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1937 – 1993 · San Francisco Bay Area, California

Gary W. Mull

Yacht designer — San Francisco Bay Area

A Bay designer who grew up racing El Toros, worked at Sparkman & Stephens, and came home to draw 57 production designs and a 12-Metre for Tom Blackaller.

Trained
UC Berkeley engineering with a naval architecture minor
Career
Lockheed, Pacific Engineering, then Sparkman & Stephens in New York, before founding Gary Mull Yacht Design
Service
Chaired the Offshore Racing Council's International Technical Committee
Honour
National Sailing Hall of Fame
  • Ranger 23 / Ranger 37
  • 1976 / 1978Santana 20 and 28 — for W.D. Schock, with W. Shad Turner
  • Freedom Yachts line — cat-ketch rigs, 28 to 45 ft
  • 1987USA-49 — 12-Metre for Tom Blackaller's America's Cup campaign

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