[{"k": "Designer", "n": "Myron Spaulding", "s": "Naval architect, boatbuilder and concert violinist — Sausalito", "t": "Polytechnic High School, San Francisco — naval architecture and boatbuilding Violinist, San Francisco Symphony, until 1957 Madden & Lewis, Sausalito — subchaser construction Spaulding Boatworks, 600 Gate Five Road, Sausalito — purchased 1951 Won the 1936 Transpac in Dorade; six Transpacs; class champion in Birds, Stars and 6-Metres San Francisco Maritime NHP; photographs at the Online Archive of California Clipper class Nautigal Suomi Buoyant Girl Chrysopyle Spaulding 33 Spaulding 28 'Arete' San Francisco, then Sausalito, California 1905 – 2000", "u": "designer-spaulding-myron.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Ernest 'Ernie' Nunes", "s": "Designer of the Bear and the Mercury — Sausalito", "t": "Of the Nunes boatbuilding family of Pico, Azores, by way of the Sacramento River and Sausalito Conceived 1929 with Marty Martinson; first keel laid 1931, first boat completed summer 1932 Designed 1939 — among the first one-designs engineered specifically for plywood Opened a dedicated Mercury shop across the street from the family yard in 1946; closed 1962 Bear class Mercury 18 Sausalito, California dates unverified", "u": "designer-nunes-ernest.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "John G. Alden", "s": "Naval architect — Boston", "t": "Alden Design Office founded 1909; later John G. Alden, Inc.; he retired from active design c. 1955 Over 1,000 designs The Malabar / 'Alden schooner' — grace and seaworthiness over rating-rule cleverness National Sailing Hall of Fame, 2013 Alden design No. 157 became the Bird class, drawn by his associate Sam Crocker, dated 1 September 1921 Malabar IV Malabar VII Bird class (design No. 157) La Goleta Malabar X When and If Dorchester and Boston, Massachusetts 1884 – 1962", "u": "designer-alden-john.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Samuel S. Crocker", "s": "Draftsman in the Alden office, later independent — Massachusetts", "t": "Associate in John G. Alden's office; drafted Alden design No. 157, dated 1 September 1921 Bird class Massachusetts dates unverified", "u": "designer-crocker-sam.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Fred C. Brewer", "s": "Naval architect — Sausalito", "t": "Part of the Bay committee whose sketch brief Alden's office refined into design No. 157 Sailboatdata credits the Bird design to 'Fred C. Brewer / Alden Associates' Bird class (concept) Sausalito, California dates unverified", "u": "designer-brewer-fred.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Sparkman & Stephens", "s": "Naval architects and brokers — New York", "t": "28 October 1929, by Drake Sparkman, James Sparkman, James Murray, Olin J. Stephens II and Roderick Stephens Jr. 1908–2008; apprenticed under Philip Rhodes; roughly 2,200 designs 1909–1995; chief rigger and inspector; designed the DUKW and Ford GPA amphibian hulls; Presidential Medal of Freedom Six of the seven American 12-Metre defenders, 1958–1980 Dorade Stormy Weather Ranger Intrepid Swan 36 New York, New York founded 1929, still operating", "u": "designer-sparkman-stephens.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Nathanael Greene Herreshoff", "s": "'Captain Nat' — Bristol, Rhode Island", "t": "Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, founded 1878 with his blind brother John Brown Herreshoff Tank-tested hull forms, light steel framing, bronze and aluminium fittings — engineering rather than eye Devised the Universal Rule, 1902 Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol, founded 1971 Amaryllis Vigilant / Defender / Columbia / Reliance Herreshoff 12½ Herreshoff S-Class Bristol, Rhode Island 1848 – 1938", "u": "designer-herreshoff-ng.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "L. Francis Herreshoff", "s": "Naval architect and writer — Marblehead", "t": "At HMCo in Bristol, then under W. Starling Burgess Independent from 1926, Marblehead The Common Sense of Yacht Design (1947) and a long run of essays National Sailing Hall of Fame, 2014 Ticonderoga Tioga / Bounty Rozinante H-28 Meadowlark Marblehead, Massachusetts 1890 – 1972", "u": "designer-herreshoff-lf.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Philip L. Rhodes", "s": "Naval architect and marine engineer — New York", "t": "MIT, naval architecture and marine engineering, 1918 Independent from 1925; partner in Cox & Stevens from 1934; renamed Philip L. Rhodes, Naval Architects, 1947; successor firm McCurdy & Rhodes Olin Stephens apprenticed under Rhodes before founding S&S The Rhodes 33 (design No. 441) raced as a Bay one-design; listed in a 1954 San Francisco Chronicle roundup of Bay fleets Rhodes 33 Weatherly Rhodes 27 / 40 family New York, New York 1895 – 1974", "u": "designer-rhodes-philip.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "C. William 'Bill' Lapworth", "s": "Naval architect — Southern California", "t": "University of Michigan; US Navy officer in WWII, shipyards at Quincy and San Diego Post-war partner to Merle Davis in Los Angeles; took over the practice on Davis's death A handshake arrangement with Jack Jensen of Jensen Marine created the Cal line; it lasted until Jensen's death in 1980 Light canoe-body hulls, fast downwind — built for Transpac conditions 32 designs Lapworth 36 (L-36) Cal 24 Cal 20 Cal 40 Los Angeles and Newport Beach, California 1919 – 2006", "u": "designer-lapworth-bill.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Merle Davis", "s": "Yacht designer — Los Angeles", "t": "Ran a yacht design office in Los Angeles in the immediate postwar period Took Lapworth on as partner after the war; died within about a year, leaving Lapworth the practice Bolero Los Angeles, California dates unverified; died within about a year of 1946", "u": "designer-davis-merle.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Hugh Angelman", "s": "Designer and yard partner — Wilmington, California", "t": "Co-founded Wilmington Boat Works, 400 Yacht Street, Wilmington, in 1920 with Willard Buchanan and Tom Smith Designed and built c. 1937–41; later redrawn below the waterline by Charlie Davies Later runs built by American Marine and by Cheoy Lee in Hong Kong Sea Witch ketch Wilmington, California dates unverified", "u": "designer-angelman-hugh.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Charlie Davies", "s": "Designer — Southern California", "t": "The underwater redesign that produced the modern Sea Witch Sea Witch (modern hull form) Southern California died July 1998", "u": "designer-davies-charlie.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Thomas E. Colvin", "s": "Naval architect and builder — Virginia and Florida", "t": "Merchant Marine in WWII; senior designer at Newport News Shipbuilding from 1952; consultant to Kaiser Aluminum; then his own yard at Miles, Virginia Steel Boatbuilding: From Plans to Launching — the standard reference Gazelle K'ung Fu-Tse Schooners to 100 ft Miles, Virginia; later Fort Myers, Florida 1925 – 2014", "u": "designer-colvin-thomas.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Edson B. Schock", "s": "Naval architect — New York, Vancouver, Los Angeles", "t": "Under A. Cary Smith; independent practice from 1900 Design editor, The Rudder, 1906–1910 Moved to Vancouver, BC in 1910; opened a Los Angeles office in 1922; designed military vessels at Stockton in WWII Racing and cruising sail and power New York; Vancouver, BC; Los Angeles; Kingston, RI 1871 – 1950", "u": "designer-schock-edson-b.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Edson I. Schock", "s": "Naval architect and professor — Rhode Island", "t": "MIT naval architecture, 1918 Professor, University of Rhode Island How to Build Small Boats (1952) Produced historic-craft plans for Mystic Seaport Museum Plywood small craft Kingston, Rhode Island 1897 – 1988", "u": "designer-schock-edson-i.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "William 'Bill' D. Schock", "s": "Boatbuilder — Newport Beach and Costa Mesa", "t": "W.D. Schock Corp, 1958; family-run for 53 years until sold in 2011 Bought PlastiGlass in 1955 and reworked its Lehman 14 into the Lido 14 21 Mercuries, 1963–67; El Toros; Santana 20 and 28 to Gary Mull designs Lido 14 Santana 22 Harbor 20 Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, California dates unverified", "u": "designer-wd-schock-person.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Charles E. Nicholson", "s": "Naval architect — Gosport, England", "t": "Camper and Nicholsons, Gosport, founded 1782; Charles and his brothers ran its golden era Laminated-wood hull construction (Istria, 1912) and plywood decking Istria Shamrock IV / Shamrock V Endeavour Velsheda Gosport, Hampshire 1868 – 1954", "u": "designer-nicholson-charles.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Johan Anker", "s": "Naval architect and Olympic sailor — Norway", "t": "Bought Jensen's yard in 1905, forming Anker & Jensen — Anker designed, Jensen built; sole owner from 1915, name retained Competed 1908, 1912 and 1928; gold in the 12-Metre (1912) and 6-Metre (1928) Magda IX Dragon 6-, 8-, 12- and 15-Metre yachts Norway 1871 – 1940", "u": "designer-anker-johan.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Colin Archer", "s": "Naval architect and builder — Larvik, Norway", "t": "Laurvig Strandværft at Rekkevik, founded 1874 Combined Chapman's displacement theory with Scott Russell's midship-section placement; introduced a ballast keel in 1882 Won an 1892–93 design competition; 33 rescue boats built, 28 to his own design Norwegian pilot boats RS1 Colin Archer Fram Larvik, Norway 1832 – 1921", "u": "designer-archer-colin.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "John G. Hanna", "s": "Designer and design critic — Dunedin, Florida", "t": "Drew on the Greek sponge-boat double-enders of Tarpon Springs Published 1935 in How to Build 20 Boats; amateur-built worldwide Tahiti ketch Iorano Faith / Araner Dunedin, Florida 1889 – 1948", "u": "designer-hanna-john.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Ralph E. Winslow", "s": "Naval architect — Boston", "t": "Small Brothers (1904) → William H. Hand → chief draftsman at Swasey, Raymond & Page (1909–17) → Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (1917) → independent → Eldredge-McInnis (1928–31) → independent again Papers at Mystic Seaport's Ships Plans Division Mount Desert Island One-Design Winslow 42 Winslow 36 Boston, Massachusetts 1886 – 1957", "u": "designer-winslow-ralph.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "W. Starling Burgess", "s": "Naval architect and aviation pioneer — Marblehead", "t": "Burgess & Packard (1902); Burgess Company and Curtis (1910); Burgess, Swasey & Paine (1922–26); Burgess & Morgan (1926) Collier Trophy, 1915; the Burgess Company was Marblehead's largest employer at 800 people National Sailing Hall of Fame, 2013 Atlantic one-design Enterprise Rainbow Ranger Marblehead and Boston, Massachusetts; later New York 1878 – 1947", "u": "designer-burgess-starling.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Edward Burgess", "s": "Naval architect — Boston", "t": "Instructor in entomology at Harvard, 1879–83 Self-taught through study in Europe; 137 designs in seven years America's Cup Hall of Fame, 1994 Puritan Mayflower Volunteer Boston, Massachusetts 1848 – 1891", "u": "designer-burgess-edward.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Frank C. Paine", "s": "Naval architect and yard president — Boston", "t": "Burgess, Swasey & Paine (1921–27); Paine, Belknap & Skene (1927–32); Belknap & Paine (1932–37); independent from 1939 Acquired control of George F. Lawley Corp in 1930; president through WWII Frank C. Paine Collection, MIT Museum Gypsy Yankee Highland Light Boston, Massachusetts 1890 – 1952", "u": "designer-paine-frank.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Cyrus Hamlin", "s": "Naval architect and teacher — Maine", "t": "From 1973 for the UN, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and national fisheries departments The Landing School of Boatbuilding and Design Preliminary Design of Boats and Ships Clearwater Pocket cruisers and fishing vessels Maine died aged 98; exact years unverified", "u": "designer-hamlin-cyrus.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Henry J. Gielow", "s": "Naval architect and yacht broker — New York", "t": "Henry J. Gielow, Inc., New York; continued under Joseph A. MacDonald and later W. M. Rice Records of Henry J. Gielow, Incorporated, 1920–1992, at Mystic Seaport Caroline / Hi-Esmaro / Sylvia New York, New York 1855 – 1925 (unverified)", "u": "designer-gielow-henry.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Tom Wylie", "s": "Yacht designer — Canyon and Watsonville, California", "t": "Wylie Design Group, Canyon, California Hawkfarm and Wabbit both raced as active one-design fleets on San Francisco Bay The Wyliecat unstayed cat rig, from 1995 Hawkfarm 28 Wylie 34 Wylie Wabbit 24 Wylie 38/39 Wyliecat 30 Wyliecat 40 Canyon, California; Wyliecat production at Watsonville birth year unverified", "u": "designer-wylie-tom.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Gary W. Mull", "s": "Yacht designer — San Francisco Bay Area", "t": "UC Berkeley engineering with a naval architecture minor Lockheed, Pacific Engineering, then Sparkman & Stephens in New York, before founding Gary Mull Yacht Design Chaired the Offshore Racing Council's International Technical Committee National Sailing Hall of Fame Ranger 23 / Ranger 37 Santana 20 and 28 Freedom Yachts line USA-49 San Francisco Bay Area, California 1937 – 1993", "u": "designer-mull-gary.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Carl Schumacher", "s": "Yacht designer — Alameda, California", "t": "Cal Poly; Jensen Marine; joined Gary Mull's office in 1973; independent from 1977 Roughly 57 to 60 designs and close to 600 boats in a 25-year independent career The Express 27 remains one of the Bay's strongest one-design fleets Summertime Dream Express 27 / 34 / 37 Alerion Express 28 Synergy 1000 Alameda, California 1949 or 1951 – 2002", "u": "designer-schumacher-carl.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Bill Lee", "s": "Yacht designer and builder — Santa Cruz", "t": "'The Coop', a converted chicken coop on Hilltop Road, Soquel Ultralight displacement — often half the weight of contemporaries Wizard Yachts, Ltd., Santa Cruz Chutzpah Santa Cruz 27 Merlin Santa Cruz 70 Soquel and Santa Cruz, California born 1942", "u": "designer-lee-bill.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "George W. Kettenburg Jr.", "s": "Designer and yard principal — Point Loma, San Diego", "t": "Kettenburg Boat and Engine Co., 1918; renamed Kettenburg Boat Works at a new waterfront site, 1929 PC (Pacific Class), hull No. 1 Scamp, his own boat, 1929 Paul Kettenburg carried the business on; retired 1979, died 2006 Kettenburg Collection, Maritime Museum of San Diego PC class PCC — Pacific Cruising Class K-38 Point Loma, San Diego, California died 1952", "u": "designer-kettenburg-george-jr.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Ed Monk Sr.", "s": "Shipwright and naval architect — Seattle", "t": "Blanchard Boat Co. from 1925; under Ted Geary, 1926–33 Plan No. 1 was the cruiser Nan, 1934 Small Boat Building (1934); Modern Boat Building (1939) Became Edwin Monk & Son, Naval Architects, Bainbridge Island, in the 1960s Silver King Nan Aries Seattle and Bainbridge Island, Washington 1894 – 1973", "u": "designer-monk-ed-sr.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Ed Monk Jr.", "s": "Naval architect — Bainbridge Island", "t": "Edwin Monk & Son, Naval Architects, Bainbridge Island Co-founded Ocean Alexander, now Alexander Marine, in 1977 Bainbridge Island, Washington dates unverified", "u": "designer-monk-ed-jr.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "William Garden", "s": "Naval architect — Seattle, then Vancouver Island", "t": "Edison Technical School, Seattle; more than 50 designs by the age of 24 Moved to Vancouver Island in the late 1960s; worked from Toad's Landing for over thirty years Order of Canada, 2006 William Garden Papers, Mystic Seaport Gleam Wanderer Vega 36 Toadstool Seattle, Washington; later Toad's Landing, British Columbia 1918 – 2011", "u": "designer-garden-william.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "L. E. 'Ted' Geary", "s": "Naval architect — Seattle", "t": "MIT The R-class Sir Tom was long unbeatable on Puget Sound Designed the first US diesel tug, Chickamauga The Geary 18 'Flattie', 1928 — a cheap plywood-era trainer Sir Tom Malibu Geary 18 (Flattie) Seattle, Washington 1885 – 1960", "u": "designer-geary-ted.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Ben Seaborn", "s": "Yacht designer — Seattle", "t": "His first yacht, winner of the 1934 Swiftsure; he was 16 or 18 depending on source Boeing, 1938–41 — the 314 Flying Boat chase boat and the B-17 line 26-ft plywood sloop for the Douglas Fir Plywood Association; roughly 2,000 built Circe Thunderbird Seattle, Washington c. 1916 or 1920 – 1960", "u": "designer-seaborn-ben.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Robert 'Bob' Perry", "s": "Yacht designer — Seattle", "t": "1970 Cruising Hall of Fame 1989; American Boatbuilders Hall of Fame 1995; National Sailing Hall of Fame 2023 Valiant 40 Tayana 37 Seattle, Washington born 1945", "u": "designer-perry-bob.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Joel White", "s": "Naval architect and yard owner — Brooklin, Maine", "t": "MIT naval architecture, 1953 Brooklin Boat Yard, founded 1960 in a converted herring-packing plant Wood, Water & Light (1988) Nutshell Pram Haven 12½ Bridges Point 24 W-Class 76 Brooklin, Maine 1930 – 1997", "u": "designer-white-joel.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Thomas F. McManus", "s": "Naval architect — Boston", "t": "The shortened bowsprit and extended stern overhang — the 'McManus lines' Called the father of the fishermen's races Rose Dorothea Esperanto Henry Ford Boston, Massachusetts 1856 – 1938", "u": "designer-mcmanus-thomas.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "William J. Roué", "s": "Naval architect — Halifax, Nova Scotia", "t": "Launched 26 March 1921, built by Smith and Rhuland, Lunenburg Beat Elsie (1921) and Henry Ford (1922); controversial tie with Columbia (1923); lost to Gertrude L. Thebaud in 1930 but won 1931 and 1937–38 Bluenose Halifax, Nova Scotia dates not researched", "u": "designer-roue-william.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Fenwick C. Williams", "s": "Naval architect — Massachusetts", "t": "John G. Alden's, from 1923 18-ft design, 1930, published in Yachting in 1931; also 21- and 25-ft versions Founding member, American Catboat Association, 1962 18-ft Cape Cod catboat Concordia yawl Massachusetts 1901 – 1992", "u": "designer-williams-fenwick.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "C. Raymond Hunt", "s": "Designer — Boston", "t": "Independent; work continued as C. Raymond Hunt Associates The deep-V hull, adopted by Bertram and others Concordia yawl 110 and 210 classes Boston Whaler Boston, Massachusetts 1908 – 1978", "u": "designer-hunt-ray.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "William Fife III", "s": "Naval architect and builder — Fairlie, Ayrshire", "t": "William Fife I (1785–1865), William Fife II (1821–1902), William Fife III (1857–1944) OBE 1919; America's Cup Hall of Fame 2004 Shamrock I / Shamrock III Moonbeam III / IV Eilean Fairlie, Ayrshire, Scotland 1857 – 1944", "u": "designer-fife-william-iii.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "George Lennox Watson", "s": "Naval architect — Glasgow", "t": "The first dedicated small-craft yacht design office, 1873 RNLI chief consulting naval architect from 1887 Britannia Thistle / Valkyrie II / Valkyrie III / Shamrock II Glasgow, Scotland 1851 – 1904", "u": "designer-watson-gl.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Alfred Mylne", "s": "Naval architect — Glasgow", "t": "Helped establish the International Rule, 1906 A. Mylne & Co., now Mylne Yacht Design Octavia Marina Glasgow, Scotland 1872 – 1951", "u": "designer-mylne-alfred.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Jack Laurent Giles", "s": "Naval architect — Lymington, England", "t": "Laurent Giles & Partners Royal Designer for Industry, 1951 Miranda IV (1951) introduced the spade rudder Vertue class Wanderer III Myth of Malham Lymington, Hampshire 1901 – 1969", "u": "designer-giles-laurent.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Uffa Fox", "s": "Designer and builder — Cowes, Isle of Wight", "t": "Planing dinghy hulls and the trapeze Airborne lifeboats International 14 Firefly / National 12 / Albacore Flying Fifteen Cowes, Isle of Wight 1898 – 1972", "u": "designer-fox-uffa.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Albert Strange", "s": "Artist, art-school headmaster and yacht designer — Scarborough", "t": "Headmaster, Scarborough School of Art, roughly 35 years Captain of the Humber Yawl Club The Otter Tally Ho Scarborough, Yorkshire 1855 – 1917", "u": "designer-strange-albert.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Maurice Griffiths", "s": "Editor and designer — East Coast of England", "t": "Yachting Monthly, 1927–1967 George Medal for mine-clearing and demolition work supporting D-Day Roughly nineteen books on East Coast cruising Eventide 24 / 26 Waterwitch 30 Essex and the Thames Estuary 1902 – 1997", "u": "designer-griffiths-maurice.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Tord Sundén", "s": "Naval architect — Sweden", "t": "The Scandinavian Yacht Racing Union's 1941 contest drew 58 entries; no single winner was chosen Engaged to combine the best features of the finalists into buildable plans, published without designer credit Sundén later claimed sole authorship; the committee disputed it; the matter was never formally resolved Nordic Folkboat Gothenburg, Sweden died 1999, aged about 90", "u": "designer-sunden-tord.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Erling Kristofersen", "s": "Naval architect — Norway", "t": "From Willy H. Johannesen and Lars Walløe, who wanted a handsomer alternative to the Folkboat First boats by Einar Iversen; first production delivery 1946 Bjørn Iversen, son of the prototype's builder and a Stanford student, brought a Knarr to San Francisco in 1953 Knarr Norway dates unverified", "u": "designer-kristofersen-erling.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Bjarne Aas", "s": "Naval architect, builder and broker — Fredrikstad, Norway", "t": "Designed 1937; the first class recognised by ISAF as a 'Classic' One-Design Founded in the early 1950s by Lon Price, who bought Norena (#75) in 1952; YRA Fleet #4 from the 1955 season Aas also acted as the broker importing Norwegian-built boats to America International One Design Fredrikstad, Norway dates not researched", "u": "designer-aas-bjarne.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Harry Cookson", "s": "Saloon keeper and part-time boatwright — Belvedere", "t": "Saloon keeper in Belvedere; part-time boatwright Beach Road, Belvedere Cove, near the W. S. Stone boatyard Built 1885 and named for his daughter; rock-elm frames, Douglas fir planking, dish-shaped hull, centreboard, tiller Freda is documented as the oldest active private sailing yacht on the West Coast Freda Belvedere, California dates unverified", "u": "designer-cookson-harry.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "J. Murray Watts", "s": "Naval architect — Philadelphia", "t": "After a fire destroyed his office, Watts's surviving plans passed to Carter & Wittholz and were donated to Mystic Seaport by Charles W. Wittholz — described there as the most comprehensive collection of his extant plans Gold Star (1960) was built from Watts blueprints for a gaff-rigged, bowsprit-less gillnetter published in Yachting in 1948 Gillnetter schooner design Philadelphia, Pennsylvania dates unverified", "u": "designer-watts-j-murray.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Jim DeWitt", "s": "Sailmaker, designer and painter — Richmond", "t": "Founded DeWitt Sails, Richmond, 1960 Widely exhibited marine painter Makai (1966 or 1967), a 34-ft keel sloop built by Alfred Silva in Alameda Makai Richmond, California 1930 – 2022", "u": "designer-dewitt-james.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "J. Parsons", "s": "Amateur designer and builder — Tiburon", "t": "Bob Darr, of the Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding, encouraged the design Brian Turner, a fellow Arques School student, assisted the build Keel poured 2012; launched 15 December 2018, after five and a half to seven years 20-ft gaff sloop, full keel with daggerboard; Douglas fir planking and decking, black acacia transom, purpleheart mast step After the Ent in Tolkien TreeBeard Tiburon, California active 2011 – present", "u": "designer-parsons-j.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Bert Woollacott", "s": "Yacht designer — New Zealand", "t": "31-ft keeler, 1929, kauri planking with mahogany coamings, originally masthead cutter rigged Registered to the builder Percy Vos; other accounts credit the build to Woollacott himself — the New Zealand sources disagree Vectis resides on San Francisco Bay Vectis Auckland, New Zealand dates unverified", "u": "designer-woollacott-bert.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "A. M. Bellingham", "s": "Designer — Kent, England", "t": "The Cooper Six-Tonner, about 28 ft LOA, built by Charles Cooper of Teynham, Kent Referred to in one source as Major A. M. Bellingham Cooper Six-Tonner Kent, England dates unverified", "u": "designer-bellingham-am.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Josh Pryor", "s": "Designer, owner and charter captain — San Francisco", "t": "Hull built by the Millerick Brothers; outfitting completed by the captain himself in San Francisco Operated under charter since 1981; described as the first sailboat on the Bay licensed to carry passengers Won the 1982 Farallones Race Ruby San Francisco, California active from the late 1970s", "u": "designer-pryor-josh.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "W. Frank Stone", "s": "Designer and yard principal — San Francisco Bay", "t": "Son of William Stone, who founded the yard at Hunters Point in 1853; father of Lester F. Stone, who joined in 1911 Moved the yard to Tiburon in the 1890s; traded as Stone & Swann at Tiburon, then as Stone & Van Bergen at Harbor View, San Francisco, from 1899 to 1911 From 1911, W. F. Stone & Son 1923; Lester became sole proprietor Designed the 52-ft schooner Yankee in 1905, launched 18 April 1906 Yankee Tiburon, Harbor View and Oakland, California died 1923", "u": "designer-stone-frank.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "George H. Wayland", "s": "Naval architect — Seattle, then San Francisco", "t": "University of Washington; began his career in Seattle Emergency Fleet Corporation in Pacific Northwest yards in WWI, becoming assistant superintendent at Tacoma Joined Lee & Brinton of Seattle and helped open their San Francisco office; independent practice from 1926 Redesigned John Alden's Bird class as the smaller Baby Bird, 1926 Mentored Myron Spaulding, who preserved Wayland's plans collection San Francisco Maritime NHP — a finding aid describes 721 items, pencil drawings 1921–1947; the CAMM directory gives 725 drawings Tamalmar Lady Jo Volante Baby Bird San Francisco, California 1885 – 19", "u": "designer-wayland-george.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "David W. Dickie", "s": "Naval architect — San Francisco", "t": "David W. Dickie records (HDC0128), San Francisco Maritime NHP — personal papers and office records including nearly 6,000 architectural drawings and plans, 1880s–1950s Of the Dickie shipbuilding family of San Francisco; understood to be the son of James S. Dickie and nephew of John Watson Dickie David A. Dickie (1880–1968), John W. Dickie's son and partner, who left shipbuilding for insurance finance; or George W. Dickie, chief engineer of Union Iron Works and designer of USS Oregon San Francisco, California dates unverified", "u": "designer-dickie-david-w.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Hank Easom", "s": "Boatbuilder, sailmaker and racer — Sausalito and Tiburon", "t": "15 June 1934 at Ross, California; raised at Belvedere and Tiburon; died 14 February 2023, aged 88 Sailing from the age of eight; won the Pacific Coast Mercury Championship at fifteen Founded Easom Boat Works on 12 March 1955, the day after his Coast Guard discharge, on the former Marinship waterfront at Sausalito; ran it thirty-five years, closing in 1989 Owned and raced the 1937 8-Metre Yucca from 1964 to 2017 — fifty-three years St. Francis YC Yachtsman of the Year, 1971; San Francisco YC Yachtsman of the Year The Hank Easom Buoy was placed near Yellow Bluff by the Army Corps of Engineers in", "u": "designer-easom-hank.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "George Olson", "s": "Yacht designer — Santa Cruz", "t": "1939; died November 2008, aged 69 Surfer and surfboard shaper; hod carrier; set designer for Disney and Universal After Ron Moore rescued the Grendel mould, Olson worked with Ron and John Moore to produce the Moore 24 Founded Pacific Yachts with Lyn Neale and Alan Wirtanen; hundreds of boats built until 1987 Sopwith Camel Grendel Santa Cruz 27 Olson 30 Olson 25 / 29 / 34 / 40 Santa Cruz, California 1939 – 2008", "u": "designer-olson-george.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Ron Moore", "s": "Boatbuilder — Santa Cruz", "t": "The Reef, off Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, with Martha Moore Prototype 1968, built by George Olson; developed into a production line Built El Toro dinghies in production from 1997; associated with the Moore 33 Moore 24 Santa Cruz, California dates unverified", "u": "designer-moore-ron.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Donald Abbott", "s": "Sponsor of the 1937 'Weekender' — San Francisco Bay", "t": "The Farallone Clipper class history describes the starting point as 'the 1937 Donald Abbott-sponsored, Sparkman & Stephens-designed Weekender' This reconciles the two rival accounts of the Farallone Clipper's authorship: the design is Sparkman & Stephens's, Abbott sponsored it, and Stephens Brothers stretched it to 38 feet San Francisco Bay dates unverified", "u": "designer-abbott-donald.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Bowdoin B. Crowninshield", "s": "Naval architect — Boston", "t": "Under John R. Purdon President and general manager of Crowninshield Shipbuilding Co., Fall River, 1917–1926 Adventuress (1913) was commissioned by John Borden for an Arctic expedition; when that failed he sold her to the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association, which worked her out to the Farallon Islands for about 35 years, into the early 1970s Adventuress is a National Historic Landmark and a sail-training ship at Port Townsend — one of only two NHL sailing vessels still active on the West Coast Independence Thomas W. Lawson Adventuress Dark Harbor 12½ and 17½ US Coast Guard 'Six-Bitter' patrol", "u": "designer-crowninshield-bowdoin.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Henry C. Grebe", "s": "Naval architect and yard owner — Chicago", "t": "Eastern Boat Building Co., Milwaukee, 1909; organised Milwaukee Yacht & Boat Co., 1911; yacht broker in Chicago from 1913 Assistant Naval Constructor, US Navy, managing General Shipbuilding Co. at Alexandria, Virginia — 110-ft subchasers Founded Henry C. Grebe & Company at Chicago in 1921, on the North Branch of the Chicago River near Belmont Avenue; last boat built 1970, company closed 1994 Designed the 140-ft ice-strengthened auxiliary schooner Northern Light, 1927, for John Borden's Field Museum Arctic expedition — built by W. F. Stone & Son at Oakland Northern Light Chicago, Illinois died ", "u": "designer-grebe-henry.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "A. Cary Smith", "s": "Naval architect and marine painter — New York", "t": "Trained as a shipwright to the mid-1860s; a recognised marine painter from 1867 to 1877, studying under M. F. H. de Haas and exhibiting at the National Academy of Design; full-time yacht design after 1877 New York Yacht Club, 1874–82; Seawanhaka Corinthian, 1875–83 Edson B. Schock began as his apprentice draftsman about 1899, before opening his own practice in 1900 Vindex Mischief Meteor III New York, New York 1837 – 1911", "u": "designer-smith-a-cary.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Thomas Fleming Day", "s": "Editor of The Rudder — New York", "t": "Founded and edited 1890 to April 1916 — the magazine that published designs to amateurs and made home boatbuilding a mass activity Founded 1906 Crossed in the 25-ft yawl Sea Bird, 1911 National Sailing Hall of Fame, 2019 Islander Long Island Sound, New York 1861 – 1927", "u": "designer-day-thomas-fleming.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Howard I. Chapelle", "s": "Naval architect and maritime historian — Smithsonian", "t": "Headed the New England section of the Historic American Merchant Marine Survey US Army Transportation Corps, lieutenant colonel Curator of the Transportation Division, National Museum of History and Technology; senior historian from 1967; historian emeritus 1971 Guggenheim Fellowship 1950 for colonial ship-design research; UN FAO fishing-boat consultant in Turkey, 1956–57 Howard I. Chapelle Papers, Smithsonian Institution Archives; his drawings are in the NMAH Ship Plans collection The History of American Sailing Ships The History of the American Sailing Navy American Small Sailing Craft The S", "u": "designer-chapelle-howard.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "William H. Hand Jr.", "s": "Naval architect — New Bedford and Fairhaven", "t": "Small sailboats from about 1900; V-bottom powerboats; schooners after WWI; motorsailers in the 1930s The New England hurricane destroyed his records and damaged his practice; the office moved from New Bedford to Fairhaven Davis-Hand Collection, Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum Bowdoin Steadfast New Bedford and Fairhaven, Massachusetts 1875 – 1946", "u": "designer-hand-william.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Charles D. Mower", "s": "Naval architect and design editor — New York", "t": "From 1895 under Arthur Binney, then under Bowdoin B. Crowninshield With Thomas D. Bowes, Philadelphia, from 1911 Chief naval architect at Henry B. Nevins, Inc.; official measurer for the New York Yacht Club Design editor of The Rudder; contributor to MotorBoating Mystic Seaport — 433 sheets covering 107 designs Mary Ann Penobscot Fisher's Island One Design New York, New York 1875 – 1942", "u": "designer-mower-charles.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Winthrop L. Warner", "s": "Naval architect — Middletown, Connecticut", "t": "MIT; apprenticed at Electric Boat, Bayonne, and Portland Boat Yard, Connecticut; drafted under John G. Alden and William H. Hand Independent at Middletown from 1929 A regular contributor to Yachting and The Rudder for more than thirty years Winthrop L. Warner Papers, Mystic Seaport Felisi Shang Wheeler Middletown, Connecticut 1900 – 1987", "u": "designer-warner-winthrop.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "K. Aage Nielsen", "s": "Naval architect — Denmark and Boston", "t": "Through the Danish apprenticeship system; emigrated to the United States at twenty-one John G. Alden's office; then sole designer of Sparkman & Stephens's Boston satellite office; later his own Boston practice He stipulated that no boats be built from his plans after his death; his daughters reversed this in 2014, authorising Rockport Marine and Walsted's to build again Pilot class Holger Danske Malabar schooner Boston, Massachusetts c. 1904 – 1984", "u": "designer-nielsen-aage.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "A. E. 'Bill' Luders Jr.", "s": "Designer and yard principal — Stamford, Connecticut", "t": "Directed Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford Moulded-plywood hull construction More than 200 built after the war The yard built Weatherly (1958); Luders's modifications before the 1962 defence were extensive enough that design credit is shared or contested with Philip Rhodes Luders 16 American Eagle Stamford, Connecticut 1909 – 1999", "u": "designer-luders-bill.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Robert Clark", "s": "Yacht designer — England", "t": "Gipsy Moth III for Francis Chichester; British Steel for Chay Blyth 70-ft youth training ketches for the Ocean Youth Club in the 1970s; the pre-war Mystery class, 1936 Mystery class Gipsy Moth III British Steel England dates not found", "u": "designer-clark-robert.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Arthur C. Robb", "s": "Naval architect — New Zealand, Scotland and London", "t": "Hawke's Bay, New Zealand; early fame there as a helmsman and small-craft designer Yard manager at Morris & Lorimer, Sandbank, Scotland in the 1930s Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, Lieutenant Commander; worked with the Admiralty and Air Ministry, collaborating with Uffa Fox on airborne lifeboats London practice, best known for one-design cruiser-racers popular in the United States MBE Arthur C. Robb papers, Mystic Seaport Radiant class Robb 35 Seaview Maiden London, England 1908 – 1969", "u": "designer-robb-arthur.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "David Boyd", "s": "Naval architect — Sandbank, Scotland", "t": "Joined Alexander Robertson & Sons at Sandbank at the end of 1929, having answered an advertisement in the Glasgow Herald; the yard ran from 1876 to 1980 Designed the 12-Metre challengers Sceptre (1958) and Sovereign (1963) The Loch Long One Design and the Piper One Design Circe Lone Fox Sceptre Sovereign Sandbank, Argyll, Scotland dates not found", "u": "designer-boyd-david.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Charles Sibbick", "s": "Designer and builder — Cowes", "t": "Albert Yard, Medina River, Cowes; more than 300 boats in a 24-year career Lightweight racing raters with bulb keels and minimal wetted surface Orders from Europe, the Americas, Russia, Scandinavia, Asia and Australia Built Prince George's 1-Rater White Rose in six days in 1896, working around the clock The business failed under creditor pressure in 1903; he went on designing until his death in 1912 Diamond Saunterer Thalassa Cowes, Isle of Wight 1849 – 1912", "u": "designer-sibbick-charles.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Linton Hope", "s": "Designer and Olympic sailor — England", "t": "Two gold medals at Paris, 1900, in the half-to-one-ton and open classes, sailing Scotia Naval architect to the King of the Belgians Yachts, international canoes, Thames raters and half-raters; hulls used by Indian yacht clubs at Malabar, Nainital and Rangoon Designed the AD Flying Boat, 1915, for the Admiralty's Air Department; his hull thinking shaped British flying boats into the 1920s Scotia AD Flying Boat England 1863 – 1920", "u": "designer-hope-linton.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Knud H. Reimers", "s": "Naval architect — Stockholm", "t": "As a shipwright at Krupp Germaniawerft in the 1920s; apprenticed at Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder Joined Gustaf Estlander's Stockholm studio and bought it in 1930, aged 25 Maritime Museum, Stockholm Tumlaren Bacchant II Cohoe Stockholm, Sweden 1906 – 1987", "u": "designer-reimers-knud.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Tore Holm", "s": "Designer, builder and Olympic sailor — Gamleby, Sweden", "t": "1920 gold (40 m²), 1928 bronze (8-Metre), 1932 gold (6-Metre), 1936 fourth (8-Metre), 1948 bronze (6-Metre) Ran the Holm boatyard at Gamleby His J-Class design of 1937 was not built until 2015, in the Netherlands Bissbi Elsinore Svea Gamleby, Sweden 1896 – 1977", "u": "designer-holm-tore.html"}, {"k": "Designer", "n": "Gustaf Estlander", "s": "Architect turned yacht designer — Helsinki, Berlin, Stockholm", "t": "Helsinki Polytechnic, 1898; co-founded the architecture firm Estlander & Settergren, 1903–1915 Full-time from 1914; chief designer and owner of the Pabst yard near Berlin, 1921–23; took Swedish citizenship to design for Swedish Olympic entries More than 1,000 yachts, including 21 Six-Metres and 8 Eight-Metres European speed-skating champion, 1898; Olympian, 1912 Colibri May Be Cheerio Helsinki, then Stockholm 1876 – 1930", "u": "designer-estlander-gustaf.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "W. F. Stone & Son / Stone Boat Yard", "s": "Hunters Point → Tiburon → Harbor View → Oakland → Alameda", "t": "William Stone, of Dartmouth, England — Hunters Point, 1853 Frank Stone → Lester F. Stone (joined 1911, sole proprietor 1923, retired 1970) John Whitset (1970); Bill and Grace Bodle; David Olson (2000); closed 2004 Jack Ehrhorn (1919–2005), at the yard 1941–1970 and 1987–2004 Jack Ehrhorn collection of Stone Boat Yard drawings (1898–1993) and photographs (c. 1885–2005), Online Archive of California Richmond Golden State USS Lanikai Water Witch Bird boats Nos. 12, 16, 18, 19 Northern Light YMS wooden minesweepers Natoma San Francisco Bay, California 1853 – 2004", "u": "builder-stone-boat-yard.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Nunes Brothers Boat & Ways Co.", "s": "Second and Main, Old Town Sausalito", "t": "Manuel and Antonio Nunes, of Pico, Azores; Ernest 'Ernie' Nunes as designer Acquired from Reliance Boat and Ways Co., 1925 Main yard 1959; Ernie Nunes's separate Mercury shop 1962 Truant Funchal and Greyhound Zaca Merry Bear Bear class Mercury 18 Sausalito, California c. 1898 on the Sacramento River; Sausalito 1925 – 1959", "u": "builder-nunes-brothers.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Anderson & Cristofani", "s": "900 Innes Avenue, India Basin, Hunters Point", "t": "Jan Janse Dirks, Dutch shipwright, from c. 1875 Henry P. Anderson, Danish shipwright, arrived in the Bay Area 1893 and bought the yard Alf Cristofani joined 1926 Allemand Brothers operated on or near the site 1946–2002 City purchase 1989; Shipwright's Cottage reopened as a visitor centre 2025 Master Mariner / Wavelet / Paul and Willie Snark Yuba / New Rex APc coastal transports, minesweepers, tugs San Francisco, California partnership 1926 – 1988; boatbuilding on the site from c. 1875", "u": "builder-anderson-cristofani.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Madden & Lewis Company", "s": "200 Johnson Street, Richardson Bay, Sausalito", "t": "James Herbert Madden Sr., active in the Sausalito Yacht Club; his role in the Bird class brief is documented separately Five 60-ft YTL harbour tugs (YTL 316–320); four 76-ft Harbour Defence Motor Launches, all transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy; wooden subchasers Myron Spaulding worked here during WWII Owned the Sausalito-side operations of the Golden Gate Ferry Company before the bridge 19 March 1960 Osprey, Bird No. 1 YTL 316–320 Harbour Defence Motor Launches Sausalito, California founding date unverified; a major fire in 1960", "u": "builder-madden-lewis.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Spaulding Boatworks / Spaulding Marine Center", "s": "600 Gate Five Road, Sausalito", "t": "1951, by Myron Spaulding, on waterfront property he bought that year Left in charitable trust by Gladys Spaulding after Myron's death; now a 501(c)(3) living museum Home to the Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding since 2007, long directed by Bob Darr Freda (1885) and Polaris are associated with the Center Maintains Dorade on her annual Bay visits Restoration and maintenance of the Bay wooden fleet Spaulding 28 'Arete' Sausalito, California 1951 – present", "u": "builder-spaulding-boatworks.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Matthew Turner", "s": "Shipbuilder — Hunters Point, then Benicia", "t": "First near Hunters Point with his brother Horatio; Benicia from 1883, in partnership with Horatio Turner and John Eckley Sources disagree: Wikipedia gives more than 270 vessels, citing Bowen (2002); Collectors Weekly gives 228 watercraft, or 'some 200 wooden sailing vessels' A gold-mounted spyglass from Queen Victoria and a silver service from the Norwegian government, both for a sea rescue The brigantine Matthew Turner, launched 2015 at Sausalito, is an education vessel inspired by his Galilee G. R. Roberts Nautilus Galilee San Francisco and Benicia, California 1825 – 1909", "u": "builder-matthew-turner.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Kneass Boat Works", "s": "Mission Street, Pier 70 and 3rd Street, San Francisco", "t": "George Washington Kneass 22 Mission Street; 671 Illinois Street at Pier 70 in partnership with Martin Vice; a second yard at 718 3rd Street from 1898; an emergency shipyard in 1941 Sons George Jr. and Webster Kneass; the yard operated until 1970 Over 5,000 craft including patrol boats, minesweepers and SC-497-class subchasers Pacific USS Nasomee (YTB-260) Peruvian Navy patrol boats San Francisco, California 1868 – 1970", "u": "builder-kneass.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Arques Boatyard", "s": "Napa Street then Johnson Street, Sausalito", "t": "Camillo Arques, boatyard at Napa Street from 1913, Johnson Street from 1915; wooden barges for commercial and military clients Sons Donlon 'Don' and Bub Arques; the family came to manage large parts of the former Marinship property after WWII The Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding, endowed by Don and Vera Arques and founded by Bob Darr in June 1996; housed at Spaulding Marine Center since 2007 Died 1993. Known as the godfather of the waterfront for letting G.I.-Bill veterans convert surplus Marinship barges and hulls into houseboats at Waldo Point Wooden barges Sausalito, California 191", "u": "builder-arques.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Svendsen's Boat Works", "s": "Alameda Marina, Alameda", "t": "Svend Svendsen, born Denmark 1932, emigrated 1956, died 27 May 2013 1963 at Pacific Marina, Alameda, with his wife Suzanne; moved 1966 to what became Alameda Marina Built the first fibreglass Folkboat on the Bay in 1975 from a mould taken off a wooden hull Sold to Bay Maritime Corp. in 2016; a 'Svendsen Maritime Park' has been proposed First Bay-built fibreglass Folkboat Alameda, California 1963 – 2016 under the founder's name", "u": "builder-svendsens.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Stephens Brothers Boat Builders", "s": "Stockton, California", "t": "Won the Farallone Clipper contract at $4,750 a boat against Nunes Brothers at $4,900 Six built 1938; six racing by spring 1939 Philippine mahogany over steam-bent oak, 7,200-lb iron keel Theo Stephens finalised the class's masthead-rig conversion on 5 August 1964 Farallone Clipper class Stockton, California active from the early 20th century", "u": "builder-stephens-brothers.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Kettenburg Boat Works", "s": "Point Loma, San Diego", "t": "By George W. Kettenburg Sr., who reached San Diego in 1910–12; incorporated as Kettenburg Boat and Engine Co. in 1918; renamed and relocated as Kettenburg Boat Works in 1929 George W. Kettenburg Jr. drove the shift into sailboats; Paul Kettenburg carried the business on Sold to Whittaker Corp. in 1969; dissolved 1993 Kettenburg Collection, Maritime Museum of San Diego Alden-designed 22-ft sloop PC class K-38 San Diego, California 1918 – 1993", "u": "builder-kettenburg-boat-works.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Wilmington Boat Works", "s": "400 Yacht Street, Wilmington, California", "t": "Hugh Angelman, Willard Buchanan and Tom Smith, 1920 Tugs, SC-497 subchasers, crash rescue boats; Agile-class minesweepers in the 1950s Sea Witch Wilmington, California 1920 – 1958", "u": "builder-wilmington-boat-works.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "W. D. Schock Corp", "s": "Newport Beach, Corona and Santa Ana, California", "t": "1958 by William 'Bill' D. Schock; run by sons Tom and Steven; sold after 53 years in 2011 Built 21 Mercuries between 1963 and 1967; also built El Toros Lido 14 Santana 22 / 20 / 28 Harbor 20 Southern California 1958 – present (family-owned to 2011)", "u": "builder-wd-schock.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Moore Sailboats", "s": "Watsonville, California", "t": "Mercury 18 and El Toro Watsonville, California dates not researched", "u": "builder-moore-sailboats.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Jensen Marine / Cal Yachts", "s": "Costa Mesa, California", "t": "1957 by Jack Jensen Roughly 18,000 boats Lapworth designed the Cal line on a handshake that lasted until Jensen's death in 1980 Cal 24 Cal 20 Cal 40 Costa Mesa, California 1957 – ; sold to Bangor Punta 1968", "u": "builder-jensen-marine.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Cheoy Lee Shipyard", "s": "Shanghai, then Hong Kong", "t": "Cheoy Lee Yiu Kee Shipyards, Pudong, Shanghai, traced to the 1870s; relocated to Hong Kong 1936 Lion 35 sloop, 1957; pleasure craft reached 90% of output through the 1960s 252 vessels ordered in 1964; Penny's Bay yard from 1967 Built Angelman & Davies Sea Witch ketches among others Lion 35 Shango II Hong Kong family shipbuilding from the 1870s; Hong Kong from 1936", "u": "builder-cheoy-lee.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "American Marine Ltd. — Grand Banks", "s": "Junk Bay, Hong Kong; later Singapore", "t": "Robert J. Newton and sons John and Whit Newton, from 1962 at Junk Bay Kenneth Smith drew the first production hull Spray, a 36-ft diesel cruiser, launched 1963 1,124 wooden GB36 hulls before the 1974 switch to fibreglass in Singapore Grand Banks 36 Hong Kong and Singapore 1962 – ; wooden construction ended 1974", "u": "builder-american-marine.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Herreshoff Manufacturing Company", "s": "Bristol, Rhode Island", "t": "1878 by Nathanael and John Brown Herreshoff From about 20 employees to more than 400; vessels up to 162 ft Herreshoff Marine Museum founded on the site, 1971 Cup defenders 1893–1920 Herreshoff 12½ and S-Class Bristol, Rhode Island 1878 – 1945", "u": "builder-herreshoff-mfg.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Brooklin Boat Yard", "s": "Brooklin, Maine", "t": "1960 by Joel White Brooklin is also home to WoodenBoat magazine and the WoodenBoat School Brooklin, Maine 1960 – present", "u": "builder-brooklin-boat-yard.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Hodgdon Yachts", "s": "East Boothbay, Maine", "t": "The schooner Union, 1818 Under Timothy Hodgdon from 1979 Bowdoin Scheherazade Comanche East Boothbay, Maine 1816 – present", "u": "builder-hodgdon.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Blanchard Boat Company", "s": "Lake Union, Seattle", "t": "1919 by N. J. Blanchard Nearly 2,000 boats Malibu Red Jacket Blanchard Senior Knockabout Seattle, Washington 1919 – c. 1969", "u": "builder-blanchard.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Camper and Nicholsons", "s": "Gosport, Hampshire", "t": "1782 by Francis Amos; William Camper joined 1809; Benjamin Nicholson apprenticed 1842 and the firm took his name J. G. Fay & Co.'s Southampton yard, 1912 2005 Shamrock IV / V Endeavour Gipsy Moth IV Gosport, England 1782 – 2005 (shipyard)", "u": "builder-camper-nicholsons.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Anker & Jensen", "s": "Norway", "t": "1905, when Johan Anker bought into Jensen's yard Anker took full ownership in 1915 but kept the name 6-, 8-, 12- and 15-Metre yachts Dragons Norway 1905 – ", "u": "builder-anker-jensen.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Abeking & Rasmussen", "s": "Lemwerder, Germany", "t": "Georg Abeking and Henry Rasmussen The 5-Metre Frisia; the Atlantic one-design from 1928 Atlantic one-design Lemwerder, Germany 1907 – present", "u": "builder-abeking-rasmussen.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Okamoto Boatyard", "s": "Japan", "t": "23-ft keel sloop, beam 6'7\"; the WoodenBoat register gives 1951 Still sailing on San Francisco Bay; won the Red Bra Regatta in 2025 with an all-woman crew Kaze Japan dates unverified", "u": "builder-okamoto-boatyard.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "George Krenkel", "s": "Amateur builder — Richmond, California", "t": "Watts's plans as published in Yachting, 1948; Krenkel purchased the blueprints Fourteen years in Richmond, California; launched 1960 LOA 46 ft, LWL 36 ft, beam 7'10\" Sold to Lawrence and Margaret Cullen in 1962, who re-rigged her with a Marconi mainsail from Watts's own bowsprit sail plan; still in the Cullen family Gold Star Richmond, California dates unverified", "u": "builder-krenkel-george.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Millerick Brothers", "s": "Boatbuilders — San Francisco Bay Area", "t": "The hull of Ruby, completed and outfitted by her captain in San Francisco Ruby (hull) San Francisco Bay Area, California dates unverified", "u": "builder-millerick-brothers.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Charles Cooper", "s": "Boatbuilder — Teynham, Kent", "t": "Cooper Six-Tonner, about 28 ft LOA, to A. M. Bellingham's design Cooper Six-Tonner Teynham, Kent, England dates unverified", "u": "builder-cooper-charles.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Marinship", "s": "Sausalito — the war that reshaped the waterfront", "t": "W. A. Bechtel Company for the US Maritime Commission; president Ken Bechtel 93 vessels. Accounts differ: 15 Liberty ships, 16 fleet oilers and 62 tankers by one; 15 Liberty ships and 78 tankers by another The tanker Huntington Hills, built and delivered in 33 days, 1945 About 20,000 at peak, on three shifts, integrated by race and gender William A. Richardson Huntington Hills Sausalito, California 1942 – 1946", "u": "builder-marinship.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Reliance Boat & Ways Co.", "s": "Second and Main, Sausalito", "t": "William Hynes, 1920 A cove at Second and Main, Sausalito, described as a labyrinth of old docks with crab and salmon boats moored against ancient pilings To Manuel and Antonio Nunes in 1925 Sausalito, California 1920 – 1925", "u": "builder-reliance-boat-ways.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Menotti Pasquinucci", "s": "Turney Street, Sausalito", "t": "Menotti Pasquinucci, of Viareggio, Italy; opened 1894–95 Son Frank Pasquinucci continued the yard; about sixty years in all More than 700 small craft, mostly fishing boats Built for San Francisco Yacht Club members, including Pagan Lady, 1907 Salvatore Pasquinucci is credited with the 1904 sloop Kathleen, described by the Park Service as possibly the second-oldest yacht on San Francisco Bay Pagan Lady Dolphin Sausalito, California 1894 – c. 1955", "u": "builder-pasquinucci.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Easom Boat Works", "s": "Sausalito", "t": "12 March 1955, the day after Easom's Coast Guard discharge Former Marinship waterfront, Sausalito; a further yard bought from his mentor in 1975 1989 Custom and cold-moulded construction, including a 30-ft cold-moulded Gary Mull design of 1974 Sausalito, California 1955 – 1989", "u": "builder-easom-boat-works.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Richardson Bay Boatworks", "s": "Sausalito", "t": "1986 by Ross Sommer, master shipwright, in a small shed on the Richardson Bay waterfront Run with his son Andrew Sommer The Bear Unbearable, hull #60 of 1956, restored here Sausalito, California 1986 – present", "u": "builder-richardson-bay-boatworks.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Moore Dry Dock Company", "s": "Oakland Estuary", "t": "1905, as Moore & Scott Iron Works, when Robert S. Moore, Joseph A. Moore and John Thomas Scott bought the National Iron Works at Hunters Point To the Oakland Estuary in 1909, acquiring the W. A. Boole & Son shipyard at the foot of Adeline Street Moore Dry Dock Company, 1922 Over 100 ships — 82 C3 cargo ships, C2s, Ashland-class dock landing ships; 82nd among all US corporations by value of war production contracts 1961 Ship plans 1768–1962 and photographs 1878–1933, San Francisco Maritime NHP Oakland, California 1905 – 1961", "u": "builder-moore-dry-dock.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Union Iron Works / Bethlehem San Francisco", "s": "Potrero Point, San Francisco", "t": "1849 by Peter Donahue as Union Brass & Iron Works; pivoted to iron shipbuilding Bought by Bethlehem Steel in 1906; the Union Iron Works name kept until 1917 Risdon Iron Works, 1911; United Engineering Works, Alameda, 1916 The battleship USS Oregon, designed by the company's chief engineer George W. Dickie Divested by Bethlehem in 1982, sold to the City of San Francisco for one dollar Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Division, San Francisco records, Online Archive of California; roughly 50,000 plans at SF Maritime San Francisco, California 1849 – 1982 under Bethlehem", "u": "builder-union-iron-works.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Dickie Brothers / John W. Dickie & Son", "s": "Potrero Point, then Alameda", "t": "John Watson Dickie (1842–1927), Scottish-born, emigrated to San Francisco in 1870, and his brother James S. Dickie Founded 1871 at Potrero Point; failed in 1883 after an unpaid $350,000 Mexican gunboat contract Alameda Inner Harbor; closed 1907. A mill and shipyard at Raymond, Washington followed, 1906–07 David A. Dickie (1880–1968), John W.'s son and partner; David W. Dickie, the naval architect, understood to be James S. Dickie's son; George W. Dickie, chief engineer of Union Iron Works San Francisco and Alameda, California 1871 – 1907", "u": "builder-dickie-brothers.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "George F. Lawley & Son", "s": "Scituate, South Boston, then Neponset", "t": "1866 at Scituate by George F. Lawley, an English-born boatbuilder who emigrated in 1851 City Point, South Boston, 1874; Point Norfolk, Neponset, 1908–09 About 1,677 hulls The US Navy's first airship, DN-1; naval craft in both wars Lawley Family Collection, Mystic Seaport — about 500 items spanning four generations, 1839–1990 Puritan Mayflower Columbia Helvetia Boston, Massachusetts 1866 – 1945 or 1946", "u": "builder-lawley.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Quincy Adams Yacht Yard", "s": "Germantown, Quincy, Massachusetts", "t": "47 Palmer Street, Germantown, Quincy; now the Clipper Marina condominiums Built most of the Yankee One Design class, 1940–41, including Honey, Broomstick, Sweet 16 and Snafu Alden One-Designs, 1946–47; the passenger ship Buccaneer, 1941; WWII subchasers and minesweepers Flame and Flotsam, both Yankee One Designs, still sail on San Francisco Bay — Flotsam built instead at Stone Boat Yard, Alameda Ticonderoga Quincy, Massachusetts 1932 – 1968, on a site working from 1906", "u": "builder-quincy-adams.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Concordia Company", "s": "South Dartmouth, Massachusetts", "t": "1926 by Llewellyn Howland as a brokerage, named for a family whaling vessel Waldo Howland took over operations in 1932, with C. Raymond Hunt, and ran the firm until selling to Bill Pinney in 1969 Boston to Fairhaven 1938 — the year the Great New England Hurricane struck; to South Dartmouth 2007 Design No. 14, introduced 1938, in production to 1966; 103 built, the last being Irene, hull 103 Largely by Abeking & Rasmussen in Germany, under a partnership Records of Concordia Company, Mystic Seaport, 1938–2001 Concordia yawl South Dartmouth, Massachusetts 1926 – present", "u": "builder-concordia.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Henry B. Nevins, Inc.", "s": "City Island, New York", "t": "1907, when Henry B. Nevins (1878–1950) bought the Hansen boatyard; later absorbed the adjoining Byles yard Nevins died in 1950 after a yard accident; his widow sold in 1954; the yard closed in 1962. The site is now PS 175 Charles D. Mower, postwar Solita Brilliant Stormy Weather New York 32 class YMS minesweepers City Island, New York 1907 – 1962", "u": "builder-nevins.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Luders Marine Construction Co.", "s": "Byram then Stamford, Connecticut", "t": "1908 by Alfred E. Luders at Byram, Connecticut; moved to Stamford Harbor 1912 1968; the site is now a marina The 12-Metres Weatherly (1958) and American Eagle (1964); WWII subchasers and minesweepers Weatherly American Eagle Stamford, Connecticut 1908 – 1968", "u": "builder-luders-marine.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Rice Brothers", "s": "East Boothbay, Maine", "t": "Frank, William and Henry Rice began building in 1894; incorporated 1903; closed 1956 Between what are now Washburn & Doughty and Hodgdon Yachts Shipyard records at the Boothbay Region Historical Society Adventuress Grayling Light vessels East Boothbay, Maine 1894 – 1956", "u": "builder-rice-brothers.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Smith and Rhuland", "s": "Lunenburg, Nova Scotia", "t": "1900 by Richard W. Smith and George A. Rhuland at 280 Montague Street, Lunenburg More than 225 vessels, 1901–1974 Naval Marine Archive maintains a full hull-number database for the yard Bluenose Bluenose II Lunenburg, Nova Scotia 1900 – 1967 or later", "u": "builder-smith-rhuland.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Alexander Robertson & Sons", "s": "Sandbank, Argyll", "t": "1876 to 1980 David Boyd joined at the end of 1929 and became the yard's principal postwar designer Sceptre Sovereign Sandbank, Argyll, Scotland 1876 – 1980", "u": "builder-alexander-robertson.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Børresen Bådebyggeri", "s": "Vejle, Denmark", "t": "The brothers Børge and Albert Børresen; first Dragon built 1935–36, apprenticeships completed 1938 Dragevej on Vejle Fjord; a second yard at Brønsodde, the former Ustrup Shipyard, from 1962 325 wooden Dragons — 30 a year at peak in the early 1960s, with a workforce of about thirty; 140 Knarrs; 40 Finn dinghies for the 1952 Helsinki Olympics Royal Warrant Holder from 1967, after Crown Prince Constantine of Greece won Olympic gold in a Børresen Dragon in 1960 Moved to fibreglass in 1971 Dragons Knarrs Vejle, Denmark from the mid-1930s", "u": "builder-borresen.html"}, {"k": "Yard", "n": "Arendals Yard, Gothenburg", "s": "Gothenburg, Sweden", "t": "Construction of the first Folkboat began at Arendals in October 1941 and she was launched the following spring, 23 April 1942 Clinker wood Nordic Folkboat No. 1 Gothenburg, Sweden first Folkboat 1941–42", "u": "builder-arendals.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Bird Class", "s": "San Francisco Bay, 1921 — the oldest one-design class on the West Coast", "t": "Alden design No. 157, drawn by Sam Crocker, dated 1 September 1921, from a Bay committee brief 30.08 ft / 24.67 ft 7.67 ft / 5.25 ft 408 sq ft 9,000 lb Fractional sloop, long keel, wood San Francisco Bay designed 1921; boats built to 1947", "u": "class-bird.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Bear Class", "s": "Sausalito, 1929–32 — the largest one-design fleet on the Bay", "t": "Ernest Nunes and Marty Martinsen, 1929 Nunes Brothers Boat & Ways Co., Sausalito; many hulls home-built 23'0\" / 18'0\" (per the restored Unbearable, hull No. 60) 6'6\" / 3'6\" 258 sq ft Carvel, Douglas fir on white oak, bronze fastened 69, from 1932 to 1976 San Francisco Bay conceived 1929; 69 hulls built 1932–1976", "u": "class-bear.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Farallone Clipper", "s": "Stockton-built, Bay-raced, 1938", "t": "Stephens Brothers Boat Builders, Stockton, California 38 ft 28'3\" / 9'6\" / 5'9\" (per one class site) 18,000 lb 595 sq ft original; roughly 700 sq ft after the masthead conversion Philippine mahogany on steam-bent oak, bronze fastened, full iron keel San Francisco Bay; built at Stockton first boats 1938; production into the early 1960s", "u": "class-farallone-clipper.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Mercury 18", "s": "Sausalito, 1939 — one of the first plywood one-designs", "t": "Ernest Nunes, 1939 Ernest Nunes; W. D. Schock Corp (21 boats, 1963–67); Moore Sailboats, Watsonville Among the first one-designs designed specifically for plywood; fibreglass from 1952 18 ft 1,100 lb / 635 lb lead 1,060 across all builders by 1994 Mercury Class Yacht Racing Association San Francisco Bay and the West Coast designed 1939; 1,060 built by 1994", "u": "class-mercury-18.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "El Toro", "s": "Richmond Yacht Club, 1940 — over 11,000 built", "t": "Richmond Yacht Club 'bull sessions', 1939–40; a Sabot pram published in The Rudder in 1939 was the starting point, modified with daggerboard, rudder and cat rig Fall 1940, per Richmond YC's own history; the first boat built in a club night-school class From the bull sessions; the class insignia is a shovel Bill Warren surveyed existing boats and drafted the first specification; 95 skippers met at Richmond YC in April 1946 and elected Hal Decker first class chairman 200th hull 1949; 1,000th 1955; 2,000th 1959; about 3,500 by 1963; over 11,000 eventually 8-ft pram, about 80 lb rigged; daggerboar", "u": "class-el-toro.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Nordic Folkboat", "s": "Gothenburg, 1942 — and a large Bay fleet", "t": "The Royal Gothenburg Sailing Club wanted more room than a Dragon with modest accommodation; the Scandinavian Yacht Racing Union ran an open competition backed by Sven Salén 58 entries by the 15 May 1941 deadline; no single winner chosen Tord Sundén was engaged to synthesise the finalists; plans published without designer credit Keel laid October 1941 at Arendal, Gothenburg; launched 23 April 1942 4,255 lb / 2,205 lb iron / 3.92 ft From the mid-1970s, to designs by Erik Andreasen and Sven Svendsen; 950+ GRP boats by 2001 Svend Svendsen moulded the Bay's first fibreglass Folkboat in 1975; the in", "u": "class-nordic-folkboat.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "International Knarr", "s": "Norway, 1943 — with a direct line to San Francisco", "t": "Erling Kristofersen, 1943; commissioned by Willy H. Johannesen and Lars Walløe From the Norse cargo ship type Einar Iversen; first production boat delivered 1946 Bjørn Iversen, son of the prototype's builder and a Stanford student, brought one to San Francisco in 1953; most Bay hulls arrived in the early 1960s, shipped in containers Organised in the late 1960s under Knud Wibroe, who ran the first International Knarr Championship in San Francisco The IKC rotates among San Francisco, Oslo, Copenhagen and Bergen 30-ft one-design keelboat Norway, Denmark and San Francisco Bay designed 1943; first ", "u": "class-knarr.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "International One Design", "s": "Bjarne Aas, 1937 — Bay fleet from 1952", "t": "Bjarne Aas, Fredrikstad, Norway, 1937 The first class recognised by ISAF as a 'Classic' One-Design Lon Price bought Norena (#75) in 1952 from Southern California after seeing a photograph YRA of San Francisco Bay Fleet #4 from the 1955 season 6 boats by 1954; 17 by 1962; 21 by 1963; imported from Norway and England Frank Wosser, sailing for the San Francisco fleet, won the 1965 World Championship at Bermuda. San Francisco hosted the Worlds in 1969, won by Bert Dammer, and in 1973, won by Wosser. Norway, New England, San Francisco Bay designed 1937; Bay fleet founded 1952", "u": "class-iod.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Rhodes 33", "s": "Philip Rhodes design No. 441, 1938", "t": "Philip L. Rhodes, design No. 441 South Coast Boat Building Co. 33.67 ft / 22.33 ft 6.83 ft / 5.00 ft 5,800 lb / 2,950 lb 40 West Coast, including San Francisco Bay first built 1938; 40 built", "u": "class-rhodes-33.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "PC — Pacific Class", "s": "Kettenburg, San Diego, 1929", "t": "George W. Kettenburg Jr. Scamp, 1929, his personal boat The Pacific Cruising Class (PCC), 1946 Southern California and the West Coast from 1929", "u": "class-pc-class.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Thunderbird", "s": "Ben Seaborn, 1958 — the plywood era's great success", "t": "Ben Seaborn Douglas Fir Plywood Association About 2,000 worldwide Pacific Northwest and worldwide from 1958", "u": "class-thunderbird.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Snowbird", "s": "Willis Reid, 1921 — Newport Harbor's junior class", "t": "Willis Reid, 1921 Tom Broadway; G. Y. Johnson Boat Works; Douglas Boat and Canoe Co. from 1928; W. D. Schock in fibreglass, 1961–66 Over 500 wooden hulls Newport Harbor, California designed 1921; over 500 wooden hulls", "u": "class-snowbird.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Cal 40", "s": "Lapworth, 1963 — the end of the argument", "t": "C. William Lapworth, 1963; concept credited in part to the ocean racer George Griffith Jensen Marine, Costa Mesa 15,000 lb Costa Mesa, California from 1963", "u": "class-cal-40.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Dragon", "s": "Johan Anker, 1929", "t": "Johan Anker, 1929 26 or more countries; long an Olympic class Norway and worldwide from 1929", "u": "class-dragon.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "The Metre Classes", "s": "The International Rule, ratified 1907", "t": "October 1907 at a Paris conference; groundwork laid at a London meeting of eleven nations in July 1906 Created the IYRU, now World Sailing About 6,000 Metre-rule boats built since 1907; roughly half still extant Europe and worldwide 1907 – present", "u": "class-metre-classes.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "The J-Class", "s": "The Universal Rule's largest yachts, 1930–1937", "t": "The Universal Rule, devised by Nathanael Herreshoff in 1902; the NYYC's America's Cup rule 1914–1937 Roughly 65 to 76 ft rating Superseded after 1937 by the smaller International Rule classes Britain and the United States 1930 – 1937 as a racing class", "u": "class-j-class.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Sea Witch Ketch", "s": "Angelman & Davies, from c. 1937", "t": "Hugh Angelman; the modern underbody by Charlie Davies Wilmington Boat Works; later American Marine and Cheoy Lee 34 to 42 ft Wilmington, California; later Hong Kong from c. 1937; still built", "u": "class-sea-witch.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Tahiti Ketch", "s": "John G. Hanna, 1935", "t": "John G. Hanna 1935, in How to Build 20 Boats Dunedin, Florida — and worldwide published 1935; amateur-built ever since", "u": "class-tahiti-ketch.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Colvin Gazelle", "s": "Thomas E. Colvin — junk-rigged steel schooner", "t": "Thomas E. Colvin Steel, for amateur construction Virginia —", "u": "class-gazelle.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "The Colin Archer Type", "s": "Double-ended, heavy-displacement, seagoing", "t": "Archer's pilot boats from 1872 and rescue cutters from 1893 William Atkin's 'Eric' and, through it, the Westsail 32; the type name is used loosely by builders worldwide Norway — and everywhere since from 1872", "u": "class-colin-archer-type.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Spidsgatter", "s": "Danish double-enders, from 1914", "t": "Kulling, a 30 m² design by Berg, 1914; Utzon's 55 m² version, 1918 Late 1920s, via a Jylland sailing-union competition — Utzon won the 45 m² class, Berg the 30 m² Materials restricted to Scandinavian wood to keep costs down Denmark from 1914; classes standardised late 1920s", "u": "class-spidsgatter.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "San Francisco Bay Scow Schooner", "s": "The Bay's cargo craft, c. 1850 – 1930s", "t": "More than 250 working the Bay and Delta by 1880 The India Basin row on Innes Avenue: Dirks, then Anderson, then Anderson & Cristofani Alma (1891), built at Hunters Point — the last scow schooner; National Historic Landmark 1988; preserved at Hyde Street Pier San Francisco Bay and the Delta peak c. 1880; last built in the 1930s", "u": "class-scow-schooner.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Monterey Clipper & the San Francisco Felucca", "s": "Italian-American fishing craft, 1860s – 1950s", "t": "Genoese 'silena' adapted as the San Francisco felucca from the late 1860s; roughly 1,000 working out of San Francisco by 1890 Single-cylinder gas engines from about 1925 produced the Monterey clipper; around 500 running from San Francisco at peak Beviacqua and Genoa Boat Works are named in sources as builders of motorised Monterey clippers Down to about 200 boats by the 1950s as purse-seiners took over; most survivors are now pleasure craft San Francisco and Monterey feluccas from the late 1860s; motorised clippers from c. 1925", "u": "class-monterey-clipper.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "The Gloucester Fishing Schooner", "s": "New England, 19th century to the 1930s", "t": "Thomas F. McManus shortened the bowsprit and extended the stern overhang; roughly 500 schooners to his designs The International Fishermen's Trophy, Gloucester versus Lunenburg, 1920–1938 Designed by William J. Roué, built by Smith and Rhuland, launched 26 March 1921 Gloucester, Massachusetts; Lunenburg, Nova Scotia to the 1930s", "u": "class-gloucester-schooner.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "The Cape Cod Catboat", "s": "New England vernacular, revived by Fenwick Williams", "t": "Fenwick Williams's 18-ft design, 1930, published in Yachting 1931; also 21- and 25-ft versions American Catboat Association, founded 1962 Cape Cod, Massachusetts 19th century; the modern standard design 1930", "u": "class-catboat.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "The Canoe Yawl", "s": "Albert Strange and the Humber Yawl Club", "t": "Albert Strange, captain of the Humber Yawl Club; about 150 designs Yorkshire and the Humber, England from the 1880s", "u": "class-canoe-yawl.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter", "s": "British working sail, 1795 – 1922", "t": "1795, with twelve registered cutters of 14 to 24 tons Cariad, retired 1922 Mischief (1906), sailed roughly 110,000 miles by H. W. Tilman before her loss in Antarctic ice in 1968 About 18 originals of several hundred built Bristol Channel, England and Wales documented from 1795; last sail-powered cutter retired 1922", "u": "class-pilot-cutter.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Hurricane 30", "s": "Nunes Brothers, Sausalito — 17 hulls", "t": "Nunes Bros. Boatyard, Sausalito 17 built The Sir Thomas Lipton Pacific Coast Perpetual Trophy was awarded exclusively within the class, 1952–1973 Pictured as the class representative in the 1959 Yachting Year Book San Francisco Bay from 1948", "u": "class-hurricane-30.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Yankee One Design", "s": "W. Starling Burgess, 1937 — and the last one built at Alameda", "t": "W. Starling Burgess, 1937 42 hulls, 1937–1963, chiefly by Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Massachusetts 30'6\" / 24' Flotsam, sail number Y42 — the last Yankee — was built by John Linderman at Stone Boat Yard, Alameda, with laminated frames and bronze fastenings Massachusetts and San Francisco Bay 42 built, 1937–1963", "u": "class-yankee-one-design.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "International 210", "s": "C. Raymond Hunt, 1945", "t": "C. Raymond Hunt, 1945 30 ft, plywood, originally bent-frame About $1,500 new A fleet was chartered to San Francisco Bay in the class's mid-1950s to early-1960s expansion, consistent with its appearance in a 1954 Chronicle list of Bay fleets Massachusetts Bay, then nationally from 1945", "u": "class-international-210.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Cooper Six-Tonner", "s": "A. M. Bellingham / Charles Cooper, Kent", "t": "About 28 ft A. M. Bellingham / Charles Cooper, Teynham, Kent Teynham, Kent, England 1930s", "u": "class-cooper-six-tonner.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Junior Clipper", "s": "Stephens Brothers, 1946 — the Farallone Clipper's little sister", "t": "Stephens Brothers, Stockton, California 1946, advertised as 'the junior version of Stephens' famous Farallone Clipper' $2,695 f.o.b. Stockton 26 ft A Stephens Brothers advertisement and a dealer news item, both Yachting, January 1946 Stockton and San Francisco Bay introduced 1946", "u": "class-junior-clipper.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Acorn Class", "s": "James DeWitt, 1940s — a 19-ft owner-built Bay one-design", "t": "James DeWitt — the same Richmond sailmaker who designed Makai 19 ft Largely amateur and owner-built to class rules 'Now numbering seven' as of April 1946 Scherzo (1949); Acorn II / Acorn 9 (1953) Yachting, April 1946, San Francisco Bay News San Francisco Bay fleet of seven by April 1946", "u": "class-acorn.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "Windward Class", "s": "Philip L. Rhodes — first boat launched at Oakland, 1947", "t": "Philip L. Rhodes 33'6\" LOA · 23'0\" LWL · 8'6\" beam · 5'2\" draft Owned by John Woerner, launched at Oakland; reported in Yachting, August 1947 'The first two of the new 33-ft Windward Class at San Francisco' noted January 1948 Golden Vanity was built to the design for an owner in Saugatuck, Connecticut, 1952 Sirocco (Dr. David Singman, Berkeley YC, 1948); Westerly; Koolau (1954) San Francisco Bay, and beyond from 1947", "u": "class-windward-class.html"}, {"k": "Class", "n": "P.I.C. Class", "s": "Pacific Inter-Club, 1936 — not a boat called 'Pic'", "t": "P.I.C. — Pacific Inter-Club The Pacific Inter-Club Yachting Association, formed 1896, which by its own account 'fostered and encouraged building of the Bird, Star and PIC (1936) class sloops' 1936 Vandal (1949, 1954); Pic-Sea (1953); Angel (1954) San Francisco Bay from 1936", "u": "class-pic-class.html"}, {"k": "Institution", "n": "Master Mariners Benevolent Association", "s": "San Francisco Bay — racing since 1867", "t": "The Boatmen's Protective Association of San Francisco, Fourth of July 1867 Goat Island toward Hunter's Point and Oakland Creek, finishing near Telegraph Hill Regatta ceased 1878; sporadic through the 1880s–90s 1965, for National Maritime Day; annual since Master Mariners Regatta each Memorial Day weekend; post-race gathering at Encinal Yacht Club; an annual Wooden Boat Show at Corinthian Yacht Club, Tiburon Boat-owner members and Friends of the Master Mariners San Francisco Bay 1867 – present; regatta revived 1965", "u": "association-master-mariners.html"}, {"k": "Institution", "n": "Spaulding Marine Center", "s": "600 Gate Five Road, Sausalito", "t": "Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding — founded 1996 by Bob Darr, housed here since 2007 Associated with Freda (1885) and Polaris The Sausalito Boat Show, first held 13–15 October 2023 at Clipper Yacht Harbor Sausalito, California yard from 1951; nonprofit from c. 2002", "u": "association-spaulding-marine-center.html"}, {"k": "Institution", "n": "San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park", "s": "Aquatic Park and Hyde Street Pier", "t": "1988, National Park Service; about 50 acres centred on Aquatic Park Cove Merry Bear (1931, Nunes) and Mab (1937 National One-Design by William Crosby, built by Palo Alto Boat Works) Includes Alma (1891), the last Bay scow schooner Holds the Myron Spaulding design collection Restored the 1936 Sausalito power boat Eva B., relaunched at Hyde Street Pier 11 April 2015 San Francisco, California established 1988", "u": "association-sf-maritime-nhp.html"}, {"k": "Institution", "n": "San Francisco Yacht Club", "s": "Belvedere Cove, Tiburon", "t": "Summer 1869; incorporated 1873; bylaws modelled on the New York Yacht Club; 115 members by October 1869 To Sausalito 1878; clubhouse burnt 1897 with most trophies and records; rebuilt 1898 (now the Trident restaurant); to Belvedere Cove 1926–27; new clubhouse 1934 Hosts the International Knarr Championship when it comes to San Francisco San Francisco Bay founded 1869", "u": "association-sfyc.html"}, {"k": "Institution", "n": "St. Francis Yacht Club", "s": "The Marina, San Francisco", "t": "6 May 1927, by John Punnett, Jack Johnson and Hart Weaver Original by the architect Willis Polk; rebuilt after fire and earthquake Purchased 1958 for $10,750 The St. Francis Perpetual Trophy Regatta, launched 1964, became the Rolex Big Boat Series San Francisco, California founded 1927", "u": "association-stfyc.html"}, {"k": "Institution", "n": "Corinthian Yacht Club", "s": "Tiburon", "t": "1886 Opening Day on the Bay, Blessing of the Fleet, Midwinter Races Its sloop Discovery defended the Perpetual Challenge Cup against Southern California's Valkyrie, winning by more than 22 minutes over 14 miles Tiburon, California founded 1886", "u": "association-corinthian-yc.html"}, {"k": "Institution", "n": "Encinal Yacht Club", "s": "Alameda", "t": "1890 At the end of a 1,000-ft pier off Grand Street, designed by Commodore Joseph A. Leonard; the Chronicle called it the finest of its type on the Pacific Coast Members sailed Stars, Snipes and El Toros, many built in the clubhouse workshops Marina Village, from 1960 Alameda, California founded 1890", "u": "association-encinal-yc.html"}, {"k": "Institution", "n": "Richmond Yacht Club", "s": "Brickyard Cove, Richmond", "t": "August 1932 Clubhouse and harbour requisitioned by the Maritime Commission in 1942; the club used temporary quarters including the basement of Richmond City Hall Redesigned from a Sabot pram in autumn 1940; the first boat built in a club night-school class Permanent Brickyard Cove location from the 1960s Richmond, California founded 1932", "u": "association-richmond-yc.html"}, {"k": "Institution", "n": "Mystic Seaport Museum", "s": "Mystic, Connecticut", "t": "1929, as the Marine Historical Association Charles W. Morgan (the only surviving wooden whaler), Emma C. Berry (1866), Joseph Conrad (1882) Holds the papers of Philip Rhodes, W. Starling Burgess, Henry J. 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