August 1st, 2001

By Mark E. Pearson

After building thousands of sail-and powerboats under the Pearson name, and more for companies like Rampage, Alden yachts, Freedom, J-Boats and Alerion, my father, Everett Pearson, couldn't leave well enough alone. Instead, he encouraged and inspired the management of TPI Composites to take a close look at what the market was currently offering in family cruising boats, and challenged us to take a different, better approach.