Yacht Design Ii William Garden

The value of garden s books are in the artistry of the drawings of garden s designs.

Yacht design ii william garden. Today there are thousands of boats sailing around the world designed by william garden. This was the second annual rendezvous of boats designed by master naval architect william garden who lives nearby. He contributed articles and designs to rudder yachting woodenboat and other maritime publications and he wrote several books about his designs including 100 yacht and vessel designs.

Garden was born in calgary alberta his family moved to oregon and later washington while he was a child in 1924. William garden his family moved to oregon in 1924 where he started school but by 1928 they had relocated again to the montlake district of seattle. William garden is a classic yacht builder in the boating world.

On the balmy weekend of june 26 27 with a flower scented breeze wafting across the water a maritime version of a garden party was held at port of sidney near victoria b c. The first time was about 5 years ago when i ordered a very good copy of the ashley book of knots. 96 mystic seaport museum.

Yachtworld currently has 5 william garden yachts for sale including 0 new vessels and 5 used yachts listed by experienced yacht brokers and boat dealerships mainly in the following countries. Then went to work for andrew s boat. Given the the great volume of his work of course he could turn out any number of books given the.

Born in 1918 he was a canadian boat designer who drew boat plans for many hundreds of craft in a long career including both yachts and workboats and. For six decades he designed watercraft ranging from commercial fishing vessels and tugboats to motor and sailing yachts. Whether you want the ultimate in a motor or sailing yacht or a one cylinder clam hound i can fix you up with a plan to suit so wrote the legendary william garden who died last week.

United states and mexico. William garden cm 5 november 1918 29 april 2011 was a canadian and american naval architect and marine engineer. Garden s written descriptions are concise and hull of information for yacht designers and those interested in early pacific northwest mega yachts.