Bruce Farr

Bruce Farr
OBE
Farr in the 1980s
Born
Bruce Kenneth Farr

1949 (age 75–76)
Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationYacht designer

Bruce Kenneth Farr OBE (born 1949 in Auckland) is a New Zealand designer of racing and cruising yachts. Farr‑designed boats have won, challenged for, or placed highly in the Whitbread Round the World Race, America's Cup, and Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, among others.

Farr's services to yacht design were recognised in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, when he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He currently lives near Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

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