embrace her? Successful yacht design is ultimately a blend of art, engineering and luck. Recently I had an inside pass to Sea Ray's Product Development & Engineering facility (PD&E) and learned how ... Bucaccio's team is thinking out of the box, PD&E's engineering team is developing it. With a hull form ...

in marine engineering from the New York Maritime College, Tom shipped out on the SS Independence as third engineer. He completed the Westlawn yacht design program in his off-duty hours. When he came ashore in Mystic, Conn., he took a day job as an engineer at Electric Boat designing submarines ...