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Hurley 22

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · 1966–1990

A long-running Ian Anderson design with a heavy ballast ratio, produced by multiple builders over three decades

Designed by Ian L. Anderson, built by A. G. Hurley Marine Ltd.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

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The Hurley 22, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

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Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.26 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,814 kg of hull, so roughly 2,400 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 1.14 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 23 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 23
CoastalBluewater

1.87 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.87
LightHeavy

363 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 363
EasygoingPowered-up

15.3 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 15.3
TenderStiff

58% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 58%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

  • Narrower than ~80% of boats her size on file

Compared with 946 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hurley 22, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Hurley 22 is a 6.7-meter masthead sloop designed by Ian L. Anderson and built from 1966 to 1990 by several manufacturers, including A.G. Hurley Marine Ltd., South Coast Marine, and Ravensail. It was Hurley Marine's most popular model, offered with fin or bilge keels, and some versions had different rudder shapes and mast lengths. A Hurley 22 named *Breezy*, recovered after sinking on its mooring at Port Navas, weighed two tonnes at a Truro Recycling weighbridge, double common internet estimates for the model.3:14 The boat was transported by road for disposal, costing over £1,000, as fiberglass boats in the UK are currently landfilled due to a lack of domestic recycling options.8:20

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The Hurley 22 on video

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
57.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.3
Displacement / length
363.5
Comfort ratio
23.1
Capsize screening
1.87
Hull speed
5.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
451
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Mixed Iron/Lead
Production
Years built
1966–1990
Units built
1203
Designer
Ian L. Anderson
Builder
A.G. Hurley Marine Ltd, South Coast Marine, Ravensail, Hurley Marine Ltd

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Hurley 22RA stiff masthead sloop with a high ballast ratio, produced by three different builders throughout the eightiesHurley 20A twin-keeled fractional sloop with a shallow 0.79-metre draft, designed for exploring shoal watersHurley Marine 30/90A 9.14-metre masthead sloop featuring a skeg-hung rudder and a moderate displacement-to-ballast ratio for coastal cruisingHurley 18A prolific Ian L. Anderson design with over 900 built, this masthead sloop features a fin keel and spade rudder

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