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Pearson 26 Weekender
The Pearson 26 is a family of American sailboats, that was designed by William Shaw and first built in 1970.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 176-177. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Production The design was built by Pearson Yachts in the United States starting in 1970 and ending in 1983. The Pearson 28 was one of the company's most successful designs. A total of 1,750 of the base design were built, plus 300 of the Daysailor/Weekender and One-Design variants, for a total of 2,050 examples built. Design The Pearson 26 family of designs are all a small recreational keelboats, built predominantly of fiberglass with balsa-cored decks and with wood trim. They all have a masthead sloop rig, raked stem, vertical transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed swept fin keel. All versions have a length overall of and a waterline length of , with hull speed of . The boats all have a draf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shaw (yacht Designer)
William Shaw (June 9, 1926 - August 20, 2006) was an American-born yacht designer known for his long tenure at Pearson Yachts as their Chief Naval Architect. Biography Shaw was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1926 and graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy of Kings Point, NY in 1947. He went on to serve in the US Navy during the Korean War. After completing his tenure in the Navy, Bill was able to pursue his dream of yacht design. He joined the renowned firm of Sparkman & Stephens Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (S&S) in October 1952 as a designer. In 1961, he became a manager of Products of Asia, and was the chief designer of the America’s Cup defender ''Columbia''. Shaw joined Pearson Yachts in 1964 as Chief Architect, eventually running the entire Pearson Yachts Division of Grumman. During his tenure, he and his team designed over 50 different sailboats and power boats. He spoke in 1999 with Steve Mitchell for '' Good Old Boat'' regarding his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |