Rob Humphrey's 43 Variable Draft Custom Sloop. Built 1993 Conceived as a versatile fast safe blue water cruising yacht, KILORAN was commissioned by the owner of rival Bowman Yachts to fulfil his own personal cruising plans. While the Bowman 40/42 was a fine cruiser, KILORAN’s owner wanted a yacht that could crawl up the shallowest of creeks as well as cross the most formidable of oceans. A lifting keel and cold-moulded West-system construction offered the right balance of strength, stiffness and insulation properties. Thus this custom design and build was specified. The combined ski...
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