Hummingbird Yachts

[adamstjohn]

Morning all

know this has been asked before but no real info ever came out so keen to ask again in case anybody who knows anything reads this.....
Have had fin keel version for 20 odd years and love it, know of a few others but it seems only a handful out there. David Thomas design based on his Elizabethan 30
Anybody have any info about the company that made or numbers made please?

many thanks
Adam

 

[HissyFit]

Just did a search on David Thomas and came up with this:-

Hummingbird 30 - Sailboat Guide

There's not much info or picture, but it was built by Peter Webster Ltd from 1978.

 

[adamstjohn]

Hi Hissy, yup got this one, its weird that no more is known, i have an original test report but even that has no detail. Thanks adam

 

[Tranona]

Only a handful were built and never made much impression on what was at the time a crowded market with many new designs coming out each year to try a grab a bit of what was an expanding market.

 

[alahol2]

I assume you've found the Yachtsnet archive.