Exhibit 24.1

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

    The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Susan Canning and Eifion Jones, and each of them
individually, with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)    prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and
passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule
or regulation of the SEC;

(2)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as officer
and/or director of Hayward Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, 5 and any
Schedules 13D or 13G in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

(3)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary
or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 or Schedule 13D or 13G,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form
with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the
opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by each such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as each such attorney-in-fact may
approve in each such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

    The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each such attorney-in-fact, or each such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that each foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, 5, and any Schedules 13D or 13G with respect to the undersigned's holdings of
and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to each foregoing attorney-in-fact.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of
this 8th day of September, 2021.


    /s/ Fernando Blasco
    Fernando Blasco