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ROBERT PERRY
Robert H. Perry Yacht Designers
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Robert H. Perry
Last Updated: 18 Jan, 2010
Probably the most influential yacht designer of the late 20th century, it’s been said there are more sailboats cruising the worlds oceans designed by Bob Perry than any other designer.
He remains best known for the his VALIANT 40 design which went on to influence cruising sailboats by adding performance to a genre that had previously meant slow and heavy.
Robert h perry biography of albert
Through his career he has designed boats for many well recognized names in the industry, such as Tayana, Cheoy Lee, Valiant, Baba, Ta Shing, Passport and Saga.
As a young boy he had a burning passion for yacht design.
His first break came in 1970 working as an assistant Jay Benford’s offices who specialized in ferro-cement yachts that were becoming popular at the time. He went on to work in the offices of Dick Carter which gave Perry a taste of designing racing yachts to the