Wirth Middleton Munroe (November 29, 1902 – October 21, 1968) was a
North American
yacht designer and son of
Ralph Middleton Munroe.
Munroe was born at the Barnacle, now the
Barnacle Historic State Park. In 1933 he married Mary Kimball Poore of
Coral Gables and they had two
children (William Middleton Munroe and Charles Poore Munroe). He was Commodore of the
Biscayne Bay Yacht Club 1946–1947, a member of the North American Yacht Racing Union (NAYRU) 1936–1966, and the
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as well as Vice-Commodore of the
Miami
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Proa Club. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Historical Association of
Southern Florida
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(HASF) 1943–1966, and served as President of HASF in 1945.
Boat Designing
Wirth Munroe began designing boats at an early age. Some of his designs, for example the Sea Sailer class were put into
mass production. Below is a list of some of the many boats he designed with the earliest known boat name and earliest known owner indicated.
Production boats
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Arco 33
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Columbia 33 Caribbean
The Columbia 33 Caribbean is an American sailboat that was designed by Wirth Munroe as deep water cruiser and first built in 1963.
The Columbia 33 Caribbean is a development of the Arco 33, which was built by Crystaliner, who completed 15 ...
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Columbia 34
The Columbia 34 is an American sailboat that was designed by Wirth Munroe and Richard Valdez as a cruiser and first built in 1966.
The Columbia 34 is a development of the Columbia 33 Caribbean, using a deck adapted from the Columbia 40.
T ...
Sea Sailer 30' Boats
OffShore 30 Boats
Other Boats Designed by Wirth Munroe
The Barnacle Historic State Park
References
Data in charts is derived from ''Lloyd's Register of American Yachts''. All other data is derived from interviews with his children, and his father's biography, ''The Commodore's Story.''
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1902 births
1968 deaths
American yacht designers
20th-century American architects