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ORENDA, née COFFEE GRINDER, is at the same time both a work of art and a full-on sailing machine. She turns heads whether at the yacht club or at sea passing the rest of the fleet. She was Vic Carpenter’s personal yacht until the 1990’s when the present owner bought her and had the famed Bruckmann Yachts complete the interior in 2002. She is pure artistry and function above and below decks. The hull is cold-molded carvel planked cedar with Honduras mahogany outer skin. The keelson is mahogany, the spars are laminated sitka spruce, and the keel is stainless steel filled with lead. Below decks the cedar and holly floors, along with the mixture of ebony, mahogany, cedar and spruce structure, create a tasteful balance between light and dark. Her builder, Vic Carpenter, was the pioneer of wood/epoxy boats. His staff included Jan Gougeon of West System Epoxy and Steve Van Dam of Van Dam Custom Boats. Vic Carpenter also built ORENDA’s sistership - GOLDEN GOOSE for Gor
Talkinâ Boats with Michael Peters
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Michael Peters
Michael Peters is among the most renowned yacht designers in the world. His studio Michael Peters Yacht Design in Sarasota, Florida has collaborated with some of the biggest names in production boats Azimut, Bertram, Chris-Craft, Hinckley and Valhalla Boatworks, to name a few and created one-of-a-kind craft for blue-chip builders like Van Dam Custom Boats and Brooklin Boat Yard. When he’s not working, Peters and his family cruise aboard one of three Bertrams in the clan’s fleet. We talked with the designer for some perspective on boat design past, present and future.