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Elegant Motoryachts

By Tad Roberts | Published: February 27, 2010

Elegance is a quality missing for some time in motoryacht design….but what is elegance and how could one define this? Our Oxford dictionary defines elegance as “dignified richness and grace”. This sounds good to me, dignity is sadly lacking in much of yacht design with our “over the top” mentality. Forty foot boats with 4[.....]

Categories: Power Boat, Styling
Also tagged Black Knight, Walter McInnis, Yorel

On the Board
- Passagemakerlite 46
  
  46' sail-assisted Passagemaker Lite
- 42' Steel Halibut Ketch
  
  Multi-chine with round stern in the style of 1920’s halibut schooners
Underway
- 80' Three-Masted Tuna Schooner
  
  Modern steel 80' three-masted fishing schooner
- Bearbay 23
  
  23' trailerable lapstrake motorsailer
My other sites
- Tad Roberts Yacht Design
  
  New design in power, sail and naval architecture services
- Small Boat Designs
  
  Many new designs added, 10' to 29' from the board of Tad Roberts
- Passagemaker Lite
  
  A modern lightweight fuel-efficient re-statement of the fast seaworthy long-range power cruiser.
- Seminars and Talks
  
  Wooden Boatbuilding Today: Combining Traditional and Modern Practice.

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