Richard Hokin. L-M 2

- Who can forget the most iconic photos ever taken of a sailboat racing the S.O.R.C in the

Gulf Stream?

TYD#744. The reason that I brought the subject up is because I just received, through social media a 

message from Richard Hokin, the original owner of this 38ft. aluminum I.O.R racer and built by 

Palmer-Johnson.in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

- Text: It's been a while but recently I was looking at an old posting on Steve Dashew's website and saw 

a comment that you had made around the time Steve and Linda announced their retirement.

- Thought you might be interested to know that after being dormant for about 40 years, Wendy and I

have resurrected the Love Machine name for our current boat. an FPB 64. This time number 7. Hope

all's well with you. Thanks for helping start a very healthy, benign, and rewarding addiction.

 Jean- Marie Finot.

Born in 1941, Deceased April 2, 2025.

- Disparition de Jean-Marie Finot, un grand dans l'hemisphere de l'architecture navale.

-Practically, born to be at the beginning of the boom de la "plaisance en France" and on a very large 

scale, with tens of thousands of boats built to his designs. 

- Also the first I believe, to use computers as drawing tools to develop Naval Architecture for 

pleasure boats.

- If you are interested in Yacht Racing, it is hard to forget Revolution.

Mini-mini-Mo.

                                                                        TYD#450.

-  6m. 19'-8" L.O.D, the smallest boat, that I would ever consider going offshore on.

- Plywood Model with cruiser roof. Retractable keel.

Camper & Nicholsons.

 TYD#831.

- A collaboration with Camper & Nicholsons in the year of 1983, to develop a Design for a client. 

- A little bit of history, in 1983 when this project was started, so did Perini Navi, in Italy. The vision of large sailing Yachts is in sight and opportunities began to loom on the horizon. 

- At the same time, Ed Dubois is also contacted to offer a preliminary proposal to the client; amongst others I presume.

- To make a long story short, Ed Dubois ended up with the contract with the launching of Aquel in 1985, he was on his way to the Stratosphere World of the Mega Yachts segment of the Yachting World. And very successful until the end of his life at the age of 63, far too early to die.

- To get back to our approach, the 150' Schooner project was probably too ambitious, and more expensive to build at the C&N shipyard in England. At 122',  Aquel had to be less costly being constructed in New-Zealand. 

- With a favorable exchange rate at the time, that boat started a trend of building large sailing yachts in that country, many penned by Ed Dubois.