2027 Calendar of Wooden Boats

Captions are written by Matthew Murphy, and images are by one of the mostly highly regarded nautical photographers, Ben Mendlowitz. Opens to 12" x 24" January: Young Miss and Lady M.--46'6" x 10'10" Buzzards Bay 30 sloops, designed by N.G. Herreshoff, built by Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Bristol, Rhode Island, 1902. February: Chinook--59' x 14'5" New York 40 sloop, designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff, built by Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Bristol, Rhode Island, 1916. March: Lady Margaret--43' x 11' cabin launch designed and built by Dick Lang, Auckland, New Zealand, 1940. April: Dyon--52' x 12' sloop, designed by Bill Luders and Philip L. Smith, built by Luders Marine Construction, Stamford, Connecticut, 1924. May: Lewis R. French--64'6" x 19' coasting schooner, built by the French Brothers, Christmas Cove, Maine, 1871. June: Dorade--52'6" x 10'4" yawl designed by Sparkman & Stephens, built by Minneford Yacht Yard, City Island, New York, 1930. July: Wallace Foss--62' x 16'6" tugboat designed and built by Steven Barbare, Tacoma, Washington, 1897. August: Northern Crown--35'6" x 11'5" cutter, designed by K. Aage Nielsen, built by A. Walsteds Baadevaerft, Thuro, Denmark, 1956. Tender--9'6" x 4'4" Nutshell pram, designed by Joel White, built by Eric Dow, Brooklin, Maine, 1992. September: Araminta--33' x 8'6" ketch designed by L. Francis Herrshoff, built by Norman Hodgdon, East Boothbay, Maine, 1954. Bella--22'4" x 7'9" sloop designed by B.B. Crowninshield, built by Harold Bernard, Vineland, New Jersey, 2019. October: Peapod--13' x 4'4" double-ender designed by Havilah Hawkins, built by Jimmy Steele, Brooklin, Maine, 1986. November: Alabama--90' x 21' schooner designed by Thomas McManus, built by Pensacola Shipbuilding Co., Pensacola, Florida, 1926. December: Beaver--18'8" x 6' Buzzards Bay Sloop, designed by Capt. R.D. "Pete" Culler, finished by Grant Robinson, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1977.