Ed Monk Sr.

More than three thousand designs, from dinghies to yachts, and two books that taught the Pacific Northwest how to build. The Monk cruiser is the regional archetype.

Apprenticeships

Blanchard Boat Co. from 1925; under Ted Geary, 1926–33

Independent

Plan No. 1 was the cruiser Nan, 1934

Books

Small Boat Building (1934); Modern Boat Building (1939)

Firm

Became Edwin Monk & Son, Naval Architects, Bainbridge Island, in the 1960s

• 1925Silver King — 62-ft motor yacht, designed at Blanchard
• 1934Nan — 50-ft liveaboard cruiser
• 1941Aries — sailing yacht