Philip Rhodes
Philip Leonard Rhodes (1895–1974) was an American naval architect. known for his diverse yacht designs.[1]
Philip Rhodes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1895 |
| Died | 1974 |
| Occupation | Naval architect |
Life
He designed a wide variety of vessels from 7' dinghies to 123' motor-sailors, from hydrofoil racers to America's Cup winners - his 12 Meter class Weatherly (USA-17) winning the 1962 defense. His work also included large motor yachts, commercial and military vessels such as minesweepers and police boats. His clients ranged from Rockefellers to Sears & Roebuck..[2][3]
Rhodes was born in 1895 in Thurman, Ohio. He attended MIT, graduating in 1918 in naval architecture and marine engineering.[4] He worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers during World War I. After the war he began work as a shipfitter in Lorain, Ohio. He later moved to New York where he opened a small office as a marine architect.[5]
Rhodes joined the design firm of Cox & Stevens in 1934, becoming head naval architect there after the death of lead designer Bruno Tornroth in 1935. In 1946 the firm of Philip L. Rhodes succeeded Cox & Stevens Inc. It closed in 1974, following Rhodes's death.[4]
Rhodes formed his own company, Philip L. Rhodes, Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.[6]
Designs
- Chesapeake 32
- Northern 25
- Mariner 19
- Meridian 25
- Rhodes 18
- Rhodes 19
- Rhodes 22
- Rhodes 33
- Rhodes Evergreen
- Rhodes 27 38 foot International Rule, racer cruiser
- Rhodes 'Seabreeze' class, a 33-foot sloop sold by Seafarer Yachts
- Rhodes Meridian, a 24-foot sloop sold by Seafarer Yachts
- Rhodes Pearson Vanguard, a 33-foot sloop built in Rhode Island by Pearson Yachts
- Pearson Rhodes 41 a 41-foot sloop built in Rhode Island by Pearson Yachts
- Rhodes Reliant, a 41-foot sloop or yawl built by Cheoy Lee Shipyard in Hong Kong
- Rhodes 77
- Cheoy Lee Offshore 40
- Rhodes Bantam, a 14-foot sloop (daysailer/racer)
- O'Day Tempest 23
- Seafarer Bahama 35 MS
- Seafarer 36C
- Seafarer 38/Rhodes 38
- Swiftsure 33
- Woodpussy
- Grumman Dinghy, an innovative aluminum dinghy designed to use Grumman Aircraft's post-war excess manufacturing capacity
- O'Day 'Widgeon', a 12-foot sailing dinghy
- O'Day 'Sprite', a 10-foot fiberglass sailing dinghy
- Outlaw 26
- International Penguin Class racing dinghy
- 'Dyer Dhow', one of the first production fiberglass boats
- 'Dyer Dink'
References
- Henderson, Richard (1981). Philip L. Rhodes and His Yacht Designs. Camden, ME: International Marine Pub. Co. ISBN 0-87742-128-5. OL 3793032M.
- Ben Stavis. "Analytical Biography". Temple University archive.Retrieved on 08-10-09
- McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Philip Rhodes". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- "Biography of Philip L. Rhodes". Mystic Seaport Collections.Retrieved on 08-10-09
- Spurr, Daniel, Heart of Glass, McGraw Hill, 2000 pg 101
- McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Philip Rhodes". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
Further reading
- Henderson, Richard (1981). Philip L. Rhodes and His Yacht Designs. Camden, ME: International Marine Pub. Co. ISBN 0-87742-128-5. OL 3793032M.
- Rhodes bequeathed his designs to the Mystic Seaport Museum Collection, which has a short biography.
- Philip L. Rhodes Analytical Biography Temple University
- Spurr, Daniel (2000). Heart of Glass: Fiberglass Boats and the Men Who Made Them. Camden, Me.: International Marine/McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0071579834.
- Stavis, Ben Philip L. Rhodes Analytical Biography and archive