A Sausalito naval architect who, with shipwright J. Herbert Madden Sr. and P.I.Y.A. representative Clifford A. Smith, framed the requirement that became the Bird class — an affordable racing cruiser that could take Bay chop.
- Role
- Part of the Bay committee whose sketch brief Alden's office refined into design No. 157
- Attribution
- Sailboatdata credits the Bird design to 'Fred C. Brewer / Alden Associates'
- 1921Bird class (concept) — with Madden and Smith; formalised by the Alden office
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
- How much of the Bird belongs to Brewer's committee and how much to Alden's office is genuinely disputed between sources. This atlas does not resolve it.
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