October 3, 2004

• Philip Rhodes

  Rhodes reliant 1963 design Owner: Ben Stavis, 1965

  Philip L. Rhodes was a pre-eminant [sic] sail boat designer for half of the past century, from 1920 to 1970. Because he designed many boats for ocean racing, especially to Bermuda, his boats had to be fast, but they also had to be strong, seaworthy, and comfortable to survive and keep racing through the gales that frequent the Gulf Stream and other race courses. He also designed many other boats, from dinghies to huge luxury cruisers and commercial and military vessels. Whatever the boat, Rhodes knew how to make it work and feel just right. [Short bio by Ben Stavis, taken from his website at http://astro.temple.edu/~bstavis/pr/rhodes.htm.] See http://astro.temple.edu/~bstavis/pr/rhodes-bio.htm for a full biography of this majorly cool sailboat designer.

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