David S. Yetman

David S.Yetman has had great difficulty in deciding “what he wants to be when he grows up”. After dropping out of high school, he worked as a mechanic, sheet-metal fabricator, entrepreneur, real-estate broker, licensed optician, draftsman, designer and mechanical engineer, eventually becoming an engineering manager for a high-tech company before retiring. Along the way, he acquired several patents for things as diverse as motorcycle frames and laboratory apparatus used in DNA research.

The “Yetman” motorcycle frames – mostly for use in racing – that he designed and manufactured in the late 1960’s were quite radical in their day and are still much sought after by collectors and vintage motorcycle enthusiasts.

Retirement offered an opportunity to explore another of his interests, writing. He has since written four books and more than 200 magazine articles, mostly of a technical nature, all of them about boats and boating.

He and his wife, Pat, live in Maine and cruise the New England coast on their customized Albin Tournament Express convertible.