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American sailboat designer
Robert B. Harris, before 1965.

Robert B. Harris (born 1922- died 2014) was an American multihull sailboat designer.

Career

He first became interested in multihulls after seeing a 40-foot catamaran in Hawaii, built by Alfred Kumalai and Rudy Choy.

The first catamaran I saw was from Hawaii. Man, this thing was fast!

— Robert B. Harris

Designs

Please note that this list is partial.

Monohulls

Catamarans

Trimarans

Books

Harris published three books.

  • 1960: Modern Sailing Catamarans
  • 1970: Racing and Cruising Trimarans
  • 2008: Tracks on the Water: My Life in Yacht Design

References

  1. ^ "Robert B. Harris".
  2. ^ Dieter Loibner (November 1, 2011). "The cat-crazy men who got me sailing".
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