Pearson Yachts
Pearson Yachts was a small manufacturer of fiberglass sailboats built in Bristol, Rhode Island founded by cousins Clinton and Everett Pearson in 1956.[1] The company is one of earliest fiberglass sailboat manufacturers. The Triton 28 launched at the New York Boat Show in January 1959 began the modern era of fiberglass production.[2] The Pearson cousins left the company in the 1960s, and Bill Shaw became the chief designer.[3] One of Shaw's most notable designs is the flush decked Pearson 40 introduced in 1977.[4] Pearson filed for bancruptcy in 1991.[1] Today, TPI Composites, formerly known as Tillotson-Pearson, is co-run by Everett Pearson and owns the rights to the Pearson Yachts brandname. As of 2001, old Pearson molds laid abandoned at the former Portsmouth, Rhode Island yard.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mitchell, Steve (November/December 1999), "The Pearson Era: Starting in a garage, cousins Clinton and Everett Pearson initiated an era in yachting history", Good Old Boat
- ↑ Kretschmer, John, The Best Used Boat Notebook
- ↑ "Designers Bill Shaw", Sailor Magazine: 6, August 15, 1985
- ↑ Chip Lawson (September 2001), "Classic Plastic: Smooth Operator", Cruising World: 124
- ↑ PearsonInfo.NetOwners, pearsoninfo.net, http://www.pearsoninfo.net/, retrieved 2010-04-17
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