Farr 65  ·  Designed by Bruce Farr  ·  Built by John Guzzwell

She was a
dream
first.

A cold-molded Farr 65 conceived by a Greenwich Village professor, built by the most respected craftsman in Pacific Northwest boatbuilding, and sailed from San Francisco Bay by a campaign principal with 32 years of offshore Pacific racing.

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San Francisco Bay  ·  37°49'N 122°28'W
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About Lively

Not a project.
The culmination
of a lifetime.

Lively is a Farr 65 — a cold-molded offshore yacht designed by Bruce Farr, built by John Guzzwell, and now sailing from San Francisco Bay after a comprehensive professional refit guided by naval architect Bob Smith.

She was conceived in the 1980s by Bob Haberman, a retired professor who had studied the Sharpie since the 1970s and imagined it scaled to ocean-crossing size. When Haberman walked into Bruce Farr's Annapolis office with his proposal, Farr took an immediate interest. The result was a cover story in Sailing magazine in January 1989.

The Vessel
65
Feet on Deck
31,600
Lbs Displacement
1,450
Sq Ft Sail Area
32+
Years Offshore Pacific Racing
"She was a dream first.
She is a passagemaker now."
— John Townsend, Owner & Campaign Principal

Her Story

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The Dream  ·  1980s

A Greenwich Village Professor and a Radical Idea

Bob Haberman had been studying the Sharpie since the 1970s. He imagined it scaled to ocean-crossing size — fast enough to challenge records, shallow enough for the canals of Europe.
The Build  ·  1987

John Guzzwell's Hands

The man Haberman trusted was already famous as the first Englishman to circumnavigate solo and the most respected craftsman of cold-molded construction in the Pacific Northwest.
The Refit  ·  Present

Built Again

A comprehensive refit guided by naval architect Bob Smith — formerly of Farr Yacht Design and three America's Cup campaigns — transformed Lively into a true bluewater passagemaker.
The Joy of Yachting
"Some boats carry history in their bones. Lively carries it in her frames, her cold-molded planking, and the decisions made by the remarkable people who conceived her."
Joy of Yachting