page_title: Edward Burgess (yacht designer)
section_title: Yacht Design
hierarchical_section_title: Edward Burgess (yacht designer) / Yacht Design
caption_attribution_description: Edward Dennison Morgan's centerboard schooner Constellation (Edward Burgess design, built in 1889 at the Henry Piepgras shipyard, NY). She was the largest iron yacht at launch. She is pictured here on August 10th, 1892 in the Marblehead, MA, race, which she won in her class. New York Times - Winners of the Gerry Cup races
context_page_description: Edward Burgess was an American yacht designer, born June 30, 1848 in West Sandwich, Massachusetts.
context_section_description: Several of his boats won fame in the waters of the eastern United States. He designed the largest steel hull schooner at the time Constellation for E.D. Morgan in 1889. In 1884, a committee of Bostonians selected him to design a large sloop yacht to represent the United States in a series of international races. From his designs, Puritan was built; she easily defeated Genesta (English) for the America's Cup in 1885.  This was a remarkable triumph in view of the fact that it was the first attempt of an American designer to solve certain shipbuilding problems to which Englishmen had given their attention for a score of years. 
  In 1886, his Mayflower, slightly larger than Puritan, led in the race with the English Galatea.  In 1888, Burgess' fishing schooner Carrie E. Phillips outdistanced four competitors in the fisherman's race held in Boston harbor.  His Volunteer won the America's cup against the Thistle in 1887. His other yachts included the Mariquita and Gossoon, both remarkably swift sloops designed to counter the success of the Clyde-built cutter Minerva (William Fife, 1888).  
  In his seven years of work as a yacht designer, Burgess designed 137 vessels, that included 38 cutters, 35 steam yachts, 29 catboats, 17 sloops, 11 fishing-vessels, 3 pilot-boats, 3 working-vessels, and 1 yawl. His  son William. Starling Burgess would follow him in his profession of yacht design.
caption: Constellation
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