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HAMPTONS. Courtesy Serio Boat Yard. 



The boat has a V bottom, making it easy for amateurs to build. While 

 most of them are of cedar, recent boats have been constructed of plywood 

 or fiber glass, or have been fiber-glass-covered. There is an active Hampton 

 One Design Racing Class Association, of which Bev Bryan is Secretary- 

 Treasurer (Box 43, McDaniel, Md.). National Championships are held in 

 August. Builders include Serio Boat Yard (16 House St., Hampton, Va. ); 

 Riverside Boat Works (Dorr Willey) (Elizabeth City, N.C.); David W. 

 Brown (32 Adriatic Ave., Hampton, Va. ). 



While the boat is not one of the late planing models (though some 

 owners are "having fun with the trapeze idea"), it sails well and is fairly 

 inexpensive: about $1600 new and from $300 up, old. Serio sells kits. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. i8'; waterline 14'; beam 5'9V2"; draft 

 without centerboard 7", with C.B. 3'6"; sail area 160 sq. ft. (no spinnaker); 

 weight 500 lbs.; trailable; racing crew, two. 



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