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George Owen (1877-1959) USA

by adminGeorge Owen, Latest Classic Yacht News July 17, 2014November 29, 20142 Comments

George Owen was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but grew up in Rhode Island, after his mother died at an early age. Active in yachting the family owned yachts designed by Herreshoff and Burgess, and after high school Owen went on to MIT, where he received a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Upon graduating in 1894, Owen …

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George Owen BERNICE

by adminBernice, George Owen, Herreshoff, Latest Classic Yacht News, P-Class Racing Yacht December 26, 2012March 16, 2015No Comments

Type: P Class The Hodgdon yard of East Boothbay, Maine launched the 55-foot “P-class” gaff-rigged sloop in 1916. BERNICE was designed by George Owen, a contemporary of Nathaniel Herreshoff. L. Francis Herreshoff once said “George Owen’s yachts could even be said to be beautiful, and this adjective could only be truthfully applied to a few …