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Atlas / Designers

1901 – 1992 · Massachusetts

Fenwick C. Williams

Naval architect — Massachusetts

Joined Alden's office in 1923 and became the man who saved the catboat: his 18-foot design of 1930 is the type's modern standard.

Office
John G. Alden's, from 1923
Catboats
18-ft design, 1930, published in Yachting in 1931; also 21- and 25-ft versions
Association
Founding member, American Catboat Association, 1962
  • 193018-ft Cape Cod catboat
  • 1938Concordia yawl — credited in one source; the type is usually attributed to Ray Hunt with the Concordia Company
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
  • Attribution of the Concordia yawl differs between sources — some credit Ray Hunt, one credits Williams. Not resolved here.

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