Michael William Langan, (Bill Langan), (June 9, 1955 – December 31, 2010) was an American yacht designer who practiced his trade inNew York City andNewport, Rhode Island. His designs, both as chief designer atSparkman & Stephens and later as the principal at Langan Design, numbered in the hundreds.
Having obtained his engineering degree atWebb Institute he was accepted for an internship at Sparkman & Stephens. Noticed byOlin Stephens he was hired shortly after his graduation, named in 1980 by Olin as chief designer, a position he held until his departure in 1996.[1]
In 1997 Bill set up his own Langan Design firm in Newport, RI which he ran until his death at the end of 2010, afterwards owned and operated by his former associates.[2]
Bill Langan was responsible for the design of hundreds of vessels of all sizes, including: