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Derek Hatfield

Derek Hatfield

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Oct 9, 2026

Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
37:31
Is that right? Did it not have a cabin with like extreme tumblehome? Open 60s have, uh, some Open 60s designs have had, uh, quite a lot of tumblehome in the design.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
37:40
Thinking of, um, Derek Hatfield's boat, Active House, in the Velux Five Oceans race was, um, a Thierry Dubois, uh, association with, um, Bernard Nivelt, and he built a boat with loads of tumblehome, and he did that because he'd been stuck upside down in his Finot-Conq Open 60, which had so much section- suction with a, a flat deck that it wouldn't roll back over as it was designed to do with the, um, with the canting keel.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
38:08
Uh, the hydraulics released on the canting keel.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
38:10
The keel should have rolled it round, but the suction kept it there, and he had to be rescued.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
37:30
Uffa Fox, is that right? Did it not have a cabin with like extreme tumble home? Open 60s have some open 60s designs have had quite a lot of tumble home in the design.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
37:40
Thinking of Derek Hatfield's boat Active House in the VLUX 5 Oceans race was a... thierry dubois uh association with um bernard nevelt and he built a boat with loads of tumble home and he did that because he'd been stuck upside down in his finocon open 60 which had so much section suction with a flat deck that it wouldn't roll back over as it was designed to do with the um with the canton keel uh the hydraulics released on the canton keel the keel should have rolled it around but the suction kept it there and he had to be rescued so i With that in mind, he then went, am I getting all these people's names right? I feel like I'm, I think I was right.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
38:20
Yeah.
Chris Stanmore-MajorHOST
38:20
Um, it was called solid dares.

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