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Type: Keel/Centerboard Ketch
SPELLBOUND Specifications:
LOA: 47’0″ / 14.32m – LOD: 44’0″ / 13.41m – LWL: 37’0″ / 11.27m – Beam 10’10” / 3.07m – Draft 3’9” / 1.18m (centerboard) – Hull Number: – Designer: Edmund A. Cutts – Original Owner: Abe Oberlin, New York, N.Y. – Current Owner: Cutts and Case, Inc – Year Launched: 1970 – Built By: Cutts and Case, Oxford, MD – Hull Material: Vertically framed, bronze strapped – Gross Displacement: – Documentation Number: 550570
Historical:
Edmund A. Cutts, friend and disciple of L. Francis Herreshoff, designed and built SPELLBOUND for Abe Oberlin of New York City.
Edmund A. Cutts, a self taught designer like the Herreshoffs and Stephens, and innovator of the Cutts method of yacht construction, built SPELLBOUND with no wooden keel. the centerboard casing is constructed out of bronze, resting on a gasket on top of the lead ballast. Vertically framed with bronze strapping brought well up from the garboards.
The resulting design is beautiful and timeless, and was featured in director Tom Dey’s 2006 Paramount Pictures movie FAILURE TO LAUNCH.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner/Guardian: (1970) Abe Oberlin, New York City.
Comments
Charlie Stahl – May 17, 2016
Fantastic sailing video! Heeled over and hauling ass!!! Way better viewing than the movie scene! Like the wheel design and would love to see below deck.