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A BBC documentary profiles the Harrison Butler Association, a group of owners of traditionally built sailing yachts designed by Dr. T. Harrison Butler (1871–1945), gathered for an autumn rally on the River Hamble — a location the documentary notes as the setting for the BBC series Howard's Way.1:04 Butler, an Oxford-trained physician who designed yachts as a lifelong hobby, produced roughly 30 designs from which 150 boats were built during his lifetime.3:40 His designs are characterized by true curves, balanced helms, structural diagonal beams at the mast partners, and practical interior layouts with long drawers and high anchor chain lockers.4:41 Specific boats featured include the Lindi II (1936, built by Maurice Swanwick Shore), the Ascadill (30 ft, 1934, veteran of an East Coast America passage and a Florida–Bermuda–Azores–UK return), the Matt Ali (31 ft, built in Malaysia in 1935 from chengal wood), the Diana (1928, 4 tons, mahogany and oak), the Crewneck (6 tons, 1931, teak and oak), the Mary Niven (4 tons, 1939, Cyclone design), and the Minion (1931, Cyclone II design, 2.25-ton iron keel).15:44 The association, founded in January 1975 by Peter Rosser and Ron Goodhand, had grown to 170 members including 72 owners of original Harrison Butler boats by 1987.16:35 Butler's daughter, Joan Jardim Brown, serves as the association's matriarch.1:53

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