W
e don’t usually include sailboats in these reports, but the picture of Anthem in her new colors was so pretty I couldn’t resist. Rappahannock Yachts in Irvington, VA, completed an update of a Carl Alberg designed 1981 Cape Dory Typhoon daysailer which included removing all the old paint above the waterline, fairing the hull, applying four top coats and two polished clear coats of Awlgrip, and
installing new teak toe rails, rub rails with bronze rub strakes, and a custom taffrail. The bottom was sprayed with Interlux Baltoplate and polished. Bruce Sanders commented, “Anthem has always been fast and now she also looks fantastic. The Rappahannock Yachts team is proud to have helped her owner win the Cape Dory Typhoon National Championship for the fourth time. The Rappahannock River Yacht Club Typhoon Fleet is the
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The partially complete hull of the draketail Pintail upside down in the shop at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels shows the complex structure of her graceful reverse, round transom.
The 1981 Alberg Typhoon Anthem shows off her new colors At Rappahannock Yachts in Irvington, VA.
most active in the nation with more than 50 Typhoons on Carter’s Creek.” rryc.org/sailing/typhoon-racing.
George Hazzard (R) of Wooden Boat Restoration in Millington, MD points out some of the construction details of Barn Find, a 1951 Old Town runabout. Photo by Rick Franke
Boat Auc tion
Isn’t it time to
Simplify Beauty
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD
and enjoy the
Labor Day Weekend – Saturday, September 3, 2016
on the water?
“We love our new boat! This is big water, and she handles it perfectly.” Tom Gregory OceanCity, MD
16’ Amesbury Dory
Auction begins at 11am
PREVIEW: Sept. 1 & 2, 9am-5pm Gates open 8am; Tag sale 9am; Auction 11am; Beer & BBQ 10:30am
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