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Design 1959-C3 - Palmer Johnson 34
We have made numerous postings about this very successful design, the S&S 34. She is design #1959. We have had a number of confused buyers or owners inquiring about this particular version, the...
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Design 1930-C2 - Blithe Spirit
Originally launched as Gem, this interesting boat is actually a modified Freya Class boat. She was built by Cantiere Benello of Italy but was shipped to America for completion. The year was 1969.Her...
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Design 1106 - Ship to Shore Causeway
Elevation ViewIn 1953 Sparkman & Stephens was commissioned by the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks to prepare design studies of a Ship to Shore Causeway. Here were some basic parameters:a)...
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Design 2676 - Northwind 65
This is the largest of the boats designed for Northwind Yachts of Barcelona, Spain. The 65' was designed in 2001. Like the other Northwind models we designed the hull, rig, appendages, general...
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More About Ananda - Design 2390-C5
Back in April we posted an article about Ananda, the 50' sloop built by Carlini. A blog follower sent us these images. Here she is out of the water so you can get a good look at her shape. And a...
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Design 2648 - Zaca A Te Moana
Zaca A Te Moana was designed by Olivier van Meer, constructed of steel by the Amstel B.V. Shipyard of Holland and launched in 1992. She was designed along the lines of a traditional "Grand Banks"...
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2642-C1 - Gitana
Here's a nice aerial shot of Gitana (ex-Zingaro) with her new dark blue topsides and revised cockpit. When Zingaro was sold in 2008 her new owner asked us to redesign her cockpit for increased...
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Design 2556 - 105' IMS Cruiser/Racer
According to the files, this preliminary design as to be constructed of aluminum and designed to rate well under the IMS Rule as a cruiser/racer.Here is the general arrangement plan. It's a nice...
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Design 362 - 72' W.L. Cruiser
This preliminary design takes us back to 1940. As is often the case with these older designs that were not built we pulled these images from our microfiche files, so we apologize for the poor...
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1959-C2 - S&S 34 by Swarbrick
We have discussed the S&S 34 before and also the model licensed for sale in the United States, the Palmer Johnson 34. We don't know exactly how many of these popular boats have been built, only...
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Design 1701-C1 - Weekender
We have previously posted an article about the Rainbow Class, design #1701. Here we have a modified version, called the Weekender and also classified as a MORC racer. Here's the brochure.Aside from...
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Hull #021-Seamróige - Design 1710
Owners are starting to get back to us in response to our posting about design #1710 and the Swan 36. And we always like to hear from them. Here we have hull #021 of the Swan 36 class, s/y Seamróige....
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Design 355 - 49' W.L. Cruiser
This little cruiser was designed in 1940. Again, we pulled these scans from our micro fiche files so the quality is not great. Looking at the plan list I can easily tell she was never built as the...
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Impala - Design 1056
Our good friend Steve White of Brooklin Boat Yard was just over in Italy sailing on the beautiful classic yacht Impala, design #1056, built by A&R and launched in 1954. The image above was taken...
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Design 1780-C1 - Satanita
Satanita is a sister to the famous Firebrand, design #1780. She was built by Keith Atkinson of Auckland and launched in 1965. Looking at the plan list it appears the only change was the reverse...
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Design 1816 - Chelsea 46' Motoryacht
I happened to stumble upon this design the other day and it's one I had never seen before. This 46' wooden raised pilothouse motoryacht was designed in 1964 for Packanack Marine Corporation of Newark,...
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Design 1767 - Aquarius 40
Boo HooWe have posted about this well utilized and popular design before. As can be found in a previous posting, various boats were built of both wood and fiberglass to this design. For the purposes...
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Update on S&S 30
We continue to receive a lot of inquiries about the S&S 30 asking about the status regarding production. We are pleased to report that the hull tooling is complete and the deck tooling is nearing...
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Design 1710-C26 - Rumbuster
Last week we posted an article about hull #021 of the Swan 36 class, the beautiful s/y Seamróige. Here we have a wooden sister, Rumbuster, which is hull #026 of the entire lineup of design #1710 (this...
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Design 95 - Game Cock
Game Cock was designed by Nathaniel Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in 1925. She is an R-Class sloop. Her original sailplan was a Marconi rig with a headstay, but with no...
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