Chuck and Dan test fit the carlin
I stopped by to see Dan Shea in Bristol. He’s building a nice new Nat Herreshoff designed 20-footer but nearest to my heart is the fact that he has not one but two H-12’s in the shop for restoration. If you’re in Rhode Island you really should stop in and visit him in his shop on Burnside St. in the Herreshoff complex.
“SHOULD’A STAYED AT HOME
This painting is my remembrance of my first design, FRANCES. I sailed her singlehanded to the Newport Boat Show in 1975 and because it was so well received I was able to start my career as a yacht designer. On the way back I got around Cape Ann and the wind began to come on hard from the southeast. I was tired and thought I’d try to get into Newburyport and when I got there the tide was ebbing through the breakwaters that protect the Merrimac River bar, creating a barrier of some formidable breakers that I had to get through. I made it, obviously. This painting is one of the results, and as of this weekend it has found a new and happy home. It will grace the main bulkhead of Apogee 50, Hull numer 8, and I’ll be proud to have her there.
I’m washed up now as a yacht designer, but I can still paint. Have a look at my “other” website www.painefineart.com and tell me what you think.