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IDA
Year Built:
1895
IDA was built by the Bailey Bros in New Zealand in 1895 & was originally owned by the Commodore of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Club in Auckland. She has a triple planked Kauri hull and still possesses her gaff rigged configuration.
PISCATAQUA
Year Built:
2011
Between 1690 and 1900, flat-bottomed cargo barges called gundalows dominated the waters of the Piscataqua region. Captain Edward H. Adams (1860–1950), the builder and captain of the Fanny M, the last commercial gundalow, worked hard to generate concern about the health of Great Bay Estuary.
Pilot Schooner 28
Designer
Reuel B. Parker
Swansea Pilot Schooner, flush-decked cruiser, based on the earliest type (late 18th/early 19th century). This vessel is intended for open ocean cruising.
Sea Bright 38
Designer
Reuel B. Parker
Parker Marine Enterprises—Sea Bright 38Length Over All: 37′ 11”Beam: 10′ 6″Draft: 2′ 4″Displacement: 9,500 lbs, half-laden (approximate)Power: Yanmar 4JH4HTE (110 hp int/99 hp cont)Water: 200 gallonsFuel: 200 gallonsAccommodations: Sleeps four in double V-berth and two settee berths.
ELLEGNO
Year Built:
1964
My boat is a 34′ gaffer, built in Italy in 1964 by the boat builder Mario Scipione, in his boat yard in Lazio.It’s maiden name was NORMA, changed to La DOMINANTE and again to ELLEGNO. The previouse owner had semi-abandoned her in a canal near Venice (Italy) where I found her purchesed and starte