G.P, 14s. Courtesy The Bell Woodworking Co., Ltd. 



ered easy for an amateur to make. Stability is very good and the price is 

 inexpensive. It will plane under some conditions and is considered in Eng- 

 land as a good general-purpose boat. Price is about $1000 with Dacron sails. 

 Kits are $328. 



VITAL STATISTICS: L.O.A. 14'; waterliuc i3'6"; beam 5'; draft 

 without centerboard /', with C.B. 3'; sail area 102 sq, ft.; weight 285 lbs.; 

 trailable. 



HAMPTON 



The Hampton 18-foot centeYboard sloop was designed by Vincent J. Serio 

 in 1934 for a group of yachtsmen in the Hampton Yacht Club, Hampton, 

 Virginia. The group was seeking a fast, light, able, shoal-draft boat for a 

 one-design racing class in local waters. There are now over five hundred 

 Hamptons, raced principally on Chesapeake Bay, where there are fleets at 

 Hampton, Norfolk, Portsmouth, the Potomac River, Annapolis, South River, 

 Chester River, Choptank River, and Langley Field, Virginia. There is also a 

 large fleet on Kerr Lake, North CaroHna. 



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