Following sailing, designing and boatbuilding in New Zealand, I left at the age of 21 to design my first IOR Racing yacht while working at Charley Morgan’s Morgan Yacht Corp in Florida in 1972. My first IOR Design, “Eygthene” won... Read More
The design commission that took me to Ireland for 40 years! 1974... Read More
One of the first Ron Holland Cruising Designs (1993) the first boat built for Ventura Yachts of New York.Photo of New Zealand based “Blaze” anchored off Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf.... Read More
It started with “imp”. During the 1970s and 1980s Nautor’s Swan commissioned Ron Holland Design to develop a series of designs based on very successful IOR racing designs. Here is “imp” racing for the USA Admiral’s Cup Team with Swan 39 “Wind... Read More