Castine Yacht Club To Honor Concordia Yachts

Sailing between the moon and the stars, Concordia Yachts iconic trademark, designed by Waldo, son of Llewellyn
Howland, founder of Concordia Yachts, partnered with C. Raymond Hunt in 1932. In 1938 Llewellyn Howland commissioned the pair to design and build a racing, cruising sailboat that could withstand the choppy seas and stiff breezes of Buzzards Bay, the rest is history. With a total of 103 yachts built, 99 were constructed by the famous German Shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen. Making the Concordias the biggest class of large wooden sailboats ever constructed.

On July 31st at 1600 hrs at the Delano Auditorium, Maine Maritime Academy, 54 Pleasant St, Castine, ME, the Castine Yacht Club will honor the “Concordias” through a symposium including Doug Adkins, author of the definitive biography of Dorade (with foreword by Llewellyn Howland), who brought back from the ashes his Concordia, Coriolis; Queene Foster, author of Chapman Boating Etiquette, who now skippers Concordia Misty; Ben Mendlowitz, noted marine photographer and owner of Concordia Starlight; and Giffy Full, renowned wooden boat surveyor.