After all, there are several volumes on ship design along with plenty of other texts he authored at his Annapolis home.
There also are lots of models of well-known vessels he designed, like Pride of Baltimore I and II, Lady Maryland and Seawind - the first fiberglass boat to circumnavigate the globe.
Gillmer died Wednesday at age 98 after a lengthy illness, but his influence lives on.
"A lot of people, when they leave this world, want to leave a legend behind," said his son, Charley Gillmer of Reedville, Va. "I'm...
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