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Resolute One-Design - William Tripp Jr. (1955)

2011-11-21T15:50:00.001-05:00

The Resolute was a 28' One-Design racer by William Tripp Jr., commisioned by a group on Long Island Sound. (US). The first 12 were imported from Holland in 1955. (4 more the following year???). It was an active class for a number of years. But I had always wondered why today you never hear of single one that still exists. It turns out that nearly all were destroyed in a boatyard fire in 1974. Thanks to the William Tripp (III) Design office (Norwalk, CT) for telling the story as well as providing original drawings. Record here

'Keep Turning Left' video.

2011-08-21T17:38:00.000-04:00

Terrific video.
www.keepturningleft.co.uk

Chuck Paine website

2011-07-22T15:21:00.000-04:00

For everyone following this, (I know there at least 2 people) I need to remind you to log into a site called sailingjoy.com and excercize your god given right to 'hatespeech' for blatant stealing of content.
On a more elevated note, I just wanted to recommend Chuck Paine's website. www.chuckpaine.com. Most dedicated sailors know of Chuck Paine, especially if your on the more traditional side of the spectrum. His blog is really interesting reading. (reading only, which is fine with me, I only want the hear Chuck talk about Chuck, and.. well some other things too.)I don't know Chuck personally, and I'm sure he doesn't give a fig about any promotion of him, his boats, his website or anything else. I just enjoy reading anything by a person that has a intellect, a point of view, and the ability of presenting it with a certian grace, in the English language. Thanks Chuck.

Ted Brewer

2011-06-07T18:55:00.000-04:00

I want to express my great appreciation to designer Ted Brewer, (as well as his wife Betty) for providing, many valuable corrections, and additions, including a number of terrific drawings of his many boats.
He has an excellent web site: www.tedbrewer.com
where one can purchase full sized drawing of most of them. I'd also like to put in plug for his book, which can be purchased there also. It is considered one THE most imformative and authoritative volumes on the subject of yacht design. Ted is also a columnist/boat reviewer with Good Old Boat, which is a great magazine and well worth subscribing to.
I believe you can also purchase any of his past articles from them. goodoldboat.com
I don't know exactly how many boats of his design are sailing around the world today, but it's a lot. (A fairly large number for which he was never paid a dime - but that's another story)
All the latest updated informaton I have on his body of work can be viewed here:
http://sailboatdata.com/view_designer.asp?designer_id=78
Thanks again, Ted and Betty.

Dick Gibbs

2011-06-07T18:24:00.000-04:00

Design partner with Rod Macalpine-Downie after he moved to the US. Gibbs had his own boat building company as well as sail loft and was US builder of the Shark, as well as some other catamarans designed by Rod. It is thought that Dick did the sailplans for the boats they designed together.
http://sailboatdata.com/view_designer.asp?designer_id=339

Rod MacAlpine-Downie

2011-06-07T17:20:00.000-04:00

On the most talented designers ever, and nowhere near as well known as he should be. Updated the catalogue and added some boats that I had not known he designed. In the UK he is known mainly for his catamaran designs. In the US, for dinghies and daysailers that he and his partner Dick Gibbs did for Chrysler, MFG, and others. Saw a comment by Dick Gibbs daughter, who clearly attributed the somewhat obscure WHIP, to him.
http://sailboatdata.com/view_designer.asp?designer_id=149

The Schooner Atlantic Replica is now for sale!

2011-05-26T18:20:00.000-04:00

Only $23,000,000.00
See it here: http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/2010/Van-Der-Graaf-Bv--2310309/France

Another message from China concerning domain name..

2011-05-19T16:41:00.000-04:00

No idea what this really is telling me. Maybe someone can chime in?

Message is as follows:

Dear Manager:
This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration and dispute internationally in China and Asia.
On May 16th 2011, We received HAITONG company's application that they are registering the name " wsailboatdata " as their Internet Keyword and " wsailboatdata .cn "、" wsailboatdata .com.cn " 、" wsailboatdata .asia "domain names etc.., It is China and ASIA domain names. But after auditing we found the brand name been used by your company. As the domain name registrar in China, it is our duty to notice you, so I am sending you this Email to check. According to the principle in China, your company is the owner of the trademark, In our auditing time we can keep the domain names safe for you firstly, but our audit period is limited, if you object the third party application these domain names and need to protect the brand in china and Asia by yourself, please let the responsible officer contact us as soon as possible. Thank you!

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Updated information for designer Ted Brewer

2011-04-13T16:40:00.000-04:00

I want to express my great appreciation to designer Ted Brewer, (as well as his wife Betty) for providing, many valuable corrections, and additions, including a number of terrific drawings of his many boats.
He has an excellent web site: www.tedbrewer.com
where one can purchase full sized drawings of most of them. I'd also like to put in plug for his book, which can be purchased there also. It is considered one of THE most imformative and authoritative volumes on the subject of yacht design. Ted is also a columnist/boat reviewer with Good Old Boat, which is a great magazine and well worth subscribing to.
I believe you can also purchase any of his past articles from them. goodoldboat.com
I don't know exactly how many boats of his design are sailing around the world today, but it's a lot. (A fairly large number for which he was never paid a dime - but that's another story)
All the latest updated informaton I have on his body of work can be viewed here:
http://sailboatdata.com/view_designer.asp?designer_id=78
Thanks again, Ted and Betty.

William Tritt - updated designer record

2011-01-23T13:54:00.001-05:00

William Tritt (born in 1917 and still with us) was a boat designer and pioneer in the techniques of glass fiber contruction in both the marine and automotive fields. Classic auto afficianados have probably heard of the G-2 car which he developed. (one of them is now in the Smithsonian museum)
Thanks to his son who has recently contacted me, I have been able to put together a decent bio of the man in the designers section.
Designer record for William Tritt - sailboatdata.com

The original Schooner Atlantic being broken up: (1982)

2010-11-12T13:22:00.004-05:00

If she had lasted a decade or 2 longer, somebody with really deep pockets would have appeared to restore her.

But, this recreation of the original is finished and most likely sailing around somewhere on the Med.

Is it real?

2010-11-12T12:06:00.000-05:00

Considering some of the crazy things there are building these days, it could very well be.
But, no. It's just it's just the incredible level of realism than can be achieved with computer graphics these days. This from Shopfer Yachts. http://www.schopferyachts.com/ The concept is really beyond me. I'm sure it makes perfect sense for some reason that I'm not aware.

Return of the J Boats

2010-10-11T12:24:00.001-04:00

Meaning the J Class sloops of the 1930's (Universal Rule).
One industry that is booming, despite economic conditions: The building of J boats.
They ran out of existing hulls to restore (Shamrock, Endeavor, Valsheeda) Then they started to recreate ones that had been scrapped long ago. (Ranger, and now, most recently, Yankee)
But, for the super rich, the idea of owning your own unique J boat is so irresistable, that they are now building ones that really never existed, except on paper. The published brief on this one (called Lionheart) is a little confusing to me. But it sounds as though this may have been the design that Olin Stephens submitted for Ranger. At the time it was thought to be too radical; The one that was finally used was from Starling Burgess. So they are, in perenthesis, calling this 'Ranger II'.

'Coffee Grinders"

2010-10-10T19:56:00.000-04:00

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One of the most amazing thing about these boats (as they were sailed originally) is that they had NO standing backstay! A heavy air jibe must have been terrifying. And, for the most part, no winches, as we know them today. Everything was block and tackle. This is a picture from the original 'Yankee'. (A tie was not 'optional' when you were in charge of the running backstays)
They did have THESE devices. Since I'm far from being an expert on this subject, I have no idea what they were called or how they worked. It's possible that they were some kind of clutch, or maybe connected to something lead below.
As a person that has been clubbed and flayed using one of the old wire reel type halyard winches, I wouldn't want to be anywhere near one of THESE things!

Scams from China

2010-09-02T22:19:00.000-04:00

It appears that China will soon aquire the mantle (from Nigeria) of the new Internet Scam capital of the world.

You have to check this message out. They have some automated domain analyzer that has determined that my domain has some kind of following. And they are notifiying me that, for a fee, they can do something that gives me some kind of 'trademark' priveleges in China.

Ones' first instinct is the send them a message with the subject line 'F... Y... and why do think I care'.
But, of course, this would be a complete waste of time and energy... because, .....
It's only Chinatown..

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