yacht for which Shepherd remains best known. Very typical of his designs was the Selina King, a 35' 6" (10.8m) Bermudian cutter built for Arthur Ransome in 1938. The yachts also include three built for military men: Maybird (1937, a 43' gaff ketch built for Lieutenant Colonel WCW Hawkes), Amokura (1939, a 50'6" Bermudian yawl built for Major (later Sir) Ernest Harston, ADC to Lord Mountbatten) and Glaramara (1947, a replica of Amokura's hull, rigged as a yawl, built for Naval officer Sir Philip Bowyer Smith). During this time Shepherd also acted as a marine surveyor. Retirement (1939–1969) By the late 1930s Shepherd had relocated his office to Kings Somborne in Hampshire, close to his favoured boat building yards White Bros (Southampton), Berthon Boat Company (Lymington) and AH Moody & Sons (Swanwick) Shepherd came out of retirement in 1946 to design, and supervise the build, of Glaramara. References External links Profile of Fred Shepherd as published by Maybird http://www.maybird.co.uk/maybird-history-provenance-shepherd.php Profile of Fred Shepherd as published by Amokura http://www.amokura.info/?p=1405 List of Fred Shepherd designed yachts http://www.amokura.info/?p=1444 Searchable NMMC register of boats with details of designers http://www.nmmc.co.uk/iframe/yachtdesigns.php Shepherd yacht Coral of Cowes http://www.coralofcowes.com/ Shepherd yacht Wayward http://www.wayward.fr/ Shepherd yacht Carrina http://www.carrinaclassics.com/ Shepherd yacht Maybird http://www.maybird.co.uk/ Shepherd yacht Amokura http://www.amokura.info/ Shepherd yacht Glaramara in the Spetses Classic Yacht Race http://www.classicyacht.tv/videos/play/a-greek-revival-spetses-classic-yacht-race-2013 Shepherd yacht Lively Lady http://www.livelylady.net/ 1869 births 1969 deaths British yacht designers Boat and ship designers