ALLWEATHERBOATS.COM

A forum for Allweather boat owners, and the history of the Allweather 8 Meter

The Allweather 8 Meter

“A return to common sense boating.” Homer Hughes

Welcome to the ALLWEATHERBOATS.COM web site!

The purpose of this site is to serve as a forum for Allweather boat owners.

The site also serves as a source for the history of the Allweather 8 Meter (AW8M) built by the late Homer Hughes and his Allweather Boats company of Ferndale, Washington. A total of 31 AW8M's were built from 1980 to 1994.

Please see all of our pages. They are accessible from the listings along the top of each page.

Thank you for your interest.

8 METER DIESEL UTILITY * 1200+ NM AT 6 KNOTS OR 2000+ NM AT 5 KNOTS

An Allweather 8 Meter underway in calm water with a man standing in the cockpit
TRAILERABLE * SEAWORTHY * NO NONSENSE

SAFETY THROUGH SEAWORTHINESS

10 TIMES BETTER FUEL EFFICIENCY THAN PLANING HULLS

SPECIFICATIONS:

L.O.D.
26'3"
Beam
8'0"
Draft
3'0"
Displacement/weight
5000 lbs dry
Water
35 gallons (+ optional 30 gal. in cockpit well)
Fuel
112 gallons
Approximate speed, fuel consumption, nautical miles per gallon and range
~Speed~Fuel consumption~NM/gal.~Range in NM
~5 knots~1 qt./hr.~20~2000+
~6 knots~2 qts./hr.~12~1200+
~7 knots~3-4 qts./hr.~7~750+
Allweather 8 Meter drawing
An Allweather 8 Meter seen from above, underway with people aboard
PDF Nor'westing Magazine's July 5 - August 2, 2006 article on Allweather Boats (1,534 KB .pdf file)