william gardner boat designs
William gardner. 1859 - 1934 during his career, william gardner was among the most promenant yacht designers in america. (of course this was the era of the herreshoffs.) today, he is best remembered as the designer of the 1904 schooner atlantic, holder of the transatlantic record for nearly 100 years. sailboats designed by william gardner. Jack hughes, a member of the bayliner board, built another from the bayliner express design, katherine ii. (garden would later design another boat for hughes, the 92-foot katherine iii, a 28- knot vessel powered by twin 1,350 horsepower gm diesels.) and sam leclercq has mollie, whose superstructure is of swept euro styling.. Biography of william garden. william garden was born in 1918. he attended the edison boatbuilding school in seattle and then went to work for andrew’s boat company for several years before forming his own company in 1940.. 
william gardner boat designs Not only did the new issue bring the next installment of l. francis herreshoff 's serialized "compleat cruiser," or a new marlinspike project by hervey garrett smith, but design after design appeared from the drawing board of william garden. bill garden's work had undeniable charm. the boats looked salty, as though you could move right aboard.. My boat partner, the late richard ballinger and i acquired a garden designed 36′ cutter named the my tane in about 1965. i believe bill garden designed the boat for a john gerke of ballard in 1949 soon after he designed the schooner rainbird. these two boats have much of the same hull features (the rainbird is still moored in friday harbor)..
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