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What a turnout and what a variety of boats this year at the Traditional Small Craft Association’s Small Reach Regatta, held in Brooklin, Maine.
Distinctive racing yawls, tracing a long lineage to Devon coastal workboats, have been racing off the English town of Salcombe for generations. Here, the revolutionary NUFFIN (Y141), the boat that precipitated a split of the development class into two divisions in the 1980s, leads the fleet. Close behind are ANOTHER DILEMMA (Y173), FIRECREST (Y187), and SPRUCE GOOSE (Y177). All four boats were designed by Phil Morrison and sail in the Red Fleet, created after NUFFIN was built.
After significant rebuild in '97-'98, daysailing and Master Mariners racing in San Francisco Bay.
Handcrafted, Wooden, 30,000 hours of making Remote Control Ship with 5 Sails and 2 Motors Powered
Wood composite construction, professionally built, beam 8 feet, draft 16 inches.
