Philip Rhodes

Philip Leonard Rhodes (1895–1974) was an American naval architect. known for his diverse yacht designs.[1] 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]

Philip Rhodes
Born1895
Died1974
OccupationNaval architect

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]

Designs
  • Chesapeake 32
  • Launch 5
  • Northern 25
  • Mariner 19
  • Meridian 25
  • 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
  • Cheoy Lee Offshore 40
  • Rhodes Bantam, a 14-foot sloop (daysailer/racer)
  • O'Day Tempest 23
  • 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
  1. Henderson, Richard (1981). Philip L. Rhodes and His Yacht Designs. Camden, ME: International Marine Pub. Co. ISBN 0-87742-128-5. OL 3793032M.
  2. Ben Stavis. "Analytical Biography". Temple University archive.Retrieved on 08-10-09
  3. McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Philip Rhodes". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  4. "Biography of Philip L. Rhodes". Mystic Seaport Collections.Retrieved on 08-10-09
  5. Spurr, Daniel, Heart of Glass, McGraw Hill, 2000 pg 101

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