A prodigy who drew the 54-ft Circe as a teenager and later gave the plywood era one of its great successes — the Thunderbird, about two thousand of them built worldwide.
- Circe
- His first yacht, winner of the 1934 Swiftsure; he was 16 or 18 depending on source
- War work
- Boeing, 1938–41 — the 314 Flying Boat chase boat and the B-17 line
- Thunderbird
- 26-ft plywood sloop for the Douglas Fir Plywood Association; roughly 2,000 built
- 1932Circe — 54 ft; 1934 Swiftsure winner
- 1958Thunderbird — plywood one-design
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
- Birth year conflicts: one account implies c. 1916, Sailboatdata gives 1920. Death year 1960 is consistent.
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