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** ORIGINAL LISTING BROKER : Artisan Boatworks Inc. of Rockport, Maine ** DESCRIPTION :
1939 Concordia Motorsailer HURRICANE is a Concordia motorsailer, designed by Wilder B. Harris and built by the Casey Boatbuilding Company in Fairhaven, MA in 1938. She was named for the 1938 hurricane that devastated the New England coast and destroyed Waldos father Llewelyn Howlands beloved sailboat (Colin Archer double-ender ESCAPE) providing the impetus for the design of the first Concordia Yawl.
The cabin house profile, head to port galley-aft layout, the knotty pine paneling and cabinetry, offset drop leaf table, and heating/cookstove would all find their way into Concordia Yawl #1 Escape, (built concurrently at the Casey Yard in the winter of 38) and all the subsequent yawls.
HURRICANEs history is quite well documented. She was requisitioned by the Coast Guard in 1943, painted black and entered into service patrolling the New England coast for U-boats. After the war she was recommissioned as a yacht and had a number of owners living principally in York, ME and Manchester MA.
In 1994 HURRICANE was brought to Crockers Boatyard in Manchester, MA for a significant two-year refit, where she recieved a new glass over plywood deck, new transom, new rudder, rebuilt teak cockpit, and considerable frame, deck beam and planking replacement. She was repowered and all systems replaced.
In his well-known book A Life in Boats Waldo Howland says HURRICANE, has most of the good qualities of a cruising sailboat and of a displacement powerboat. In general, she has the easy motion, the seaworthiness, and much of the sailing ability of the former. At the same time, she has the lesser draft, the larger accommodations, and the greater powering efficiency of the latter. For certain requirements, HURRICANE is a complete and first-class unit. She is one of my favorites. |