Dibley / Houghton 750, Boating NZ
04 25 Topic : Yacht Reviews
Dibley / Houghton 750 review
'Sportsboat sailing is fast, fun, frequently wet, appealing to those who want maximum thrills for a reasonable cost.
Long-time sportsboat stalwart Phil ‘Phizzle’ Houghton was bitten by the bug nearly 30 years ago, and is back on the water with a new design menacingly called Weapon of Choice.
Houghton, a life-long sailmaker who currently lives in Whangārei running the local loft for UK Sails, owned and raced on some of the fastest sportsboats of the ’90s, including the Bakewell-White 8.5 Bohica.
More recently he’s been dabbling with an Elliott 6.5, Repeat Offender, chopping bits off it and refining other aspects into a more modern configuration.
A couple of years ago, he decided to get back into the game with a new boat, working with designer Kevin Dibley to create a full-carbon, 7.5m trailerable sportsboat to sail both at home in club races but also at regattas further afield.
Weapon of Choice, as his new boat is called, certainly looks like she means business. The hull shape is eye-catching and like the name, a little aggressive, with a hard chine running the whole length, to a wide, open stern with a hard, boxy corner.
That was one of the first changes made when the design was still on the drawing board: originally the lines were drawn with a more traditional shape'.
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More recently he’s been dabbling with an Elliott 6.5, Repeat Offender, chopping bits off it and refining other aspects into a more modern configuration.
A couple of years ago, he decided to get back into the game with a new boat, working with designer Kevin Dibley to create a full-carbon, 7.5m trailerable sportsboat to sail both at home in club races but also at regattas further afield.
Weapon of Choice, as his new boat is called, certainly looks like she means business. The hull shape is eye-catching and like the name, a little aggressive, with a hard chine running the whole length, to a wide, open stern with a hard, boxy corner.
That was one of the first changes made when the design was still on the drawing board: originally the lines were drawn with a more traditional shape'.
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