"In any design, the factors that contribute paddle boats to the speed are: surface vèliques large displacement and a little small in the surface water. This gives clean lines, soft and pleasant, and then appears beauty. Although beauty by itself is not a factor of speed boats more pleasing to the eye are the most pleasant to wear. "
The phrase is Olin J. Stephens, a major naval architects of the twentieth century, creator of some of the most beautiful and fastest ship of its time. The designer of the legendary yacht Dorade, Ranger, the Courageous, and Brilliant Morning Cloud, died on 13 September at the age of 100 years. Born in New York in 1908, Olin Stephens created 2,200 ships, six of which won eight editions of the Copa America. One of his first creations was the Dorade, a 16 meter yawl was built by his father, with whom he won the Transatlantic paddle boats Race and the Fastnet British in 1931. The success of Dorade which still navigator paddle boats were catapulted fame firm Sparkman & Stephens, who had founded the company with the broker Drake Sparkman, who remains one of the most prestigious brands in the world of international sailing. In 1937 he designed his first Copa America, Ranger, a 42 meter yacht that won the British Endeavour II and Class J is considered the most spectacular ever built. After five more to come, as the Courageous, the first 12 meters built in aluminum Cup winner 74 and 77. Two other boats extraordinary fresh from the drawing board of Olin Stephens were the Morning Cloud and I II, was owned by British Prime Minister paddle boats Edward Head. With the first won the Sydney-Hobart 69, and the second of the Admiral's Cup 71. Olin Stephens was an artist of naval architecture, which put wings beauty, building some of the fastest sailboats while the most beautiful ever seen in a race course. Like my admired and Nathanael Herreshoff William Fife. The Mystic Seaport Museum dedicates a page to remember the life and work of Stephen Olin abundant material that is worth visiting. These images also belong to the American museum. Up to the minute 1'45 "statements are the naval architect, and then comes a collection of images of many of the ships that he created. And then ... the beauty appears! Bon voyage, master.
Hi joan sun. I just fear enterarme you post the sad news. Ayer buscando information about Gitana VI not get great thing about diseñadores about. Olin was one of ellos. We left to do about boats. Hasta pronto y gracias por tu information. Friday, October 3, 2008
Hi, navegante. Spikes yes, we left to do about boats, algunos paddle boats of them as they dare to an excellent conservation despite paddle boats estado de sus years. Tener and keep one of those boats is not alcande of the entire world; but, well, at least there are a few how many people are aware of the value of floating ese heritage paddle boats and its conservation in invierten mucho dinero. And, look, if the magazines on the go, in the libros y cuando de vez in tea encuentras alguno navegando, barbed también is a way disfrutarlos. Hasta pronto. Friday, October paddle boats 3, 2008
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