Charles D. Mower Collection

433 sheets, representing 107 designs. Charles Drown (C. D.) Mower (1875-1942) of New York was a noted yacht designer and author, who was at one time design editor of the Rudder magazine and a contributing author to Motor Boating magazine. From 1895 to 1899 he studied yacht design with Arthur Binney and later Bowdoin B. Crowninshield. In 1911 he began a partnership with Thomas D. Bowes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and during World War I he served as a lieutenant commander in the Construction Corps, Naval Reserve. After World War I Mr. Mower worked alone and in partnership as Mower and Humphries Ltd. He also was a chief naval architect at Henry B. Nevins, City Island, New York, and in 1937 was associated with the office of Nelson & Reid, Inc. He was official measurer of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, the Cruising Club of America, and the New York Yacht Club. The dates of these plans range from 1889 to 1939 and include his original drawings for yachts in power and sail, sloops, yawls, cat boats, schooners, ketches, cutters, and power launches. Some one-design classes are included, as well as vessels published as "How To Build" designs in Rudder magazine.

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