Monday, June 3, 2013

Winning Wright! | OffshoreOnly.com – Powerboating Online

As a kid growing up in Miami, Doug Wright’s love of surfing motivated him to move up to the Melbourne area of Brevard County (an East Coast mecca for surfing enthusiasts) when he was 18 years old. His quest to find the perfect wave led Wright to build the perfect surfboard, which he did for some 30 years.

His passion quickly changed gears when he attended his first offshore race several years ago. “I liked cat hulls for speed and safety,” Doug Wright explained. “That was the way to go. I thought since I was in the surfboard business it would be easy in the boat-building business. It was a million times more complex.” However, the soft-spoken Wright has worked his precision and aerospace-based expertise into one not-to-be reckoned with high-performance missile.  More; Winning Wright! | OffshoreOnly.com – Powerboating Online

Aerodynamics are a success factor in Doug Wright’s catamaran designs.
 
Source; Offshore Only

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