Chris White is an

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designer.

Career

White built his first trimaran, a

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designed Searunner 31, in 1973. In the late 1970s he worked with

and

Dick Newick Richard "Dick" Newick (May 9, 1926 in Hackensack, New Jersey – August 28, 2013 in Sebastopol, California) more frequently known as Dick Newick was a multihull sailboat designer. He grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey. At 10 he built two kayaks ...

. 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

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. In 1983 he started his design business, developing the concept of the forward cockpit or pilot house catamaran. The first of the Atlantic Cats were launched in 1985.

Designs

*1981 ** ''Juniper'' *Later 1980s **

Discovery 20 The Discovery 20 is a 1980s era trimaran sailboat design by Chris White. The Discovery 20 was featured in the '' Small Trimarans'' book. See also *List of multihulls * Chris White *Trimaran A trimaran (or double-outrigger) is a multihull bo ...

Atlantic 50 The Atlantic 50 (or Atlantic Cat 50) was the flagship design in the Atlantic Cat series of catamaran sailboats by Chris White (multihull designer), Chris White, which pioneered the forward cockpit concept for catamarans. The model was first launche ...

*Atlantic Cats ** Atlantic 48 **

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Atlantic 57 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 and ...

*2010s **Atlantic 47

Books

In 1990 Chris published ''

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'', which is still in print.

References

External links

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