, and Volvo 70’s amongst a host of others.

Key distinctive features include;

1. Exo-scooped self-draining cockpit.* This is a completely smooth surface gradually sloping down from bow to stern to encourage easy drainage a very wet working area. Free of any hard edges (save blocks etc..) crew can stand or lie as they please to tame this beast.

2. Reverse bow.* With a lower bow profile and enabling control of all for'ard gear via controls at the mast there's a fair reduction on bow weight and windage, but still enough of a plumb section to enable effective wave piercing. Full bow sections and hull shape promote buoyancy, and the ability to stack weight aft on 'batwings' counter any nose-dive inclinations as the weather gets heavier.

3. Canting keel* system, now frequently used on race yachts, with an optional daggerboard forward of the mast (in close buoy racing the daggerboard can be entirely removed, the keel locked in central-state and instead using more crew to keep the boat upright)

4. 'Bat' Wings. * Promote more effective distribution and provide better working area for crew.(also working on a carbon frame version with mesh inserts. Ideal for heavier conditions to reduce potential weather side windage as well as leeward drag and possible hindrance to righting moment once submerged).

5. Stingray Sides.* The side profile has little functional value, other than providing more freeboard in the working areas of the yacht, especially midships. Other than that they're a design feature drawn from the classic cars of the 50/60's, illustrating the machines purpose in a physical sense - speed and style. This thing looks fast just tied up at the jetty, let alone fully powered up reaching.