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Building the 34' Daysailing/Cruising Sloop designed by David Ryder-Turner AMORE.
We enjoyed building a really lovely 34' daysailing/cruising sloop designed by David Ryder-Turner (see Two Yawls in "New Classic Yacht Construction"). David has drawn exceptionally good looking yachts that have been very fast. His specialty is drawing yachts in the William Fife style, and he does this extremely well. As David has catalogued the Fife plans collection, he is a leading expert on Fife's designs. Fife was the Praxiteles of yacht designers. His yachts were very fast as well. This 34' sloop design is reminiscent of Fife's double-ended 50' EVENLODE built for Colin Ratsey and the lovely the 72' LATIFA. |
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Building the new Skira 52' Classic Motor Yacht ACADIA.
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Restoration of the 62' double-ended "N" Class sloop SERENADE. Designed by Nick Potter, SERENADE was built in 1938 by Wilmington Boatworks. She was built for violinist Jascha Heifitz who kept her in Newport Beach. One of Heifitz's great friends was Humphrey Bogart who learned to sail on SERENADE. Other celebrity owners of SERENADE include Jacques Cousteau and Zsa Zsa Gabor. Learn about all the details relating to the SERENADE Restoration Project. |
Restoration of the 59' LOD Herreshoff New York Yacht Club 40 MARILEE. MARILEE, featured in the August 2001 issue of Classic Boat magazine and already the winner of many prestigious regattas, can be viewed on-line including many photos taken during construction. Learn about all the details relating to the MARILEE Restoration Project. |
Restoration of the 52' Nick Potter designed 8 Meter ANGELITA. ANGELITA was built in 1928 at Wilmington Boatworks in California. She won the Olympics in 1928. Learn about all the details relating to the ANGELITA Restoration Project. |
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For our numerous other boatbuilding and restoration projects, we we offer dozens of photographs. We hope this display of a wide range of projects conveys a sense of our craftsmanship and dedication to the preservation of classic boat designs. Visit our page of THUMBNAIL PHOTOS and descriptions, which when clicked on, will provide a larger photo of the selected boat.
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 A 33' L. Francis Herreshoff ketch under sail on her sea trials. |
ACADIA was designed in the commuter style of the 1920's, but is intended to be used both as a day boat to accommodate a party of the owners' family and friends, and as a cruising boat for the owners to go off by themselves alone or with another couple.