An American, a Scotsman and an Englishman
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WORDS NIGEL SHARP
Tboatyards. It has so often been the case, and still is today, that a new client’s first port of call is the naval architect or he single most significant factor that the three designers had in common, which others of their day didn’t, was that they all worked at family-run
designer, who then has the opportunity to influence the later process of selecting a builder. When trying to attract work, a yard which has its own designer is going to be one
step ahead of one which doesn’t.when Francis Amos set up a boat building and repair The story of Camper and Nicholsons began in 1782
business in Gosport. When Amos died in 1824, he left theTHE PRINT COLLECTOR / ALAMY STOCK PHOTOThe 19-metre Norada launch from
the Camper & Nicholsons boat
yard, Gosport, 1911