Eight Bells: Mark Ellis

Mark Ellis, 80, an American-Canadian naval architect, passed away recently in Essex, CT. He had moved to Essex many years ago after a long and successful design career in Oakville, Ontario, where he built his company Mark Ellis Design and established his design reputation.

Mark will be remembered as the designer of the Nonsuch line of Hinterhoeller-built cruising catboats, but his design portfolio included the Niagara line of cruising sloops also for Hinterhoeller, custom one-offs built by Bruckmann, as well as the Limestone line of deep-vee powerboats built by Hinterhoeller and Medeiros, and custom and semi-custom power cruisers built by Bruckmann, Holby Marine, and Freedom Yachts. – Full report