Afternoon All,
There was never a 31' or 32' Top Hat
Quoting from information I have obtained,
Top Hat 31' & 32' Mike Garratt (first Top Hat salesman) was involved with this. The original moulds were from a yacht called the 'HMG 30' which was not an Illingworth/Primrose designed Top Hat. The central cockpit HMG version was called the 31' "Top Hat" by Formit. The other version had an aft cockpit and was called the 32' "Top Hat", even though it was only 30'6'', the same as the 31' "Top Hat".
In fact both of these (31' & 32') versions are not Top Hat yachts but
HMG yachts.
("Top Hat" 31' & 32' info was kindly supplied by Merv Howlett, the last Top Hat salesman.)
I think we can ignore these claims to there being a 31' & 32' Top Hat
Phillip
SEAKA
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:46 pm