Bill Langan
Michael William Langan, (Bill Langan), (June 9, 1955 – December 31, 2010) was an American yacht designer who practiced his trade in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. His designs, both as chief designer at Sparkman & Stephens and later as the principal at Langan Design, numbered in the hundreds.
Career
Having obtained his engineering degree at Webb Institute he was accepted for an internship at Sparkman & Stephens. Noticed by Olin Stephens he was hired shortly after his graduation, named in 1980 by Olin as chief designer, a position he held until his departure in 1996.[http://sparkmanstephens.blogspot.com/2011/01/m-william-langan.html M. William Langan death notice.] Sparkman & Stevens. January 3, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2011.
In 1997 Bill set up his own Langan Design firm in Newport, RI which he ran until his death at the end of 2010, afterwards owned and operated by his former associates.{{cite web |url=http://www.langandesign.com/press_release_1.htm |title=Langan Design Partners, LLC - PRESS RELEASE #1 |publisher=Langandesign.com |accessdate=2012-02-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426032334/http://www.langandesign.com/press_release_1.htm |archivedate=2012-04-26 }}
Designs
Bill Langan was responsible for the design of hundreds of vessels of all sizes, including:
;At Sparkman & Stephens
- Freedom, winner of the 1980 America's Cup
- America II {{cite news |title=Racing to bring home the cup |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/05/magazine/racing-to-bring-home-the-come.html}}
- Itasca, refit in 1994. Owned by Bill Simon, former Secretary of the Treasury of the U.S., Itasca was the first private yacht to complete the traverse of the Northwest Passage in a single season. Bill Langan was on board for the trip.
- Victoria of Strathearn, 91' ketch {{cite web|url=http://sparkmanstephens.blogspot.com/2010/10/victoria-of-strathearn-design-2551.html |title=Sparkman & Stephens Blog: Victoria of Strathearn - Design 2551 |publisher=Sparkmanstephens.blogspot.com |date=2010-10-20 |accessdate=2012-02-21}}
;At Langan Design
- Victoria of Strathearn, 130' ketch {{cite web |url=http://www.alloyyachts.co.nz/yachts/sailing+yachts/Huckleberry.html |title=Alloy Yachts Huckleberry Superyacht |publisher=Alloyyachts.co.nz |date= |accessdate=2012-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106151739/http://www.alloyyachts.co.nz/yachts/sailing+yachts/Huckleberry.html |archive-date=2012-01-06 |url-status=dead }}
- Sagamore, Line honors, Bermuda Race 2000
- Argo {{cite web|url=http://www.seamester.com/meet-seamester/our-vessels/ |title=Our Vessels | Sea|mester |publisher=Seamester.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-21}}
- Spirit of Bermuda
- Eos
- M/Y Calliope
References
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External links
- [http://www.langandesign.com Official site of Langan Design]
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