Hippocampus

An Invited Friend of The Harrison Butler Association
The Bermudan Sloop built in 1963 to Alan Buchanan's East Anglian design

Hippocampus : Family Boat 
Hippocampus was the Harman Family's boat in the early 1980s. The above photograph, I think, shows them all aboard. A major refit in the late 1990s by Captain Hardy Butcher has certainly prolonged this boat's life but I've yet to be told if she's still around...

Hippocampus Statistics
Built : 1963 by St Osyth Boat Yard Ltd in St Osyth, Essex, England
LOA : 27' 8"
LWL : 21' 0"
Beam : 8' 0"
Draught : 4' 6"
Displacement : 7 tons TM
Sail N° 280

Hippocampus Custodians & Home Ports 
Hardy Butcher (1998-2001-?)
Harman Family (early 1980s) West Coast, Scotland
John BN Heather (?-1977-1980-?) Hamble, England

Hippocampus Links 
• None Found, (February 2018)

Page last updated : February 2018

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