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At different times Payne worked alone or with just one employee, and even returned to
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Alan Payne continued with cruising yacht design, mainly deep keeled steel yachts. His designs were always well proportioned with a classic style that was often admired. Few stand out as unorthodox or unusual. All designs were based on good engineering and shipwright practices, and any different
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Payne married twice, his first, short marriage ending in the early 1970s. Later, he married Wendy Hay, and they had twin daughters, Rosetta and Sarah. Zetty carries on the career of her father having graduated as a naval architect from the
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Whilst yachts tended to be the major output of his design work he also prepared plans for launches and motorboats, dinghies, a small number of commercial fishing trawlers and as a consultant advised on many rig changes and other details.
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was a light weight yacht with a spade rudder, and the tough conditions usually encountered in ocean racing convinced Payne that it was better to design strong and seaworthy ocean racing and cruising yachts. The long keeled steel
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features were carefully considered in the design process. Plans by him or his draughtsmen were usually exceptionally well detailed and presented. These plans remain available.
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Payne's first designs were often in collaboration with Bryce
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was their major work, became famous, and helped bring Payne to the attention of the sailing world. He was also responsible for designing the
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plant, but eventually returned to his first profession. He was attached for a short period to the
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kinks in the steel becoming almost a Payne trademark. The deep keel, sloping from the bow, with enclosed
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