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John Alden (naval architect)

Index John Alden (naval architect)

John Gale Alden (1884–1962) was an American naval architect and the founder of Alden Designs. [1]

30 relations: Ballast, Bermuda Race, Boston, Bowdoin B. Crowninshield, Clara Brown (sloop), Dorade (yacht), Dorchester, Boston, Drafter, Eric and Susan Hiscock, Fastnet Race, Florida, Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum, Grand Banks of Newfoundland, John Alden (naval architect), List of schooners, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Narragansett Bay, Naval architecture, Norway, Olin Stephens, Regatta, Rhode Island, Sailing (sport), Sakonnet River, Schooner, Smallpox, Stormy Weather (yacht), Troy, New York, United States, William Starling Burgess.

Ballast

Ballast is material that is used to provide stability to a vehicle or structure.

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Bermuda Race

The Newport Bermuda Race, widely known as the Bermuda Race is a 635 nautical miles (1175 km) sailing yacht race from Newport, Rhode Island to the island of Bermuda sailed in even-numbered years.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Bowdoin B. Crowninshield

Bowdoin Bradlee Crowninshield (October 13, 1867 – August 12, 1948) was an American naval architect who specialized in the design of racing yachts.

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Clara Brown (sloop)

Clara Brown, also known as John G. Alden Design No.

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Dorade (yacht)

Dorade is a yacht designed in 1929 by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens and built 1929–1930 by the Minneford Yacht Yard in City Island, New York.

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Dorchester, Boston

Dorchester (colloquially referred to as Dot) is a historic neighborhood comprising more than in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Drafter

A drafter, draughtsman (British English) or draftsman, drafting technician (American English and Canadian English) is a person who makes detailed technical drawings or plans for machinery, buildings, electronics, infrastructure, sections, etc.

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Eric and Susan Hiscock

Eric Charles Hiscock (14 March 1908 – 15 September 1986) was a British sailor and author of books on small boat sailing and ocean cruising.

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Fastnet Race

The Fastnet Race is a famous biennial offshore yacht race organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club of the United Kingdom.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum

The Hart Nautical Gallery is a gallery in the MIT Museum at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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Grand Banks of Newfoundland

The Grand Banks of Newfoundland are a group of underwater plateaus south-east of Newfoundland on the North American continental shelf.

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John Alden (naval architect)

John Gale Alden (1884–1962) was an American naval architect and the founder of Alden Designs.

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List of schooners

The following are notable schooner-rigged vessels.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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Narragansett Bay

Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound covering 147 mi2 (380 km2), 120.5 mi2 (312 km2) in Rhode Island.

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Naval architecture

Naval architecture, or naval engineering, along with automotive engineering and aerospace engineering, is an engineering discipline branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software and safety engineering as applied to the engineering design process, shipbuilding, maintenance, and operation of marine vessels and structures.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Olin Stephens

Olin James Stephens II (April 13, 1908 – September 13, 2008) was an American yacht designer of the 20th century.

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Regatta

A regatta is a series of boat races.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.

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Sailing (sport)

Sailing as a sport involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs.

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Sakonnet River

The Sakonnet River is a tidal strait in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

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Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts.

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Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by one of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor.

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Stormy Weather (yacht)

Stormy Weather is a ocean-racing yawl that was designed by Olin Stephens when he was only twenty-five, and launched from the Henry B. Nevins yard in New York on 14 May 1934.

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Troy, New York

Troy is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Rensselaer County.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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William Starling Burgess

William Starling Burgess (December 25, 1878 – March 19, 1947) was an American yacht designer, aviation pioneer, and naval architect.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Alden_(naval_architect)

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