HR 39

The HR 39 is a Germán Frers design, with 219 built from 1991 to 2003.. The yacht is billed by HR as being "fabulously roomy". The design did not try to pack in as many berths as possible, but tried to give the boat "elbow space for her crew", making her a nice live-aboard or a roomy cruiser. The aft cabin has the option of two berths, a double and a single, or a queen and sofa. The main salon has an option of two sofas, or a sofa and two chairs. The HR 39 is actually 40' 1" long, has a 12' 4" beam, displaces 22,000 lbs, has a 6' 1" draft, and 807 sq. ft. of sail.

Year: 1994
Hull number: 41
Vessel name: Mascotte
Home Port: Porto Garibaldi Italy
Owner: Valerio Mezzetti
Email address: Valerio.Mezzetti " @ " nnt.it
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Year: 1994
Hull number: 63 For Sale
Rig: sloop
Vessel name: Duck Soup
Home Port: Berkeley, CA USA
Owner: Chuck Goettsche and Deb Castellana
Email address: debbie " @ " kkmi.com
Previous known vessel names and owners: Neill Ray and Jan Petersen
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Year: 1995
Hull number: 80
Vessel name: Solitaire
Home Port:
Owner:
Email address: fvh " @ " eckhart.nl
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Year: 1995
Hull number: 84
Rig: sloop
Vessel name: S/Y North Star
Home Port: Gilleje - Denmark
Owner: Marie and Kim Graven-Nielsen
Email address: kim " @ " graven-nielsen.com
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Year: 1998
Hull number: 19
Rig: Tall mast
Vessel name: Alexandra-4
Home Port: Alicante-Spain
Owner: Rafael Cabrera Tous
Email address: rafael " @ " jcconsejeros.com
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Year: 1998
Hull number: 117
Vessel name: Sofine
Home Port: Copenhagen, Denmark
Owner: Peter Groth
Email address: sofine" @ "hr39.dk
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Year: 1999
Hull number: 130
Vessel name: Kia Orana
Home Port: St. Michaels, MD USA
Owner: Jim and Mary Burdick
Email address: jburdick " @ " att.net
Previous known vessel names and owners: Ken and JoAnne Tucker, Dan King
Other comments, plans, special notes: Available for charter in the summer months via Chesapeake Yacht Charters, near Annapolis, MD. We cruise in the spring and fall as possible.

Year: 1999
Hull number: 134
Rig: Cutter
Vessel name: Play'n Yacht Sea
Home Port: Lake City, Minn.
Owner: Cheryl & Gary Sharp
Email address: sharpg" @ "ion-nitriding.com
Previous known vessel names and owners: None!
Other comments, plans, special notes: Boat was just completed last week (first week of December, 98) and should be in transit via ship to Baltimore/Anapolis for some final rigging. We visited Ellos in late October and had a great tour of the factory. Eventually, when we can consistently get more time from work, we will take it to Lake Michigan and later to Florida. We sure can't wait for the sailing season to get here. For now we will have to be satisfied with looking at the HR 39 poster under the Christmas tree.

Year: 2000
Hull number: 151
Rig: sloop
Vessel name: Aqualung
Home Port: Austin, Texas USA
Owner: Bill and Beth Thom
Email address: btkahuna " @ " yahoo.com
Previous known vessel names and owners: Lisa Forssander
Other comments, plans, special notes: We purchased Aqualung in Annapolis in the spring of 2006. We are living aboard with three of our children and sailing the East Coast. We plan to head south in the fall towards the Bahamas and the Caribbean. We'd love to receive an email from you. Fair Winds!

Year:   2000
Hull number: 157
Vessel name:   Cracker Jack
Home Port: Rock Hall, MD, USA
Owner:   Dennis Scanlon
Email address:  DLScanlon" @ "noware.com
Previous known vessel names and owners:   None
Other comments, plans, special notes:   Here are some shots of our new HR39, Cracker Jack, which arrived in Annapolis December 31, 1999.    We have already spent four nights aboard (ed. note- this received 1/17/00) despite having no mast yet, due to the wind blowing the water out of the lift well at the marina. We continue to be impressed by HR's attention to detail and thoroughness. For instance the neat little screw covers on the windscreen to deflect green water around the screws and so discourage leaking and corrosion. Finding these things is like figuring out that difficult clue in a crossword without help. Given that it was 27 degrees last Saturday night and the wind made it feel like 10 degrees, the best features so far have been the Webasco forced air heat and the hull insulation which combine to make us throw the covers off while sleeping. WOW!

November 6, 2001: We have now been sailing Cracker Jack for two and a half seasons on the Chesapeake and the East Coast as we prepare to take off in 2003. After lots of miles under the keel I can say HRs sail as good as they look and they liveaboard even better.

This past October CJ, three years old, was THE Hallberg-Rassy Annapolis Boat Show Boat. For us it was a great big HR appreciation party as many HR owners and admirers came aboard to share their enthusiasm for these great sailboats (and that one motor sailor, the HR94). I admit to stealing a few ideas from some of the owners, to be installed over the next year as we prepare to head perpendicular to the coast. And we got to meet Dave and Jahnn Gibson who came aboard for our annual personal open boat!

Currently CJ is docked in the center of Annapolis, MD, at City Dock for the winter. Next season's sailing plans call for us to explore the Bay south of the Potomac and, maybe, to venture again to New England. Also in the talking stages, with two other HR owners from the Bay, is a mid-June Chesapeake Hallberg-Rassy rendezvous somewhere in the Mid-Bay region. Anyone interested in attending by land or sea can contact me via email.

Year:   2001
Hull number: 179
Vessel name:   EURA C.
Home Port:    italia
Owner:   EmilioTabossi
Email address:    tab.em " @ " inwind.it
Previous known vessel names and owners:   n/a
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Year:   2002
Hull number: 192
Vessel name:   Virginia Dare
Home Port: Annapolis, MD, USA
Owner:   Wayne & Sally Wilson
Email address:   wlw3" @ "msn.com
Previous known vessel names and owners:   n/a
Other comments, plans, special notes: An admittedly unexciting picture, but so appropriate for the East Coast at this time of year. She sits newly delivered from the HR Yard, mastless, covered with her "official" HR wrap, waiting (like her owners) for spring to arrive on the Chesapeake.

Year:   2002
Hull number: 208
Rig:   Sloop/Cutter
Vessel name:   MANITOU
Home Port: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
Owner:   Ann and Jim Barton
Email address:   james " @ " ikarosllc.com or apb " @ " ikarosllc.com
Previous known vessel names and owners:   New Boat
Other comments, plans, special notes: MANITOU will arrive from Sweden and will be in Annapolis Nov. 02! We will attend the 2003 HR Rendezvous on the Chesapeake, and then sail home to Lake Michigan.