Posts tagged with: history

Sailing Solo Just Like 60 Years Ago!

60 years ago I was sailing my 7 foot P Class off Torbay Beach. I did it again in March 2017. Just like when I was 10, sailing alone with Rangitoto Island in view. This yacht seemed bigger 60 years ago!... Read More

Good Old News

Looking in the Archives: A 1976 news story from the Cork Examiner, just when Ron Holland Design was getting going. You will be able to read more about it in my new book, “All the Oceans” which will be out soon! “Big... Read More

July Discussion with Laurie Davidson

Ron in discussion with Laurie and Bob Honouring Laurie Davidson 90 years; In July, Ron joined a small gathering at the Bob Perry Family waterside location near Everett Wa. to discuss ‘Life and Boats’. Photo: by Kim Bottles/Tim O’Connell... Read More

Northwest Passage

Vancouver Maritime Museum exhibits the ‘St Roch’. This ship, successfully crossed the top of Canada, by way of the Northwest Passage, in 1942, following Amundsen’s ‘Goja’ the first ship to make the transit in 1903. “St Roch” is now displayed... Read More