W. I. B. (Bill) Crealock Interview about Cruising Yacht Design

An interview with Bill Crealock about Pacific Seacraft and cruising yacht design. This video was filmed in Port Townsend WA during a rendezvous of Pacific Seacraft Yachts sponsored by Seacraft Yacht Sales, of Seattle, WA.

[@jonnorousseau3096]

Great naval architect, he has a very pragmatic philosophy to yacht design and most certainly rates amongst the best designers of cruising yachts for sure, along with Bob Perry, Bruce Robert's, E G Van De Stadt, S&S Crealock designs are right up there without a doubt

[@Pasovineyard]

Sailed his design for 3 years. I arrived alive. The best.

[@jeffnewman8132]

I really enjoyed this video. It was very interesting to hear Mr. Crealock's philosophy on cruising boat design directly from him. He confirmed many of the notions that I had gathered in examining the design of the Pacific Seacraft Crealock boats over the years. It was interesting to hear a description directly from him regarding the purpose and function of many of the unique features of the Crealock designs and how these boats are designed for comfort and safety in an austere environment rather than for an immaculate showroom presence.

[@maxseacraft8910]

Thanks

[@fabiocaetanofigueiredo1353]

Mr. Crealock and Mr. Payne are the monsters of sailboat designing 👏

[@CngDelta757]

Currently sailing my Columbia 28 designed by him. What a rock hard and stable ocean going boat. His philosophy inspires me!

[@SVSeaChange]

Makes me so happy to have my 1989 PSC34!

[@swamprobin3291]

An interesting interview, with a thoughtful designer. Did anyone else notice a young Carol Hasse at 1:14? The perfect sail maker for a Crealock boat.

[@MrA1582000]

Swamp Robin immediately noted that

[@klausjensen9150]

Awesome , totally awesome . Thank you for this video . I actually think your approach to yacht design is timeless . When i look for another yacht , to replace mine , it is your theology that goes through my mind . Thank you for sharing .

[@whitevanman8703]

Fascinating, and I always imagined that W Crealock was American, a pleasure to discover that he was English.

[@philipritson8821]

Did not expect an English accent either!

[@BradTaplin]

Wonderful look back at why, for example, the Dana 24 and Flicka 20 remain wonderful catches several decades later.

[@catalinadude6218]

I want a Pacific Seacraft 37!

[@MrGreencheetah]

Fascinating! Wonderful gentleman!!!

[@SVSparklemuffin]

Definitely informative and enjoyable to hear his philosophies on design. My Cabo Rico 34 is one of his. :)

[@johnbucher2077]

Thanks for posting the video. I love my 37 for all the reasons stated.

[@maxheller123]

Thanks John, Max

[@elliowb2]

Really nice video. I have a Crealock 34 and love the vessel. Hearing some of Bill's thoughts about why he designed the boat in the way that he did are quite helpful. I can't wait to try out surfing down a large wave with her to see just how stable she is. Sounds like fun. I've sailed aboard a 100' crossing the Atlantic and we certainly did some surfing down large rollers. Thanks again for the video. Please add more if you have the footage.

[@maxseacraft8910]

Thanks for the note!

[@charlesfile4059]

Such a cool way of thinking Bill!

[@boblivingston4841]

Great to hear the designer of my Cabo Rico 38 very interesting.

[@anthonyputney7626]

I can’t wait to get a Dana.

[@williamhoskins7818]

Wonderfully entertaining, learn your lesson with a grin.😎

[@johnsherman7289]

My English friend (from Eirth) built both a Sopranino and a Black Soo over the family garage and sailed the 30 footer to America 5 times and finally to Australia where he sold her we decided a little bigger model would make sense, with auxiliary power. we picked up a Seagull for the Panama Canal, e n route to California,with a brief encounter with a tehuantepecer that the boat handled well enough, by the third day we were running under bare poles while dragging anything we could tie to the stern.The Seagull never ran again. Both Four Square (the 30'er) and Encore (the 36' version)self steered well with balanced transom hung rudders employing a vertical axis windvanewith a trim tab on the ss rudder.

[@johnschofield2818]

Lovely man. Lovely boats.

[@WestsailOwnersAssociation]

Thanks for publishing this inteview of WIB Crealock... is this copyrighted?

[@maxseacraft8910]

Yes, it is!

[@leslieroberts3308]

A true Class Act

[@johncano2594]

Does anyone know about the 57?

[@peterkoller3761]

when was this lecture filmed?

[@raynic1173]

I believe the almost unreadable blue type on black in the beginning said 1995. Also, Bill confirms my uneducated, subjective, yet studied, contemplated and inspection of production boats and real cruising boats. It maybe a case of preaching to the choir, but its hard to argue against. I have heard of boats getting holed, losing rudders and keels, prop and shafts getting damaged, being caught in gales for weeks at a time when crossing oceans. And although we have better and better weather forecasting the oceans and atmosphere are becoming less safe.

[@losttime4me]

You retire in your 20's and you work hard in the last part of your life, it's no good to work hard early and not be able to enjoy it later....wow, just wow.

[@jorglange2666]

There is some good advice here but the fiberglass boats are not lasting and have gotten worse and will turn to garbage even sooner then the overbuilt once from the 70s. Every bay in the Pacific NW is littered with abandoned boats and boat owners are being held accountable for clean up costs in BC now. Metal boats are free to recycle except hauling costs, wood rots away but fiberglass boats are cut, crushed and stuffed into bins to be hauled to the dump by the $/lb. Insurance is required to tie up at most docks and boating is getting too expensive for the common person. My wooden Atkin Ingrid has a cutter rig designed by Bill, times have changed!