Philip Hercus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Philip Hercus

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1942

Place of Birth: New Zealand

Date of Death: 03-Sep-2017

Profession: businessperson

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Philip Christian Hercus AO BSc (20 December 1942 in New Zealand – 3 September 2017) was a naval architect and marine vessel designer in Sydney Australia. He left New Zealand to attend the faculty of engineering at the University of New South Wales, Australia where in 1967 he gained a Bachelor of Science (Technology) degree in naval architecture.
In 1977), he formed a partnership, namely International Catamaran Pty Ltd designing and building catamarans in Hobart, Tasmania.
This combination of Philip Hercus and Bob Clifford made significant advances in fast powered catamaran technology culminating in the introduction of wave piercing catamarans. Early in 1988, the shipyard partnership was mutually terminated and a design-only company, International Catamaran Designs Pty Ltd (renamed Incat Designs (Sydney)) was formed as part of the Hercus Marine Group. The other partner Robert Clifford then commenced designing and building under a new company, Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd. Incat Designs (Sydney) and Crowther Designs merged in 2005 becoming Incat Crowther.
The key staff from both organizations were maintained with Brett Crowther as Managing Director, Ben Hercus as Commercial Director, Andrew Tuite as Technical Director and Philip Hercus taking the role of Senior Adviser. Hercus died in September 2017