Warwick Hood b. 1 January 1932

  • Designer
Hood worked as a naval architect designing yachts and commercial vessels in Australia, the Pacific, Guyana and Bangladesh. He established a design firm in 1963. His work on the Hood class yachts produced a number of variants of Hoods (20s, 23s and more recently a Hood 28ML. He is celebrated as the designer of the America's Cup yacht, the 12 metre "Dame Pattie" launched in 1967.
Tags: Boat designer, Boat maker, yacht design
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Name
Warwick Hood
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Designer
Tags:
Boat designer
Boat maker
yacht design
Birth date
1 January 1932
Birth place
Sydney NSW, Australia
Death date
1 January 2015
Death place
Sydney NSW, Australia
Training
  • Sydney Technical College, naval architecture, - 1954 Sydney NSW, Australia

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References [<ExternalResource: Alison Hood. "Warwick Hood (1932-2015)" Obituary. Sydney Morning Herald, 15 July 2015, p.35.>]