Robert Perry (yacht designer)

Through his career he has designed boats for many well recognized names in the yachting industry, such as Tayana, Cheoy Lee, Valiant, Baba, Ta Shing, Islander, Passport and Saga.

At the beginning of his ninth-grade year, his family moved to Mercer Island, Washington, an area renowned for its school system.

He met famous designer William Garden, joined the local yacht club, and excelled at mechanical drawing.

Although the Vietnam War was growing and called him for enlistment, his childhood history of petit mal seizures made him ineligible.

They all met at Benford's ferro-cement studio, but even as Perry moved to work for Dick Carter they continued to strategize about building a bluewater cruising boat like the Westsail 32 that would have better performance.

[6] Perry also designed a unique long narrow 62 foot double ended daysailer built at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, Washington, and launched in March, 2014.