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s/v lefty, s/v sarah belle, s/v marsh hawk
The website of the sailing vessel Lefty, my first boat, and the website of the sailing vessel Sarah Belle, my second
boat..
And my new boat, the Marsh Hawk
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| NY 30s at Belfast Harbor. |
Update: June 2008
French and Webb, master boatbuilders of Belfast Me, have restored three Herreshoff New York 30s, and on Sunday had a
simultaneous three-boat launching party. I loaded up the Marshhawk and with my son David, daughter Madeleine, and niece Lily
for crew, got underway early at Searsport boat ramp and rowed south toward Moose Head, hoping for a breeze. It soon came and
by the time we got to Belast we were flying along under reefed main alone. We sailed to the dock and tied up, and I sent the
crew ashore for grub, as we'd forgotten our provisions in the car at Searsport. A great crowd had gathered for the occasion,
and three ladies smashed champagne bottles on the bowsprits at the same time, to much applause. Abby came and picked up the
little ones, and Madeleine and I sailed back to Searsport, Madeleine steering, and me napping in my bunk below. We hauled
out just before a thundersquall broke over the bay, and so avoided getting wet for once.
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