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MERLIN at the Bradley & Waters Marine Railway
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The Wizards of Stony Creek

by Randall Peffer · Photographs by Tyler Fields

Synchronicity,” muses 70-year-old Jonathan “Johnny” Waters, sharing coffee from a thermos with his 34-year-old daughter, Emilie Waters Harris. It is late summer 2022, and we’re sitting in weathered wooden lawn chairs on the wharf at Bradley & Waters Marine Railway. It has been the Waters’s wharf since 1985, and their railway. It’s the last bit of working waterfront in the village of Stony Creek, nestled in Connecticut’s Thimble Islands.

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DANDELION
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Herreshoff Catboats

by Stan Grayson

My first visit to the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in the mid-1970s was memorable for many reasons. The collection of automobiles, steam and gasoline engines, locomotives, bicycles, and other objects ranged from marvelous to mind-boggling. But it was one particular surprise that remains foremost in my mind. During my wandering on what is said to be the world’s largest expanse of parquet flooring, I suddenly encountered, of all things, a catboat. There she sat in a well-fitted wooden cradle with a plaque identifying her as SPRITE, built by the Herreshoffs of Bristol, Rhode Island.

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Steve White
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The Remarkable Career of Steve White

by Tom Jackson

Even on a calm autumn morning, it’s hard to imagine that it was ever quiet at Brooklin Boat Yard. The yard has been a Maine boatbuilding institution since naval architect Joel White bought out his boatbuilding mentor, Arno Day, to found the business in 1960. Arno had found it all getting out of hand, too big, what with three employees in addition to himself and Joel. These days, the parking area fills in quickly in the morning with ten times that many boatbuilders, who nod their greetings as they arrive at work and the first machine noises inside break the morning stillness.

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Leo J. Telesmanick Championship Beetle Cat Regatta

The premier Beetle Cat regatta was started in 1980 to honor the longtime overseer of Beetle Cat production, Leo J. Telesmanick, and is the annual world championship for the type. It includes divisions for women, juniors, and old salts (over 50 years of age) in addition to the overall winner of the open class, which is emblematic of Beetle supremacy. Also at this regatta, the Chairman's Trophy is awarded. This trophy was established in 1964 by William H. Potter to generate enthusiasm in regatta participation by member clubs.

SKIMMER

Year Built
1984

Traditional plank-on-frame Beetle Cat built in 1984, the first year in which the coamings were book-matched. The Beetle Cat is one of the oldest one-designs still being constructed out of wood and actively raced.

PIXIE

Year Built
1936

Built in the original Beetle Boat builder’s shop in the winter of 1935-1936. This is believed to be the oldest Beetle Cat still sailing. Only 1 other older boat is known to still exist (built winter of 1934-1935), and it is in the collection of the Cape Cod Maritime Museum.

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Builder Name
Greg Clarke

Restored beetle cat type boat, new north sails, great shallow water boat, perfect for Florida waters.