Profiles of People and Boat Manufacturers

Talkin' Boats with John Deknatel

President and owner of C. Raymond Hunt Associates

When you think deep-vee powerboats, the legendary Ray Hunt comes to mind. Think of this man, too: John Deknatel, president and owner of C. Raymond Hunt Associates in New Bedford, Mass.

A Harvard graduate, Deknatel studied architecture and began working for Philip Rhodes in the early 1960s. He hooked up with Hunt as his business partner in 1966. Since then, he has concentrated on planing-hull design and fine-tuning the Hunt deep-vee hull form.

Better the second time around

A 1984 Sisu 22 renews one man's love for boating and he returns the favor with a complete restoration

n_24_feature Seventeen years ago Roland Robert bought a 7-year-old pocket cruiser powered by a sterndrive. It didn't take him long to regret it.

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It’s a winner

Roger DeVries had put significant sweat equity into his 1974 Sea Ray, replacing the transom, deck and stringers and installing a new exhaust manifold on the runabout's 155-hp MerCruiser I/O. He had given the boat the foundation for a new life.

Why Bligh still stands tall

When modern-day adventurers sailed in William Bligh's wake, they got more than they bargained for.

Forty-eight days after setting out from Tonga, four sailors led by Australian adventurer Don McIntyre made landfall in Timor in the East Indies in their 25-foot boat, successfully retracing the epic 1789 open-boat voyage of Lt. William Bligh.

Adversity brought out the best in Bligh

The mutiny has been depicted in film (with Charles Laughton as Bligh) and in works of art.

How many skippers have been called a "Capt. Bligh" by a crewmember after having made some gruff demand on the water? Probably quite a few.

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