Visionarry
Home-built from plans or kit
- Brand:
- Harryproa
- Designed by:
- Harryproa Ltd (Rob Denney)
- Description:
Visionarry was originally designed so blind people in Holland could experience fast, safe, level sailing, while still being able to feel the thrill of speed on the water. The first one launched weighed 2 tons, an very light boat considering it is cedar strip, with all cruising amenities for 2 couples and 3 kids.
The second one launched was for an owner who wished to cruise the Great Barrier reef in Australia with his wife and, occasionally friends. It is set up accordingly (two motors, more elegant fit-out, massive sound system, etc) and weighs half a ton more.
This model is also built by professional boat yards.
- Type:
- Performance cruiser
- Multihull type:
- Proa
- Construction:
Strip planked or foam hulls
Carbon mast, boom and beams
- Sails and rigging:
- Unstayed balanced Balestron EasyRig
- Sails and rigging images:
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- Deck layout and gear:
- Minimal due to the rig type
- Deck layout images:
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- Keels, boards and rudders:
2 oversize rudders mounted on the inboard side of the lee hull.
No centreboards or keels required; no holes in the hulls under the waterline
- Accommodation:
Windward hull: Two huge doubles, one single. Galley and head with shower.
It's possible to put two more singles in the lee hull.
- Accommodation images:
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- Performance and handling:
Very easy handling due to the type of rig. Good performance due to light weight and manoeuvrability.
- LOA (length overall):
- 15 m (49 ft 3 in)
- LWL (length at waterline):
- 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
- Beam:
- 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in)
- Hull length-to-beam ratio:
- 20:1 lee hull, 11:1 windward hull
- Draft minimum:
- 0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)
- Draft maximum (e.g. boards down):
- 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
- Windward sail area:
- 80.0 m² (861 ft²)
- Mainsail area:
- 60.0 m² (646 ft²)
- Jib or Solent area:
- 20.0 m² (215 ft²)
- Mast height above water:
- 18 m (59 ft 1 in)
- Daggerboard / centreboard:
- 0
- Displacement, lightship (empty):
- 2000 kg (1.97 tons)
- Displacement at design waterline (DWL):
- 4000 kg (3.94 tons)
- Displacement, maximum:
- 5000 kg (4.92 tons)
- Payload:
- 2000 kg (1.97 tons)
- Bridgedeck clearance:
- 0.7 m (2 ft 4 in)
- Number of berths:
- 5-7
- Cabin headroom:
- 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
- Outboard engines:
- 1 or 2
- Typical total engine HP:
- 9-25
- Fuel type:
- Petrol
- Trailerable:
- Yes: requires demounting
- Towing width:
- 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
- First introduced:
- 2001
- In production:
- Plans available
- Number built:
- 2 [status Oct 2005]
- More images:
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- Degree of customisation:
- Partly customisable
- Cost to home-build:
- $50000 AUS (approx: £22169 Sterling / €29951 / $43978 US)*
- Time to home-build from plans:
- 3-4000 hours
- Designer's/manufacturer's website:
- Used boats for sale:
- 3 boats of this brand currently available!
- Associations & newsgroups:
* Exchange rates last updated: Sunday 27th January 2008 19:27 GMT
