Designer of Gipsy Moth III and British Steel — two of the boats that made British single-handed ocean racing what it became.
- Known for
- Gipsy Moth III for Francis Chichester; British Steel for Chay Blyth
- Also
- 70-ft youth training ketches for the Ocean Youth Club in the 1970s; the pre-war Mystery class, 1936
- 1936Mystery class
- 1959Gipsy Moth III
- 1970British Steel
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
- Birth and death years could not be found in any accessible source. A designer of this significance with no recorded dates is a striking gap; a Royal Institution of Naval Architects obituary would settle it.
Sources
Wooden Boat Atlas v3.0 · built 30 July 2026 · a project of the Golden Gate Wooden Boat Foundation · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · open data · corrections