The Martha’s Vineyard Catboat, Dell

Dell was launched on the Vineyard the day before Hurricane Irene. I wasn’t able to make it, but here are some shots from that day.

Recent project, Re-“forming” the Newport Catboat Falcon

Mark Sutherland approached me this past Spring to see if we could recover the actual form of a Newport catboat with an interesting history. The 25′ Catboat Falcon was lost off Brenton Reef in a summer thunder-squall at the turn of the Twentieth Century. Two lives were lost, an older brother passing the bowsprit to