Gibbs, a naval architect responsible for nearly 5, 500 Navy vessels that helped win World War II, put everything he had into his ultimate ship.

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Rick Spilman is a writer and naval architect with a background in ship design and operations and a BSE from the University of Michigan.

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Bassani now has under construction three boats longer than 120 feet, including a 148-footer designed by naval architect William Tripp.

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"The level of finishing and luxury of Hemisphere brings her to the category of a superyacht, " says chief naval architect Marc Van Peteghem.

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Ticonderoga, for example, is a 72-foot wooden ketch designed by famed naval architect Francis Herreshoff as an elegant family daysailer.

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