Ran his father's yard, pioneered moulded-plywood hulls, drew the Luders 16, and rebuilt a 12-Metre so thoroughly that who designed her is still argued about.
- Yard
- Directed Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford
- Innovation
- Moulded-plywood hull construction
- Luders 16
- More than 200 built after the war
- America's Cup
- 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
- postwarLuders 16 — 200+ built
- 1964American Eagle — 12-Metre
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
- Design credit for Weatherly is genuinely divided between Philip Rhodes and Luders in the sources; this atlas records both.
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