Obviously a copy. Theft of intellectual property is very common, rarely is there any recourse because of the international nature of the crime....
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Here's something similar built about 1990 by Tim Hodgdon, designed by Bruce King and myself. 31'6" LOA, 25' LWL, 8'1" beam, weight about 6000...
Some confusion here. The link above to the Typhoon history seems to be talking about the restoration of the original 40' boat built 1929 for...
According to Philip Moore the engine history of Aphrodite II is thus; 1937 twin 800Hp V12 Packards, model 3A-2500 1942 twin 1350Hp V12...
Incidentally, Saga was built to beat Aphrodite II , then Aphrodite III was built to beat Saga up and down Long Island Sound. Tad
Liberty was not modeled on or based on Aphrodite, but on another slightly earlier commuter, Saga, designed and built for Charles Payson at the...
The most recent Atlanta is a 121' Dubois sloop built at Alloy Yachts in NZ and launched about 1997. She was the forerunner of Georgia, built for...
She would be Phil Rhodes design #c703 and dated 1959. Original name was IVARA and she was built for a John Loudon. She seems to be the first...
TRY, I think I get your meaning. :) If boat design was not fun, I wouldn't bother. The conceptual part is the most fun of all, as after...
In sticking with the TRY brief, at 30m, I submit the following. I always start with a freehand pencil sketch to establish where we might be...
A well publicized CG boarding had already "outed" the ownership of the vessel and the name. It has been mentioned elsewhere that the boat is...
Hmmm.....to quote from my Merriam-Webster " yacht \yat\ n [obs. D jaght, fr. Middle Low German jacht, short for jacht-schiff, lit., hunting ship]...