W. I. B. Crealock

[1] In 1948, Crealock and three friends pooled their money, purchased an old cutter, and set out "to study the behavior of boats at sea.

"[4] Crealock's second book, "Towards Tahiti"[5] (published elsewhere as "Cloud of Islands"[6]) relates the story of a lengthy cruise from Panama, via the Galapagos, to the South Pacific.

On this cruise Crealock sailed on the ketch "Arthur Rogers," a Brixham trawler built in 1929, with its owners Tom and Diana Hepworth.

In February 1957, the schooner was caught in a typhoon in the South China Sea which rolled the ship to 60 degrees to starboard and put the water level halfway up the wooden deck.

[9] He designed boats for celebrities, including Walter Cronkite, William Hurt, and Claire Trevor.

[9] He also became friends with celebrities, including Rock Hudson, Jane Russell, and Natalie Wood, through their interest in boating.

[9] In 1986, The San Diego Union wrote that, in local yachting circles, Crealock's name was almost as well known as that of the America's Cup champion, Dennis Conner.

CM32's had an 8-foot beam and 4,500 displament, were supplied with a two or three axle trailer that could be pulled by the family vehicle, put his design in the record books.

A heavier displacement blue water CM32 was also built, and was also trailerable, sold in an aft cockpit single mast sloop.