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Many of you have asked for RADIUS CHINE versions of the Spay that are capable of crossing oceans but can also be used for local cruising. Those of you who desire to cruise in Europe will wish to enjoy the thousands of miles of inland cruising available in the extensive waterways of France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, UK etc. These new radius chine SPRAYS are designed with the above in mind.

The Spray is a well proven hull type suitable for both sail and power options. Over the past 30 years several thousand Sprays have already been built including many as successful trawler yachts and commercial fishing boats.

The radius chine building technique is well proven and offers the added attraction of a beautiful round bilge hull and is an ideal hull form for serious offshore trawlers. Combine the Spay with the radius chine building method and you have something special. Here are some examples of what we have in mind.

These boats are available as all Steel KITS or as a combination steel hulls with aluminum superstructures.

There are over 5,000 Sprays already sailing world wide plus over 1,000 currently being built for plans and kits. We have been willing to listen to every combination of idea's about this wonderful boat and several layouts have been drawn. Many of these features are interchangeable between the various versions. You can choose to build this design in multi chine steel or aluminum.

This boat is designed in accordance with Lloyds for category 1 (unrestricted operating / sailing area), which is much better than the EU and other Classification Societies and the CE-A require. Complete stability calculations are included in the design package. All calculations are also cross referenced against ABS requirements to ensure that the design meets world-wide standards and specifications.

In the case of KITS, all plate parts belonging to the hull, deck and superstructure that are accurately cut to size are included. The parts are marked with the appropriate part number and engraved matching marking lines to assist in the assembly and location of the part in its position. Cutting method is Plasma / Oxygen, ensuring highest accuracy and smooth edges.

Plate parts are cut from Lloyds approved A Grade Shipbuilding quality STEEL that has been coated with factory applied Sigma weld MC welding primer. We use and recommend steel plate that has the official designation ISO standard 10474 or EN 10204 with 3.1.B certificate.

Many of these Sprays have completed complete circumnavigations some more than once & usually with crews consisting only of two persons !

OTHER SIZED RADIUS CHINE SPRAYS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AS REQUIRED.
Suggested sizes: SPRAY 38 RC - SPRAY 44 RC - SPRAY 53 RC

L.O.A.	20.24 m	50' 0"
L.O.D	14.53 m	47' 8"
L.W.L.	12.19 m	40' 0"
BEAM	4.47 m	20' 0"