French & Webb “SADIE”
French and Webb hired me to convert Nat Herreshoff’s “Sadie” design to a computer-lofted set of hull lines, and to design a new, fixed keel to make her more stable. Yesterday the ballast, weighing exactly as predicted and fitting beautifully, was fitted to the hull. The deadwood, built in advance from the computer lofting, is waiting at the left and will go on next. Don’t worry… that ugly fairing at the sheer will soon give way to a lovely gold-leaf cove stripe, and the transom will get a varnished mahogany overlay.
