MIRACLE is an International Marine 35 Sloop of 1961 that’s been kept in sailing condition and is ready for use without a major restoration. She’s in decent shape, but the owners say a new engine and sternpost are among her needs. They’ve owned MIRACLE for 25 years and cared for her themselves, so are in a position to know. She’s just under 35' overall with a 10' beam and 4' 8" draft (centerboard raised). She was built in Honshu, Japan, with a double-planked hull of mahogany on Japanese oak frames.
After growing up racing Six-Meter sloops and moving up right after World War II to a 20-year ownership of a big keel racing sloop, Commodore Henry S. Morgan commissioned this lovely centerboard motorsailer to become his third yacht named DJINN . She remained under Morgan ownership for two decades, always admired for being well run and beautifully maintained. It’s evident from her generous rig and outside steering station that Morgan was a sailorman at heart. For her type, this boat is way more sail than power.
WINSOME WOMAN is a 37′ Royal Lowell-designed and -built lobster yacht. She has always been a pleasure boat and was built in Yarmouth, Maine, in 1954. Her accomodations for two are spartan, but there's full headroom under her trunk cabin in which reside a V-berth, a propane stove, sink, head, icebox, and freshwater tank. Her cockpit is self-bailing and there are two 80-gallon fuel tanks under it.
The boat was last used in 2008 but has been covered winters since then.
This 34′ William Atkin Tally-Ho Major cutter would be, according to Maynard Bray, a “go-anywhere boat” once refurbished. We understand that STARCREST has new owners as of September 2012 and is now in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
This 29′ Hinckley 21 sloop is one of 20 of the Alden/Alberg-designed keel sloops built by the Hinckley company following World War II. In Fall 2012, Maynard Bray received word that she has been destroyed.
This 34′ Pete Culler liveaboard ketch was built by Concordia Co. in 1971 for a man who wanted to live aboard year-round in New England waters, and be able to sail the boat, by himself, in season.
Since appearing in Save a Classic, PLOVER has a new owner and is poised to have her transom and stem replaced this year. Her owner reports that he will do the work on PLOVER himself at home, where he has a woodworking shop. When PLOVER is restored, her owner plans to live aboard, cruise for a year, and then to take stock.
DANDELION (Hull No. 713) ia 35′ Cheoy Lee Lion-class sloop, designed by Arthur Robb and built in 1959. When she appeared in WB No. 220's Save a Classic, she was in Clearwater, Florida, and in need of a total restoration.
PHOENIX (Hull No. 1,820) was built in 1918 and was the last of the 32′ Elco Cruisettes to emerge from Elco's yard in Bayonne, New Jersey. When she appeared in Save a Classic (WB No. 221), she had been with the same owner for more than 35 years and was partway through a first-class and exceptionally thorough restoration.
On September 10, 2012, we received word from FROLIC's owners, Dale and Lynn Cottrell, that "after going down to where FROLIC was being stored and looking at her pictures we (very foolishly, probably) decided we have to rebuild her. So thank you for your effort and we will keep you posted on her journey."
This 53′ Sweisguth schooner, listed in WB No. 158, is nearly restored after 10 years, and was recently sold to the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
