Beachcomber (Keelboat) Information
The Beachcomber 6.5 is a round bilge glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) trailerable keelboat designed and built in New Zealand around 1980 by Hart Brothers Marine.
Construction is a laminate of fibreglass with a 6mm end-grain balsa core.
Atypically for a New Zealand boat, the Beachcomber was designed to have either a twin keel or fin configuration. Cabin layout is in two variations - a plywood deck and cabin, and a fibreglass desk with a flush cabin.
Accommodation consists of a main saloon (two quarter berths and two settee berths) and a forward cabin containing a V-berth and (typically) a chemical toilet.
Hart Brothers Marine
Hart Brothers Marine was founded in 1974 by Raymond and Dennis Hart, fifth-generation boat builders whose' parents emigrated from Norfolk, bringing the family with them. Raymond Hart later drowned in Little Shoal Bay, Auckland after being knocked unconscious and falling overboard when hit by the boom of the boat he was working on.[1] Hart Brothers Marine itself was de-registered in 1996.[2]
References
- ^ "Reedlighter, Autumn 2002". Museum of the Broads. http://www.museumofthebroads.org.uk/documents/Reedlighter_Autumn_2002.pdf.
- ^ "Hart Bros Marine Limited". New Zealand Companies Office. http://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/90867.
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