GMT designed and built our latest carbon PowerFurl boom in a unique collaboration with the boat owner. It isn’t very often we are approached by an owner who not only built their own boat, but also did most of the design work. Jon and Anne Lathrop are seasoned sailors who wanted to be able to comfortably sail their custom 39’ boat well into retirement, and a GMT PowerFurl boom will help them do just that.
It was clear from the start with Jon and Anne that they new what they wanted, and an off-the-shelf solution wasn’t going to cut the mustard. When asked why they chose to work with GMT, Jon told us that we took him seriously from the start, and showed we were willing to work with him to get it right. It also didn’t hurt that an old friend who had been in the boat building business a long time told Jon that “they [GMT] deliver sound product that is well engineered.”
Thanks to a well thought out approach by both GMT engineering and the Lathrop’s, the PowerFurl Boom made a fantastic addition and fit the aesthetics of the boat perfectly.