Renowned yacht designers missing

Question

There seems to be a hole in our history down here in the antipodes. Yacht designers have been totally overlooked.

Examples of notable figures:

Ben Lexcen (born Robert Miller) - designer of Australia II of winged keel fame

Richard Hartley - pioneer of ferrocement in New Zealand

Alan Wright - one of New Zealand's most prolific yacht designers

Joe Adams - co-designer of Helsal, which got line honours in the 1973 Sydney-Hobart

Ev Sayer - NZ designer of "The Floating Footpath", which won the Trans-Tasman

There are many more examples.

Comments

Go for it Rob!! A valuable addition to WT.

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Charles Lucas (Lucas-8370): Tasmanian boat builder of over 50 years at Battery Point, Hobart. Built many winning yachts.

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I'm ashamed as a Kiwi to admit that I've never heard of any of these names :( I need to brush up on my local history knowledge!

Answer 1

Did they sail off into the sunset?

Comments

Old yachties never die, they just smell that way. :)

Answer 2

Sounds like a great mini project !!   Perhaps you might consdier linking  it to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:New_Zealand%2C_Ship_Builders  somehow.   

Answer 3

I thought they were lost at sea!

Answer 4

am filling in the nz pioneering ship building cat. at the moment - is there an existing cat. - should they be linked, have been connected with modern yacht development my self, must check this out.