Chris White (multihull designer)
Chris White is an American multihull sailboat designer.[1][2]
Career
White built his first trimaran, a Jim Brown designed Searunner 31, in 1973.[1] In the late 1970s he worked with Jim Brown and Dick Newick.[1] His first large design was the 52' trimaran, Juniper, built in southern Virginia and launched in 1981, later sailed around the world by Henk de Velde.[1][3] In 1983 he started his design business, developing the concept of the forward cockpit or pilot house catamaran.[1] The first of the Atlantic Cats were launched in 1985.[1]
Designs
- 1981
- Later 1980s
- Atlantic Cats
- 2010s
- Atlantic 47[5]
Books
In 1990 Chris published The Cruising Multihull, which is still in print.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Biography: Chris White". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Chris White". Sailboat Data.
- ^ a b "1981 Chris White 52 Juniper Trimaran, Puerto Rico (US$95,000)". 2018.
'Juniper' was designed, built and sailed for 25 years, by the designer Chris White and his wife, before she was sold to the renowned Dutch sailor, Henk de Velde. Henk completed a mostly solo, high latitude circumnavigation from 2007 to 2011, making it his 6th circumnavigation.
- ^ "Atlantic Catamaran FAQs". Archived from the original on 2010-02-01.
- ^ "Atlantic 47". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
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