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| The Murray Burns & Dovell partnership
was forged in the technology blast furnace of the
America’s Cup in 1989 and went on to play
central roles in the design and campaign of two
America’s Cup Programs. MBD has made an undeniable
mark in the yachting world.
Our designs are known for their signature sea-worthiness,
elegant lines and blistering performance. The
accelerated learning curve of America’s
Cup keeps us well positioned for cutting edge
design of both high performance custom and production
racing yachts. Specialising in racing yachts,
we have forged forward into breakthrough performance
technologies yet have still managed to have Thirteen
of our designs offered as production.
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IAIN MURRAY, A.M.
Iain’s natural feel for design was
clearly evident even from his early years
in the 18’ skiff class in Sydney where
he won an unprecedented six out of six world
titles; in boats he both designed and built.
From the skiffs Iain moved quickly on to
bigger boats claiming several titles along
the way including an Etchells World Title
in 1984, the 12m World Championships in
1987, the Match Racing World Championship
in 1987, and the Maxi-Boat World Championship
in 1988.
Iain’s role in the MBD office today
is as Project Overseer and Adviser. Iain
is often involved in establishing the design
concepts in the early stages of design development
and in making the concepts work once the
boats are on the water. |
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ANDREW DOVELL, ME (NA)
A Masters Graduate of Naval Architecture
from the University of California at Berkeley,
Andrew has been an acknowledged worldwide
leader in technical yacht design for the
past 15 years. Over these years his skills
have been honed with his involvement in
5 America’s Cups; serving as Designer
of Record for the last 3 challenges. Andrew
moved to Australia in 1989, drafted by Alan
Bond to bring tank testing technology to
Australia.
In the MDB office Andrew’s role is
typically as Project Leader and Principal
Naval Architect. |
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IAN BURNS, BME (Hons)
A Mechanical Engineering Honours Graduate
from Sydney University, Ian has been working
and sailing with Iain Murray since the mid
eighties. Ian has combined a career as a
top level navigator with hands on technical
experience that is unrivalled in Australia
today. Ian has been involved in the last
5 America’s Cups serving as both a
structural engineer in the design team and
as a navigator on the racing yachts.
Ian is currently on leave from MBD and
is working as Design Co-ordinator for the
ORACLE challenge for the America’s
Cup 2007.
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