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WoodenBoat School’s course, Elements of Sailing, is intended as basic instruction for those new to sailing.
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WoodenBoat School’s course, Elements of Sailing, is intended as basic instruction for those new to sailing.
In 1978, a standard 39′ Concordia yawl named BABE won the MHS Division (the new Measurement Handicap System, developed in 1978 by MIT to measure and handicap racing boats, including older boats) of the renowned Newport-Bermuda Race. As one of the smallest boats ever to win that challenging 630-mile ocean race, she added an important chapter to the glory and appreciation of a much-loved class of wooden boat.
Jaakko Toiviainen found in fall 2021 a neglegted Haven 12,5 bare hull in the corner of the boat h
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2006 gaffed rigged Melonseed built from Smithsonian/Chapelle offsets.
Veey fine condtion and working 4 bore breech loader, with shell box and accessories. $17,000.