Wirth Munroe

Wirth Middleton Munroe (November 29, 1902 – October 21, 1968) was a North American yacht designer and son of Ralph Middleton Munroe.

Munroe was born at the Barnacle, now the Barnacle Historic State Park. In 1933 he married Mary Kimball Poore of Coral Gables and they had two children (William Middleton Munroe and Charles Poore Munroe). He was Commodore of the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club 1946–1947, a member of the North American Yacht Racing Union (NAYRU) 1936–1966, and the Cruising Club of America as well as Vice-Commodore of the Miami Proa Club. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Historical Association of Southern Florida (HASF) 1943–1966, and served as President of HASF in 1945.

Boat Designing

Wirth Munroe began designing boats at an early age. Some of his designs, for example the Sea Sailer class were put into mass production. Below is a list of some of the many boats he designed with the earliest known boat name and earliest known owner indicated.

Production boats Arco 33 Columbia 33 Caribbean Columbia 34

Sea Sailer 30' Boats

Boat name Alternative Name/s Official Number Earliest Known Owner Builder/s Where Built Launch Date Beadacious Blue Moon Robin Fung Hong Kong, B.C.C. Blue Moon Robin Fung Hong Kong, B.C.C. Encore Robin Fung Hong Kong, B.C.C. Fortune Cookie Puffin Three, B.C.C. Robin Fung Hong Kong, B.C.C. KYP KIP, North Star Robin Fung Hong Kong, B.C.C.

OffShore 30 Boats

Boat name Alternative Name/s Official Number Earliest Known Owner Builder/s Where Built Launch DateMaroa202Joseph RacicotRobin FungHong Kong, B.C.C1964 Vellela Wirth M. Munroe Robin Fung Hong Kong, B.C.C. 1964

Other Boats Designed by Wirth Munroe Boat name Alternative Name/s) Official NumberEarliest Known Owner Builder/s Where Built Launch Length Baloo Bravo (1973) 508466 R.B. Bobo Arco, Inc. Miami 1959 33' Blue Stream III Decision III (1960), Aquarius Dr. John T.MacDonald, M.Jack Rinehart, Sr. Richard Richard Miami 1948 39'11" Bonnie Doon Blanche ME Whitlock Glassco, Inc. Miami 1960 33'1" Cheeta 295309 Robery P Brake Dooley Glander Perrine, FL 1964 33' Chere 128158 Peter C. Keenan & Richard Walters Crystalliner S.E. Corp Miami Beach 1959 33- Comanche Jack Price Warren Bailey Miami 1956 39'6" Daisy 30' Delphinus 505797 Rear Admiral Robert J. Archer Robin Fung, Ltd. Hong Kong, B.C.C. 1966 29'10" Gaviota Consolidated 65' Gaviota II My Destiny (1960), Mogu John William Shillain Symonette Shipyard Nassau, Bahamas 1939 59' Island Belle Virginia Bell, Rebel 242440 Gingras Boat Works Cocoa, FL 1942 60' Jesting Glass Marine Ind. Inc. Costa Mesa, CA 1964 33'1" Ketch A Rainbow Mary B., Rainbow (1973) Carlos A. Capriles Miami S.B. Corp. Miami 1957 46' Laughing Gull Samuel A. Gayley Wirth M. Munroe Miami 1933 27'6" Patience Scott Rosen Pirouette Ralph Ryder, McKenna(?) of Philadelphia Romany 276271 Andrew J. Lavoie Miami S.B. Corp. Miami 1958 46' Sanctuary 1966 Sea Itch Fantail, Holiday Richardson Columbia 33'1" Sprite H.M.Sinclair Wirth Munroe 1959 27'6" Starlight 281400 Robert E. Russell Glassco, Inc Miami 1960 33'1" Surprise Gene Steffens Bast Boat Builders Okinawa 1960 Tabasco John W. Nixon Glassco, Inc. Miami Beach 1959 Tern Benjamin W. Guy, II Glassco, Inc. Miami 1960 33'1" The Golden Fleece Douglas & Martha Sager Glassco, Inc. Miami 1960 33'1" Tobi Wirth Munroe and Townsend Ludington Wirth Munroe Coconut Grove, FL 1937 25' Tonga Errol Flynn 75' Tranquility Southwind (1973) Carleton H. Endemann Robin Fung Ltd. Hong Kong, B.C.C. 1969 29'10" Traveler Arthur W. Crimmins Arthur W. Crimmins Miami 1950 29'11" Tropical Disturbance Wirth Munroe, Walter Croft, Sr. & Robert Lewis Vincere J. Afred Grow, Jr. Arthur W. Crimmins 1959 33'1" Un-Named Carrington Gramling (Attorney)

The Barnacle Historic State Park