Express 92 Retro Commuter

The 92 Express is an effort to maintain the stunning looks and performance of Liberty while adding the spacious interior expected in a 92' motoryacht. In the 92' I have increased beam relative to length. The 92' is still narrow by modern standards; the average is 21'-22' but this is entirely in keeping with her retro styling and performance objective. With 19' of beam her interior spaces take on the feeling of a room, rather than that of a passageway.

Professional History

Annotated Project List, 1987-2001

Cecile Marie-maria-cattiva, 131 foot Aluminum Cutter
2000 Cecile Marie, 131' Aluminum Cutter, BKYD
Built for a Danish owner by Huisman Shipyard in Holland. Aluminum hull with carbon sloop rig and dark mahogany interior by Dick Young.
Scheherazade racing
2000 Scheherazade, 154' Cold-molded Ketch, BKYD
Built for an American owner by Hodgdon Yachts in East Boothbay, Maine. Cold-molded of douglas fir and red cedar with carbon spars.
Antonisa racing
1999 Antonisa, 124' Cold-molded Centerboard Sloop, BKYD
Built for an Italian owner by Hodgdon Yachts in East Boothbay, Maine. Cold-molded hull with carbon centerboard and spars. Cherry interior.
Hinckley 44 at anchor
1999 Hinckley 44, Composite Twin Water-jet Express, BKYD
1998 Hinckley Custom 40, Composite Twin Water-jet Express, BKYD
Liberty, 80' high-speed cold-molded motoryacht
1995 Liberty, 80' High-speed Cold-molded Commuter, BKYD
Built for an American owner by Hodgdon Yachts in East Boothbay, Maine. Interior. Cold-molded.
Chanty, 51' Cold-Molded Centerboard Wishbone Ketch
1994 Chanty, 51' Cold-Molded Centerboard Wishbone Ketch, BKYD
Built by Zimmerman Marine in Cardinal, Virginia. Cold-molded. Interior
Hinckley Picnic Boat at anchor
1993 Hinckley Picnic Boat, 37' composite jet boat, BKYD
Bemfujjo, Express
1993 Bemfujjo, Cold-molded Express BKYD

Built at an Italian yard for a German owner for use in the Indian Ocean. Interior

Hetairos under sail, 124' Cold-Molded Centerboard Ketch
1992 Hetairos, 124' Cold-Molded Centerboard Ketch, BKYD

Built for a German owner by Abeking and Rasmussen in Germany, with project management by Jens Cornellson. Cold-molded hull with welded bronze ballast keel and centerboard case. Carbon Spars. Dark mahogany interior by Andrew Winch.

Alejandra, 134' Aluminum Ketch
1992 Alejandra, 134' Aluminum Ketch, BKYD
Built for a Spanish owner by the Mefasa Yard in Northern Spain. Aluminum hull with carbon spars and Cuban mahogany interior. Construction managed by her skipper, Steve Mclaren.
Hinckley 70, production composite sailing yacht
1992 Hinckley 70 production composite sailing yacht, BKYD
90 foot Cold-Molded Lift Keel Sloop
1991 Sophie, 90' Cold-Molded Lift Keel Sloop, BKYD
Built for a Swedish owner by Renaissance Yachts and finished at Derecktors yard in Connecticut. Cold-molded with hydraulic vertical lifting ballast keel in a fiberglass case.
high-speed cold-molded sportfisherman
1990 Dixie, high-speed cold-molded sportfisherman, BKYD
Built for an American owner by Hodgdon Yachts in East Boothbay, Maine. Cold-molded.
Rooster, 31' cold-molded mahogany surface drive speedboat
1990 Rooster, 31' cold-molded mahogany surface drive speedboat, BKYD
Signe, 100' cold-molded ketch
1987 Signe, 100' cold-molded ketch, BKYD
Built by Renaissance Yachts, Thomaston, Maine. Interior by Joe Artese.

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

All images on this page are courtesy of the respective builders.

Tad Roberts