Professional sailor James Dreyer has his work cut out with
two restoration projects. Pictured top is the 34ft (10.4m)
Rhodes 33 yacht Therapy, designed in 1938 for the waters
of southern California. Some 43 were built, but only three
are left sailing with three in restoration and one waiting.
James found her on a May trip stateside and aims to
restore the yacht and bring her home to his native New
Zealand, where he is also owner (with brother Michael) of
the 1949, Luders-built 33ft 2in (10.1m) sport fi sher Laughing
Lady. She is of strong double-planked mahogany on oak
and is being restored at the Whangetau Boatyard.USA
Round-up from Maine buildersC/O THE OWNER CB ARCHIVESC/O JAMES DREYER (AND ABOVE)
The boatbuilders of America’s northeasternmost state have been as busy
as ever, a recent report suggests. Arabesque, the cold-moulded 50ft
(15.1m) Friendship-inspired sloop listed in our Awards shortlist won two
awards in autumn at the Newport International Boat Show: Best New
Sailboat Over 30ft (9.1m) and Best Overall Sailboat no less.
Congratulations to builder Rockport Marine.
John’s Bay Boat Company of South Bristol has fi nished planking a new,
traditionally-built 42ft (12.8m) motor yacht, with 14ft (4.3m) of beam
and a 500bhp Cummins diesel.
The schooner Harvey Gamage (below) has come to the end of a major,
14-month rebuild at Portland Yacht Services and is ready to sail to Cuba.
Richard Stanley of Bass Harbor has spent the autumn making repairs to
the 1947 Bunker & Ellis motoryacht Delight (hull number three) and now
has a Bunker and 36 in the ‘shop’. She has had her transom replaced and
work continued on the framing as we went to press.
Six River Martine in North Yarmouth is busy planking the interior of a
46ft (14m) bridgedeck cruiser, after having replaced the backbone. They
plan to fi nish the planking soon and start on the interior.A 71-year-old Briton who has been building and rigging boats in Indonesia for the last 18 years has hit the buff ers with his latest
project, a strip-planked replica of Fife III’s 1897-built 36ft linear rater Pen Duick 1 (originally named Yum). Michael Johnson produced
new construction drawings for building in strip-plank, and supervised the build of the hull, but the owner has now abandoned the
project. The gaff cutter, is 50ft (15.1m) on deck and part of the Pen Duick series that Eric Tabarly is so vividly associated with. The
original Pen Duick 1 was Eric’s fi rst boat when his father gave her to him as a project. Eric wrapped her rotting body in GRP and
sailed her for many years. She’s the yacht that Tabarly was sailing in 1998 when he fell overboard to his death in the Irish Sea.
If you are interested in taking on this project, email Michael at [email protected]INDONESIA
New owner sought for Pen Duick 1 replica
NEW ZEALAND
Power and sail