Chris White is an American

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designer.

Career

White built his first trimaran, a

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designed

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, in 1973. In the late 1970s he worked with

and Dick Newick. His first large design was the 52' trimaran, ''

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'', built in southern

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and launched in 1981, later sailed around the world by Henk de Velde. In 1983 he started his design business, developing the concept of the forward cockpit or pilot house catamaran. The first of the

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s were launched in 1985.

Designs

*1981 ** ''Juniper'' *Later 1980s ** Discovery 20 ** Atlantic 50 *Atlantic Cats **

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Atlantic 55 The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...

** Atlantic 57 *2010s **Atlantic 47

Books

In 1990 Chris published '' The Cruising Multihull'', which is still in print.

References

External links

Chris White Designs
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