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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] |
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence" which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. The city developed as a busy port as it is situated at the mouth of the Providence River in Providence County, at the head of Narragansett Bay. Providence was one of the first cities in the country to industrialize and became noted for its textile manufacturing and subsequent machine tool, jewelry, and silverware industries. Today, the city of Providence is home to eight hospitals and List of colleges and universities in Rhode Island#Institutions, eight institutions of higher learning which have shifted the city's economy into service industries, though it still retains some manufacturin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearson 26
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] |
2006 Deaths
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American Yacht Designers
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Pearson 28-2
The Pearson 28-2 is an American sailboat, that was designed by William Shaw and first built in 1985. The Pearson 28-2 was a new design and replaced the Pearson 28 in the company product line. Production The boat was built by Pearson Yachts in the United States from 1985 to 1989, but it is now out of production. Design The Pearson 28-2 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, it has a balsa cored deck and wood trim. The design has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. The design has a length overall of , a waterline length of , displaces and carries of lead ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. An optional shoal draft keel was also available, with a draft of . The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2GM20 diesel engine. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 186 with a high of 192 and low of 180. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearson 303
The Pearson 303 is an American sailboat that was designed by William Shaw as a cruiser and first built in 1983.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 226-227. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Production The design was built by Pearson Yachts in the United States between 1983 and 1986. The company completed more than 300 examples of the design, but it is now out of production. Design The Pearson 303 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass with a balsa core and with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel, with an emergency back-up tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of lead ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted. It has of headroom, below decks. The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 3GM(F) diesel engine of . The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearson 23
The Pearson 23 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by William Shaw as a cruiser and first built in 1978.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 244. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. The Pearson 23C is a 1983 cat rigged development of the sloop-rigged Pearson 23. Production The design was built by Pearson Yachts in the United States from 1978 until 1981 with 42 boats completed, but it is now out of production. Design The Pearson 23 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim and a masthead sloop rig. The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or optional keel and centerboard. It displaces and carries of ballast. The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of , while the centerboard-equipped version has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearson 28
The Pearson 28 is an American sailboat, designed by William Shaw and first built in 1975. The Pearson 28 was replaced in the company product line by a new Shaw design, the Pearson 28-2, introduced in 1985. Production The Pearson 28 was built by Pearson Yachts in the United States from 1975 to 1982, but it is now out of production. The design was introduced in 1975 and then updated in 1980 with a new keel and interior improvements. It remained in production until 1982 in this modified form. Design The Pearson 28 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with a balsa cored deck and wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. The boat has a length overall of , a waterline length of , displaces and carries of lead ballast. The boat has a draft of . The early version also had an optional shoal draft keel. The boat is fitted with a Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine of . The fuel tank holds and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearson 30
The Pearson 30 is an American sailboat that was designed by William Shaw as a cruiser and first built in 1971. The design was replaced in the company product line by the Pearson 303, which was also a Shaw design. Production The design was built by Pearson Yachts in the United States, from 1971 until 1981, with 1,185 boats completed by 1 January 1980, but it is now out of production. The design was one of Pearson's most commercially successful boats. Design The Pearson 30 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with a balsa-cored deck and wood trim. The hull was made from a hand lay up in a one-piece mold. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. Wheel steering was a factory option. It displaces and carries of lead ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. Early production versions had a Palmer inboard engine, while la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearson 22
The Pearson 22 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by William Shaw as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1968.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 189. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. Production The design was built by Pearson Yachts in the United States from 1968 until 1972, but it is now out of production. Design The Pearson 22 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass with a balsa-cored deck. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a slightly reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed swept fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee berths in the main cabin. The galley is located on bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA or Kings Point) is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. It trains its midshipmen (as students at the academy are called) to serve as officers in the United States Merchant Marine, branches of the United States Armed Forces and the transportation industry. Midshipmen are trained in different fields such as marine engineering, navigation, ship's administration, maritime law, personnel management, international law, customs, and many other subjects important to the task of running a large ship. History Between 1874 and 1936, diverse federal legislation supported maritime training through school ships, internships at sea, and other methods. A disastrous fire in 1934 aboard the passenger ship SS ''Morro Castle'', in which 134 people died, convinced the U.S. Congress that direct federal involvement in efficient and standardized training was needed.* Originally — and in cooperation with the State of New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nutmeg 24
The Nutmeg 24 is a Canadian Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat, that was designed by William Shaw (yacht designer), William Shaw and first built in 1964. The design is out of production.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 367. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. The Nutmeg 24 was featured in the July 1964 issue of Popular Boating. Production Production of the boat was commenced in 1964 by Tanzer Industries of Dorion, Quebec. The company entered bankruptcy in May 1986 and production had ended by then. Hughes Boat Works of Canada later produced a derivative design, the Hughes 24. Design The Nutmeg 24 is based on the earlier Oriental Mercy design of 1955 and also the Shaw 24, both wooden boats. The Nutmeg 24 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally mounted rudder. It displaces and carries of lead ballast. The boat has a long keel, with a retractable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
