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Author	Topic:   Bob Dougherty turns 83
jflots	posted 04-15-2013 10:01 AM ET (US)         And he's still coming to work. Thought you all would want to know his birthday was yesterday.
K Albus	posted 04-15-2013 10:06 AM ET (US)             The May edition of Boating Magazine has an article about three famous recreational boat designers, including Mr. Dougherty. The online version can be found here (Mr. Dougherty is covered on page 3): url]http://www.boatingmag.com/boats/3-great-boat-designers[/url]
K Albus	posted 04-15-2013 10:07 AM ET (US)             http://www.boatingmag.com/boats/3-great-boat-designers
Binkster	posted 04-15-2013 11:54 AM ET (US)             Well it is without question that Ray Hunt is the greatest of them all. He developed the deep V concept in the 1940's, for the US Government for high speed hulls they needed. He also developed the 13 ft. Whaler with Dick Fisher, which at the time was a revolutionary boat. Not to take credit away from Bob Daugherty, but he sort of followed in the footsteps. The other guy runs Hunts operation, where would he be without Ray Hunt. Also Dick Bertram although not a designer himself, is responsible for bringing Ray Hunt to the forefront with His Moppie 31 footer. rich
phatwhaler	posted 04-15-2013 07:09 PM ET (US)             I think Bob started Marlin boats, then moved on the Everglades.
phatwhaler	posted 04-15-2013 07:11 PM ET (US)             I mean Edgewater.
Nails	posted 04-15-2013 07:33 PM ET (US)          HB BD
PeteB88	posted 04-16-2013 01:46 AM ET (US)             He designed my boat - Imagine the lives these guys had - Fisher, Hunt, Dougherty, Chris Smith, Bertram - all of them. How cool. 83 - thanks Bob wherever you are and Happy Birthday!
Binkster	posted 04-16-2013 01:58 PM ET (US)             The late fifties through the late sixties was a wild time for boat builders and designers. Fiberglass boats were first appearing in the market. Most established wooden boat builders thought it was a fad. They called them Clorox bottle boats. All of the glass builders were experimenting. No one actually knew what they were doing. Some builder made them look like automobiles of the day with tailfins. Some of the first glass boats lacked any design merits and looked like bathtubs. Innovative builders used Hunt's Deep V design to build boats to build better riding and faster hulls. Offshore racing, primarily a European sport beccame popular in the USA. The Around Long Island Marathon in 1959 was one of the first events in the U.S. A Thompson boat and Evinrude dealer I worked for that summer entered a 21' and a 17' lapstrake wooden runabout in the race, powered by twin 50hp V4s and a single on the 17 footer. Of course they didn't do well at all. A single purpose glass Deep V was an easy winner. Builders like Dick Fisher ( Boston whaler), Don Aronow, (Formula, Donzi, Cigarette) Dick Bertram and other quality glass boat builders became rich in a very few years, when they sold their companies to new players. rich
EJO	posted 04-17-2013 09:58 AM ET (US)             Binkster the V hull single purpose boats might have won the 1959 marathon but my Chris-Craft Sea Skiff lapstrake boat with GM 350 cu.in. inboard can't be beat for sea-kindness not even by a Boston Whaler and at 39 knots was pretty fast for a heavy wooden boat. Don't get me wrong I love my whaler but there are some classic designs that can't be beat.

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