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1889 – 1948 · Dunedin, Florida

John G. Hanna

Designer and design critic — Dunedin, Florida

Author of the Tahiti ketch — a 30-foot double-ender published as plans and built by amateurs worldwide, including at least two boats that have circumnavigated twice.

Influence
Drew on the Greek sponge-boat double-enders of Tarpon Springs
Tahiti ketch
Published 1935 in How to Build 20 Boats; amateur-built worldwide
  • 1935Tahiti ketch — 30-ft deep-sea auxiliary cruiser
  • 1937Iorano — 70-ft research vessel
  • 1926Faith / Araner — later owned by John Ford; commissioned as USS Araner in WWII

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