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50 years ago – A culture is only as great as its dreams

14th February 2018

A culture is only as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamed by artists. Who said that? Ok we don’t expect you to know, we don’t expect you to check our web page to find out. It was L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction novelist and founder of the Church of Scientology. He also […]

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Fifty years ago – Super yacht design

7th September 2017

Between January 1965 and May 1969 Laurent Giles & Partners Ltd undertook a series of tank tests for this Italian client. The tests which were for a range of three different fast motor yachts varied in size from the smallest 103’ (31.9 m) twin screw three deck up to this 136’ (41.65 m) triple screw […]

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About Laurent Giles

The design practice developed 'between the First and Second World Wars' and 'post war' years into a thriving racing and cruisung yacht design house, specialising in sound design and engineering solutions to challenging client briefs.

At a time when the business of racing and cruising yacht design was developing... and throughout this important period the Laurent Giles design practice is recognised as being among the leaders, if not the leader in the development and use of new yacht design and construction technologies. Between 1939 and 45 he was first in charge of the Small Boats (up to 100ft) Design Section of the Department of Naval Construction, and later he served in Washington D.C. on aircraft construction.

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