2021年12月8日 · Born in the Philippines to a career U.S. Army officer, Robert Park Beebe launched his lifelong love affair with the sea by graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1931. He was fascinated by naval architecture.

2021年12月9日 · The historic Robert Beebe-designed Passagemaker was the culmination of a gallant quest for an ocean-crossing cruising powerboat. Built in Singapore in 1963 of 1¾-inch Burmese teak planking and chengal frames, Passagemaker, for many cruising enthusiasts, stood as a beacon of revolutionary boat design and workmanship.

2021年11月4日 · It’s been more than half a century since Capt. Robert Beebe launched his revolutionary 50-footer, Passagemaker, introducing the concept of the long-range offshore cruising powerboat. In 1975, having put more than 60,000 nautical miles under Passagemaker ’s hull, Beebe penned his seminal book Voyaging Under Power , which nearly overnight ...

In 50,000 miles of cruising, his 'Passagemaker' has set a new style in yachts. Retired U.S. Navy Captain Robert P. Beebe has spent most of his 58 years in, on, under and around the water. He...

2023年6月19日 · The historic Robert Beebe-designed Passagemaker was the culmination of a gallant quest for an ocean-crossing cruising powerboat. Built in Singapore in 1963 of 1¾-inch Burmese teak planking and chengal frames, Passagemaker, for many cruising enthusiasts, stood as a beacon of revolutionary boat design and workmanship.

Blueprints and original plans drawn and collected by Captain Robert P. Beebe for traditional small craft, especially sharpies and canoes, and ocean-going passagemakers. Born in 1909 in the Philippines to a United States Army officer, the only constant in Captain Robert P. Beebe’s early life was his interest in boats.

Before he died in 1988, Robert Beebe designed more than 150 vessels, none more famed than his 67th design which he built for himself and named Passagemaker. Let's toast Robert Beebe and the original Passagemaker!

2016年5月20日 · Captain Beebe worked as an amateur yacht designer throughout his naval career and contributed extensively to Rudder, Yachting and other maritime publications. His early work in the 1940’s and 1950’s consisted of mainly traditional craft, especially sharpies and …

we explore the pioneering life of Robert Beebe, catamaran cruising, electrical parasites (yes, your boat has them), and more.