K. Aage Nielsen

Danish-trained, and so good that Olin Stephens said of running the Boston office together: 'Theoretically I was the chief designer, but Aage's knowledge and experience were far greater than my own.'

Trained

Through the Danish apprenticeship system; emigrated to the United States at twenty-one

Career

John G. Alden's office; then sole designer of Sparkman & Stephens's Boston satellite office; later his own Boston practice

Afterlife

He stipulated that no boats be built from his plans after his death; his daughters reversed this in 2014, authorising Rockport Marine and Walsted's to build again

• postwarPilot class — 33-ft cruising sloop, built by several yards including Hinckley
• 1964Holger Danske — double-ender built at Walsteds, Denmark; class winner, 1980 Bermuda Race
• —Malabar schooner — 58 ft, for Alden