About
about us, publications, design reviews, history
Publications
Collected Articles
Summary: A list of Tad Roberts' publications with pdf versions of:
Evaluating Sailboat Design: History, Hydrostatics, and Art, Part 1 and 2
Passagemaker Lite
A Brief History of Lightweight Motor Yachts
Power Boat Design: Form and Fuction
The rendering is of the prototype of the Memory 38, featured in “Power Boat Design” as Yellow Cedar.
Design Reviews
Design review of Memory 38
Design review of the Philbrooks 58 and 47
Summary: Design reviews of the Express 92, the Philbrooks 58 and 47, the Memory 48 and 38, and the Passagemaker Lite series. Rendering is of the Philbrooks 58.
History
Professional History
Summary: A chronology of Tad Roberts' career as an independent yacht designer and at Bruce King Yacht Design.
The rendering is the Express 92, designed in 2001.
Selected Projects, 2001-1987
1995 Liberty, 80' high-speed cold-molded motoryacht, BKYD
Bios
Personal History
Summary: Tad Roberts writes about his family who homesteaded at Roberts Creek, British Columbia in the late 1800s from the UK , and their influence on his life and work.
last updated July 26, 2007
About Us
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Tad Roberts offers a broad range of design, naval architecture, consulting, and project management services.
He brings to his work over 20 years of experience, and expertise gained in projects from traditional small boats to steel commercial vessels to cold-molded mega-yachts and the winners of Showboats awards.
Over the years, he has collaborated with boatbuilders such as Abeking and Rasmussen, Royal Huisman, Mefasa, and Hodgdon Yachts and with smaller yards like Christensen Yachts, Covey Island Boatworks, Philbrook's Boatyard, and John's Bay Boat.
Tad Roberts is dedicated to working closely with clients, builders, designers, and others to create vessels of enduring beauty and quality.
Referrer
“Roberts did pay his dues, working for many years in the Bruce King office. I mentioned in the last issue that Roberts contributed materially to the improvement of the Covey Island Bounty ketch. More importantly, he was chief designer under Bruce King for most of the amazing large sailboats that have made King justifiably famous. He also played a key role in Bruce King Yacht Design's first forays into power-boat design and was not an insignificant factor in the development of some of the most successful power designs in history, the Hinckley Picnic Boats and the Talaria motor cruisers.”
Art Paine, Maine Boats and Harbors, Autumn 2003