Castine Celebrates Maine Builders Castine, Me. — Marilee, a 49’ Herreshoff NY-40 built in 1925 sailed by Andrew Parente, led the fleet in the nineteenth annual Castine Classic Yacht Race to Camden sponsored by the Castine Yacht Club. The Castine event kicked off three days of classic boat racing, culminating in the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta. …
Bristol Channel pilot cutters are generally seen as the most successful fore and aft rigged boats built during the age of sail. Read also “Pilot Cutters Under Sail” (Tom Cunliffe, Seaforth Publishing 2013)
Sampson Boat Co – This episode, I work on turning an enormous lump of Purpleheart Timber into a new Keel for the historic sailing vessel, Tally Ho. I make a plywood pattern from the old keel, then plane the surfaces of the new wood, before using a custom chainsaw jig to cut the rolling bevels. …
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Annapolis City Council unanimously approves resolution in support of keeping the National Sailing Hall of Fame in Annapolis. The Annapolis City Council yesterday unanimously approved Resolution 38-13, introduced by Mayor Gavin Buckley, Alderwoman Elly Tierney and Alderwoman Rhonda Pindell Charles, formally expressing the suppport of the City of Annapolis in retaining the National Sailing Hall …
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Removing the Keel Timber / Bolting the Scarph. Support Leo Sampson – This episode, I drive the 3000 miles back to Tally Ho from South Georgia, where Steve Cross has been milling Live Oak for me. I bed and bolt the 6’ Scarph in the new keel timber, and …
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