Dudley Dix

Dudley Dix is a yacht designer, of South African origin, now based in Virginia Beach, US.

[2][3] He is notable for having developed the "radius chine plywood" method as a basis for boat construction.

[5] Dix has designed yachts of many types (such as monohulls, catamarans and trimarans) employing a variety of materials for the hulls (such as steel, aluminium and wood/epoxy composites).

[6] The radius chine plywood method enables fast, cheap construction of relatively lightweight vessels.

[8][9] One of Dix's larger designs is the 55' DH550 ocean-going cruising catamaran, such as "Friends Forever" (built by Jean-Jacques Provoyeur and Richard Bertie).