Angus Primrose (missing at sea, 1980)[1] was a designer and naval architect,[2] whose best known designs for around the world races included Sir Francis Chichester's Gypsy Moth IV (with John Illingworth) and Galway Blazer II (1969) of Commander Bill King.
Primrose is notable for his contribution to designs that changed some of the thinking behind cruising yachts.
In 1972 Angus Primrose designed the Warrior 35, built by Trident Marine Ltd.
The long keel hull was also developed in various forms as the aft cockpit Challenger 35 and the deck saloon version the Voyager 35.
Primrose is presumed to have drowned during a gale "some 180 miles off the South Carolina coast" which sunk his 33 ft yacht (a Moody 33), the Demon of Hamble.