Price reduced to $30,000. This collaboration between Starling Burgess, Francis Herreshoff, and Frank Paine is well known as a high performance, extremely comfortable, day sailing/racing, classic sloop. Conceived as a long waterline, low displacement 30′, these boats sail like a dream and perform like boats designed more recently. In 2021 this boat was completely reframed but the scantlings of her structure were boosted to make her stronger. Additionally, her backbone, keel, and forekeel were replaced. The small interior, a U-berth and lockers, remain to be fitted to a new owner’s requirements. Length 30′ 6″, length at water line 24′, beam 6′6″, sail area 324 sq. ft. Planking is mahogany, frames are white oak, locust, and live oak, backbone made of angelique, and she is fastened in bronze.

Custom built cruising sailboat constructed with a 1 1/8″ thick spruce, edge nailed, strip-planked and West epoxy/10oz fiberglass hull and plywood and West epoxy/fiberglass decks and cabin. 35.5′ LWL, 12′ 2″ beam, 6′ draft, 25,000 pound displacement including 8750 pound lead external ballast with 1″ bronze keel bolts.

“AURA III” is a very comfortable, heavy displacement, cruising boat with lots of upgrades and well thought-out systems and features.Recent 06/2023 survey. 

Located in Kittery Point, ME. $49,500.

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Please contact if you have or know of any Faerings for sale or in need of new home. I’m a collector of these and just enlarged my storage barn to take more on as well as display. Thank you.