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PARADE OF SAIL
CAMDEN CLASSICS CUP PARADE OF SAIL
Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 10 AM
Don't miss the spectacle of the 2026 Fleet parading around Camden's Inner Harbor! Great viewing from anywhere in the harbor. The Public Landing will have guest commentators broadcasting the Parade.
Racers! Dress Ship! Costumes! Battle Flags! All CCC Participants Welcome!
If you haven't already, please fill out the form below by July 23rd. This info will be given to our special guest commentators who will be broadcasting to the crowds from the Wharf at Lyman-Morse.
Questions regarding Parade of Sail? Email Scott Layton: scott@lymanmorse.com
Note: If you have participated in the Parade of Sail in previous years please return form with Vessel Name and any new info. If you like, attach a new hi-res photo as well.
CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT THE PARADE OF SAIL FORM
THE FLEET!
Vintage Division
Black Watch
Vessel Owner: Black Watch Alliance
Captain and Crew: Kyle Dufur and
Max Petrushonis
Builder: Sparkman & Stephens
Year Launched: 1938
Vessel Type: Yawl
Built to race offshore for Rudy Schaefer of the Schaefer beer company. Was used in “the
hooligan Navy” during WWII as a patrol boat. Served as training ship TABOR BOY for Tabor
Academy. Owned by a surgeon in Larchmont for 51 years prior to being restored in 2006 to
return to ocean racing and classic yacht competition.
Captain and Crew: Kyle Dufur and
Max Petrushonis
Builder: Sparkman & Stephens
Year Launched: 1938
Vessel Type: Yawl
Built to race offshore for Rudy Schaefer of the Schaefer beer company. Was used in “the
hooligan Navy” during WWII as a patrol boat. Served as training ship TABOR BOY for Tabor
Academy. Owned by a surgeon in Larchmont for 51 years prior to being restored in 2006 to
return to ocean racing and classic yacht competition.
GLEAM
Vessel Owner: Gleam LLC
Captain and Crew: Andy Tyska, Dennis Gunderson.
Builder: 12 Meter
Year Launched: 1937
Vessel Type: 12mR
LOA – 69’
Designed by renowned naval architect Clinton Crone os his own rocing yacht, Gleam
enjoyed a very successful eorly coreer as a12Metre thoroughbred winning regattas from NYC to
Newport. later in her career, when the 12M design became the designated Americas Cup Class,
Gleam served as a “trial horse” for numerous local and international campaigns. Her speed has
always been respected, and to train alongside Gleam was a true test for any new yacht that
hoped to win The America’s Cup.
Captain and Crew: Andy Tyska, Dennis Gunderson.
Builder: 12 Meter
Year Launched: 1937
Vessel Type: 12mR
LOA – 69’
Designed by renowned naval architect Clinton Crone os his own rocing yacht, Gleam
enjoyed a very successful eorly coreer as a12Metre thoroughbred winning regattas from NYC to
Newport. later in her career, when the 12M design became the designated Americas Cup Class,
Gleam served as a “trial horse” for numerous local and international campaigns. Her speed has
always been respected, and to train alongside Gleam was a true test for any new yacht that
hoped to win The America’s Cup.
Polly
Vessel Owner: Peter Gallant
Captain and Crew: Peter, Walter, Vince, Geoff, Lenny,
Emmett, Rob
Builder: R.O. Davis/Nevins
Year Launched: 1945
Vessel Type: Fractional Sloop
LOA – 55’
Built by the great Henry Nevins for his own use at the close of World War 2. Rebuilt and
relaunched in August 2018 after 30 years on land. The lead ballast and bronze floors are
all that remain below the waterline. New oak frames, locust floors, iroko keel and rudder,
Ecuadorian mahogany over Atlantic cedar planking.
Captain and Crew: Peter, Walter, Vince, Geoff, Lenny,
Emmett, Rob
Builder: R.O. Davis/Nevins
Year Launched: 1945
Vessel Type: Fractional Sloop
LOA – 55’
Built by the great Henry Nevins for his own use at the close of World War 2. Rebuilt and
relaunched in August 2018 after 30 years on land. The lead ballast and bronze floors are
all that remain below the waterline. New oak frames, locust floors, iroko keel and rudder,
Ecuadorian mahogany over Atlantic cedar planking.
Wizard
Vessel Owner: Maine Maritime Academy
Captain: Captain Delaney Brown
Builder: Herreshoff
Year Launched: 1930
Vessel Type: Sloop
LOA – 43.’
One of the original Herreshoff Fisher Island 31’s built in 1930 by the Herreshoff
Manufacturing Company. She underwent a 42-month restoration by Brion Rieff in Brooklin,
Maine from January 2014 to August 2017. This is her second appearance at the Camden
Classics Cup.
Captain: Captain Delaney Brown
Builder: Herreshoff
Year Launched: 1930
Vessel Type: Sloop
LOA – 43.’
One of the original Herreshoff Fisher Island 31’s built in 1930 by the Herreshoff
Manufacturing Company. She underwent a 42-month restoration by Brion Rieff in Brooklin,
Maine from January 2014 to August 2017. This is her second appearance at the Camden
Classics Cup.
Bijou II
Vessel Owner: Chris Bouzaid
Year Designed: 1939
Designer: Knud Reimers
Year Built: 1971
LOA: 40.25'
Returning after his 2023 win of the Camden Classics Cup, Bijou II is back this year and ready to take consecutive victories. Bijou II was built as a cruising version of Bijou, a successful racer.
Year Designed: 1939
Designer: Knud Reimers
Year Built: 1971
LOA: 40.25'
Returning after his 2023 win of the Camden Classics Cup, Bijou II is back this year and ready to take consecutive victories. Bijou II was built as a cruising version of Bijou, a successful racer.
Classics Division
Evangeline
Vessel Owner: Nick Hartle
Boat Builder
Cheoy Lee
LOA and Year Launched
38’
Vessel Type
Philip Rhodes Cutter
Boat Builder
Cheoy Lee
LOA and Year Launched
38’
Vessel Type
Philip Rhodes Cutter
Mermaid
Vessel Owner: Josh Goldberg
Captain and Crew: Nicholas Baxter
Builder: Sparkman & Stephens
Year Launched: 1957
Vessel Type: Custom Ketch
LOA – 45’8”
Now in the possession of Josh Goldberg and Nicholas Baxter, only her third owner in nearly 70 years, MERMAID is a well-known 46’ Sparkman & Stephens custom ketch commissioned by Austin Goodyear in 1957. Designed to be both a coastal cruiser and a seaworthy blue-water sailboat, she has been a proven performer on the classic yacht racing circuit, having competed in races north to Halifax and south to Nantucket’s famed Opera House Cup. Her notable finishes include Class Championships in numerous classic regattas, including right here in the 2017 and 2023 Camden Classics Cup; as well as in the 2009 Sail Nantucket Regatta, and the 2022 Eggemoggin Reach Regatta — she won the 2011 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race — and in 2022, MERMAID was the champion of the CYOA Classic Yacht Challenge Series for Maine District.
Captain and Crew: Nicholas Baxter
Builder: Sparkman & Stephens
Year Launched: 1957
Vessel Type: Custom Ketch
LOA – 45’8”
Now in the possession of Josh Goldberg and Nicholas Baxter, only her third owner in nearly 70 years, MERMAID is a well-known 46’ Sparkman & Stephens custom ketch commissioned by Austin Goodyear in 1957. Designed to be both a coastal cruiser and a seaworthy blue-water sailboat, she has been a proven performer on the classic yacht racing circuit, having competed in races north to Halifax and south to Nantucket’s famed Opera House Cup. Her notable finishes include Class Championships in numerous classic regattas, including right here in the 2017 and 2023 Camden Classics Cup; as well as in the 2009 Sail Nantucket Regatta, and the 2022 Eggemoggin Reach Regatta — she won the 2011 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race — and in 2022, MERMAID was the champion of the CYOA Classic Yacht Challenge Series for Maine District.
Nora
Vessel Owner: Alec & Erin Brainerd
Captain and Crew: Alec, Erin, Adella & Georgia
Builder: Sparkman & Stephens
Year Launched: 1960
Vessel Type: Custom Yawl
LOA – 42’
Built in Miami, FL in 1960, this_classic wooden yawl has cruised extensively up and
down the eastern seaboard. She is currently sailed and maintained by the crew at Artisan
Boatworks in Rockport, who specializes in new construction & Restoration of classic sail
boats
Captain and Crew: Alec, Erin, Adella & Georgia
Builder: Sparkman & Stephens
Year Launched: 1960
Vessel Type: Custom Yawl
LOA – 42’
Built in Miami, FL in 1960, this_classic wooden yawl has cruised extensively up and
down the eastern seaboard. She is currently sailed and maintained by the crew at Artisan
Boatworks in Rockport, who specializes in new construction & Restoration of classic sail
boats
THUNDERHEAD
Vessel Owner: Steve Ross
Captain and Crew: Dana Culbertson
Vessel Type: 49' Rhodes Design built in 1961 by Abeking & Rasmussen.
Captain and Crew: Dana Culbertson
Vessel Type: 49' Rhodes Design built in 1961 by Abeking & Rasmussen.
Albicore
Vessel Owner: Scott Bridge
Captain & Crew:
Bridge family and friends
Boat Builder
Luders Marine Construction
LOA and Year Launched
40’ 1955
Vessel Type
Luders 27
Captain & Crew:
Bridge family and friends
Boat Builder
Luders Marine Construction
LOA and Year Launched
40’ 1955
Vessel Type
Luders 27
Concordia Class
OTTER
Vessel Owner: Robert Keefer
Builder: Abeking & Rasmussen
Year Launched: 1954
Vessel Type: Custom Ketch
LOA – 41’
Beam –10’3”
Draft – 5’7”
Designed by C. Raymond Hunt and Waldo Howland, the Concordia 41 has withstood the test
of time as one of the most stunning yachts in any harbor -- as well as a slippery one out on the
racecourse.
Builder: Abeking & Rasmussen
Year Launched: 1954
Vessel Type: Custom Ketch
LOA – 41’
Beam –10’3”
Draft – 5’7”
Designed by C. Raymond Hunt and Waldo Howland, the Concordia 41 has withstood the test
of time as one of the most stunning yachts in any harbor -- as well as a slippery one out on the
racecourse.
Snow Falcon
Vessel Owner: George & Dawn Gans
Captain and Crew: Andrew Breece and
Megan Flenniken
Builder: Abeking & Rasmussen
Vessel Model: 39-foot Concordia Yawl
Year Launched: 1961
Vessel Type: Yawl
LOA – 39’ 10”
Beam – 10’ 3”
Draft – 5’ 8”
Snow Falcon is Concordia Yawl No. 84 of the legendary design collaboration between C.
Raymond Hunt and Waldo Howland, built in 1961. Purchased in 1990 by her current owners,
she has been expertly cared for by Rockport Marine and annually cruises the coast of Downeast
Maine. She received a structural restoration three years ago that included many new floors,
frames, planks, an improved maststep with integrated ty-rod system, new keel bolts, rebuilt
engine, feathering prop, and much more.
Captain and Crew: Andrew Breece and
Megan Flenniken
Builder: Abeking & Rasmussen
Vessel Model: 39-foot Concordia Yawl
Year Launched: 1961
Vessel Type: Yawl
LOA – 39’ 10”
Beam – 10’ 3”
Draft – 5’ 8”
Snow Falcon is Concordia Yawl No. 84 of the legendary design collaboration between C.
Raymond Hunt and Waldo Howland, built in 1961. Purchased in 1990 by her current owners,
she has been expertly cared for by Rockport Marine and annually cruises the coast of Downeast
Maine. She received a structural restoration three years ago that included many new floors,
frames, planks, an improved maststep with integrated ty-rod system, new keel bolts, rebuilt
engine, feathering prop, and much more.
Ellen C. Wells
Vessel Owner: Kent and Tammy Harman
Vessel Type: Gaff Schooner
Description: Designed by William Garden (British Columbia, Canada) 1964
Vessel Type: Gaff Schooner
Description: Designed by William Garden (British Columbia, Canada) 1964
Modern Tradition
Vortex
Vessel Owner: Brooklin Boat Yard
Captain: Steve White
Builder:Brooklin Boat Yard
Year Launched: 1990
Vessel Type: Fractional sloop
LOA – 52’
Cold-molded version of the Swede 55 class, she is designed as a cruiser/racer. Launched
just days before the 1990 ERR, she has participated in every ERR since. She has cruised twice
to the Caribbean and won the Antigua Classic Regatta Spirit of Tradition Cup in 2006.
Captain: Steve White
Builder:Brooklin Boat Yard
Year Launched: 1990
Vessel Type: Fractional sloop
LOA – 52’
Cold-molded version of the Swede 55 class, she is designed as a cruiser/racer. Launched
just days before the 1990 ERR, she has participated in every ERR since. She has cruised twice
to the Caribbean and won the Antigua Classic Regatta Spirit of Tradition Cup in 2006.
Restive
Vessel Owner: Rob and Beth McAlpine
Captain and Crew: Rob McAlpine
Builder: Alden/Brooklin Custom
Year Launched: 2005
Vessel Type: Sloop
LOA – 48’
Restive has over ten trips to Bermuda, plus trips to the Bras D’Or and South Coast of
Newfoundland. In 2015, while returning from Bermuda under her previous owner she was
abandoned in the Gulf Stream due to a rudder failure and her crew rescued from a life raft by a
boat skippered by Restive’s current owner, Mr. McAlpine.
Captain and Crew: Rob McAlpine
Builder: Alden/Brooklin Custom
Year Launched: 2005
Vessel Type: Sloop
LOA – 48’
Restive has over ten trips to Bermuda, plus trips to the Bras D’Or and South Coast of
Newfoundland. In 2015, while returning from Bermuda under her previous owner she was
abandoned in the Gulf Stream due to a rudder failure and her crew rescued from a life raft by a
boat skippered by Restive’s current owner, Mr. McAlpine.
Zingara
Vessel Owner: Stephens Waring Design
Captain and Crew: Bob Stephens,
Paul Waring,
Builder: Cannell/Brooklin Boat Yard
Year Lauched: 1987/2000
Vessel Type: Spirit of Tradition
Cruising Sloop
LOA – 45’
1988 Peterson design never
completed until redesigned in 2000 by design team Stephens and Waring at Brooklin Boat
Yard as a solid cruising yawl for her new owner. After spending many years with home port of
Nantucket, she came home to Maine when Stephens and Waring were able to purchase her
as their company ambassador. In 2023 they rerigged her as a modern sloop with new carbon
mast for simple, speedy cruising and racing.
Captain and Crew: Bob Stephens,
Paul Waring,
Builder: Cannell/Brooklin Boat Yard
Year Lauched: 1987/2000
Vessel Type: Spirit of Tradition
Cruising Sloop
LOA – 45’
1988 Peterson design never
completed until redesigned in 2000 by design team Stephens and Waring at Brooklin Boat
Yard as a solid cruising yawl for her new owner. After spending many years with home port of
Nantucket, she came home to Maine when Stephens and Waring were able to purchase her
as their company ambassador. In 2023 they rerigged her as a modern sloop with new carbon
mast for simple, speedy cruising and racing.
Hopgrasser
Vessel Owner: Drew Lyman
Builder: Lyman-Morse
Year Launched: 2021
Vessel Type: Cold-Molded Performance
Cruising Sloop
LOD – 45’8”
Hopgrasser is hull No.1 of the LM46 series is designed for superior handling and performance
combined with low maintenance. Hopgrasser promises to help its owners enjoy the reason we
all started sailing in the first place: Reconnecting to a simpler way of life and enjoying time on the
water with family and friends.
Builder: Lyman-Morse
Year Launched: 2021
Vessel Type: Cold-Molded Performance
Cruising Sloop
LOD – 45’8”
Hopgrasser is hull No.1 of the LM46 series is designed for superior handling and performance
combined with low maintenance. Hopgrasser promises to help its owners enjoy the reason we
all started sailing in the first place: Reconnecting to a simpler way of life and enjoying time on the
water with family and friends.
Mystery
Vessel Owner: W. Keenan, J Wiegleb
Designer: Joel and Bob Stevens
Builder: Brooklin Boat Yard
Vessel Type: Center Harbor 31
LOA: 31' 2"
Designer: Joel and Bob Stevens
Builder: Brooklin Boat Yard
Vessel Type: Center Harbor 31
LOA: 31' 2"
Jax
Vessel Owner: Oivind Lorentzen
Designer: Botin Partners
Builder: Brooklin Boat Yard
With her classically inspired lines Jax is built to compete in both wooden and modern race boat regattas along the east coast and Caribbean.
LOA: 43'
Designer: Botin Partners
Builder: Brooklin Boat Yard
With her classically inspired lines Jax is built to compete in both wooden and modern race boat regattas along the east coast and Caribbean.
LOA: 43'
Anjacca
Vessel Owner: Ramiro De Acevedo Ramos
Vessel Designer: Sparkman and Stevens
Built by: Palmer Johnson
LOA 54'
Anjacca is a centerboard rigged sloop who has sailed in Pen Bay her entire life. She is a comfortable cruiser who moves quite quickly. She can be taken out on charter and her captain and crew are always happy to show guests the sights of Pen Bay.
Vessel Designer: Sparkman and Stevens
Built by: Palmer Johnson
LOA 54'
Anjacca is a centerboard rigged sloop who has sailed in Pen Bay her entire life. She is a comfortable cruiser who moves quite quickly. She can be taken out on charter and her captain and crew are always happy to show guests the sights of Pen Bay.
Isobel
Vessel Owner: Todd Lalumiere
Built by: Brooklin Boat Yard
Designed by:
Stephens & Waring
In 2022, Isobel was given new life, with a refit and new owner. She has returned to Maine for the Camden Classics Cup, and she will spend much of her time between Casco Bay and Annapolis.
Built by: Brooklin Boat Yard
Designed by:
Stephens & Waring
In 2022, Isobel was given new life, with a refit and new owner. She has returned to Maine for the Camden Classics Cup, and she will spend much of her time between Casco Bay and Annapolis.
WINDWALKER
Vessel Owner: Leslie & Megan Grossman
Vessel Type: Lyman-Morse Hood 60.
According to the owner "The prettiest boat Lyman Morse ever built!!!!!!!"
Vessel Type: Lyman-Morse Hood 60.
According to the owner "The prettiest boat Lyman Morse ever built!!!!!!!"
AÇOR
Vessel Owner: Alec Short
AÇOR is a 50' daysailer designed by Bob Stephens and built by the Brooklin Boat Yard in 2007. She has a cold molded cedar hull with a fiberglass/epoxy sheathing, a bulb keel, and a carbon fiber rig.
AÇOR is a 50' daysailer designed by Bob Stephens and built by the Brooklin Boat Yard in 2007. She has a cold molded cedar hull with a fiberglass/epoxy sheathing, a bulb keel, and a carbon fiber rig.
SOPHIE
Vessel Owner: Hope Marine LLC.
Captain: Kirsty Morrison
Boat Type: 91' Renaissance Yachts Sloop.
Description: Sophie is a 91ft Bruce King designed sloop. Launched in 1994 the build began at Renaissance Yachts in Thomaston, Maine. It then moved to Wayfarer Marine in Camden and was finished at Derektor's in Georgetown. The Spirit of Tradition design draws inspiration from the J-Class yachts of the 1930s. She is built of cold-molded mahogany with teak decks and traditional joinery. In 2018, a new carbon fiber rig was built by Southern Spars and custom-painted to look like varnished wood.
Captain: Kirsty Morrison
Boat Type: 91' Renaissance Yachts Sloop.
Description: Sophie is a 91ft Bruce King designed sloop. Launched in 1994 the build began at Renaissance Yachts in Thomaston, Maine. It then moved to Wayfarer Marine in Camden and was finished at Derektor's in Georgetown. The Spirit of Tradition design draws inspiration from the J-Class yachts of the 1930s. She is built of cold-molded mahogany with teak decks and traditional joinery. In 2018, a new carbon fiber rig was built by Southern Spars and custom-painted to look like varnished wood.
CAVALLINO
Owner: William Kahane
Captain and Crew: Tony Pullar / Alie Toppa.
Vessel Type: Brooklin Boat Yard 37.
Description: Built in 2011 by Brooklin Boat Yard, Stephens waring design.
Captain and Crew: Tony Pullar / Alie Toppa.
Vessel Type: Brooklin Boat Yard 37.
Description: Built in 2011 by Brooklin Boat Yard, Stephens waring design.
SEABORN
Vessel Owner: Grady Durham
Boat Builder
Lyman Morse
LOA and Year Launched
48' Launched in 2010
Vessel Type
Modern Classic Daysailer
Please provide a shorty history of your boat.
Designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built here in Thomaston by Lyman Morse, the 1930's fit and finish is a disguise for her modern construction materials and advanced systems. On her third owner, she is lovingly maintained as new, incorporating new technology as it becomes available. Despite the bells and whistles, she really excels when sails are hoisted and she gently heels to her gold cove stripe, sailing gracefully in all conditions.
Boat Builder
Lyman Morse
LOA and Year Launched
48' Launched in 2010
Vessel Type
Modern Classic Daysailer
Please provide a shorty history of your boat.
Designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built here in Thomaston by Lyman Morse, the 1930's fit and finish is a disguise for her modern construction materials and advanced systems. On her third owner, she is lovingly maintained as new, incorporating new technology as it becomes available. Despite the bells and whistles, she really excels when sails are hoisted and she gently heels to her gold cove stripe, sailing gracefully in all conditions.
MAGIC
Vessel Owner: Tom Howell
Boat Builder
Lyman Morse
LOA and Year Launched
44/1983
Vessel Type
Seguin 44
Please provide a shorty history of your boat.
Purchased in 2023 and returned to Maine from the West Coast in 2025, this is Magic’s second year sailing in the Camden Classic
Boat Builder
Lyman Morse
LOA and Year Launched
44/1983
Vessel Type
Seguin 44
Please provide a shorty history of your boat.
Purchased in 2023 and returned to Maine from the West Coast in 2025, this is Magic’s second year sailing in the Camden Classic
FALCON
Pleione
Vessel Owners: Ken & Ginny Colburn
Captain & Crew Name
Tim Fetsch, Jeff Sammis, Tod Yankee, Trippe Duke, Alex Slocock
Boat Builder
Dyson Associates
LOA and Year Launched
48' - launched in 2004
Vessel Type
Modern 8 meter
Pleione is a modern International 8-Metre by Marblehead designer Jim Taylor: 1930s-classic profile above the waterline over a state-of-the-art meter-boat hull and appendages below. She was relaunched by her new owners on July 10th, after a major refit, including work at Rockport Marine, in the winter/spring of 2026 having been on the hard for 4+ years
Captain & Crew Name
Tim Fetsch, Jeff Sammis, Tod Yankee, Trippe Duke, Alex Slocock
Boat Builder
Dyson Associates
LOA and Year Launched
48' - launched in 2004
Vessel Type
Modern 8 meter
Pleione is a modern International 8-Metre by Marblehead designer Jim Taylor: 1930s-classic profile above the waterline over a state-of-the-art meter-boat hull and appendages below. She was relaunched by her new owners on July 10th, after a major refit, including work at Rockport Marine, in the winter/spring of 2026 having been on the hard for 4+ years
PHRF
Frolic
Vessel Owner: Paul Manning
Vessel Make: Hinckley
Vessel Type: Bermuda 40
LOA: 40.75'
Vessel Make: Hinckley
Vessel Type: Bermuda 40
LOA: 40.75'
GREAT BLUE
Vessel Owner: Jeff and Sarah McParland.
Captain and Crew: Jeff Thomsen, Pam Reynolds, Bill Doubleday, Emily Sullivan.
Boat Type: Morris M42.
Description: This is the second year that Great Blue has been back in her native Maine waters since Jeff and Sarah acquired her from her original Florida first owner in 2024.
Captain and Crew: Jeff Thomsen, Pam Reynolds, Bill Doubleday, Emily Sullivan.
Boat Type: Morris M42.
Description: This is the second year that Great Blue has been back in her native Maine waters since Jeff and Sarah acquired her from her original Florida first owner in 2024.
RELIANCE
Vessel Owner: Mark Stetler
Vessel Type: Mason 44
Description: My brand new to me Mason 43 has been in the family for only three weeks. New to Maine (End of May) my wife Caroline and I are first time participants in the CCC.
Vessel Type: Mason 44
Description: My brand new to me Mason 43 has been in the family for only three weeks. New to Maine (End of May) my wife Caroline and I are first time participants in the CCC.
JULIETT
Vessel Owner: Joe Faber
Vessel Type: J/46
Description: For several years, this boat was named "Finisterre" and owned and sailed by Jim Bennett, who was so involved in the Camden community. She's been rechristened "Juliett" and is now owned and sailed by Joe Faber -- and, earlier this month, she won the Camden Yacht Club's King of Spain Trophy.
Vessel Type: J/46
Description: For several years, this boat was named "Finisterre" and owned and sailed by Jim Bennett, who was so involved in the Camden community. She's been rechristened "Juliett" and is now owned and sailed by Joe Faber -- and, earlier this month, she won the Camden Yacht Club's King of Spain Trophy.
MOONDANCE
Vessel Owner: John & Abby Fitzgerald
Vessel Type: Sabre 36
Description: This is our 40th year of owning and sailing Moondance in the midcoast waters. We love our boat!
Vessel Type: Sabre 36
Description: This is our 40th year of owning and sailing Moondance in the midcoast waters. We love our boat!
ATHENA
Owner: Jill Jinks
Captain and Crew: Jenny Cahalan (skipper), Matt Davies, Brooks Doyle, Tim Dysart, Richard Fear, Andrea Gaines, Rick Gaines, Izaac Gonzalez, Ervin Grove, Matthew Harman, Mac Rubright
Boat: Hinckley 59 Sou'wester
Description: Athena spends her winters in Falmouth Harbor, Antigua and summers in Southwest Harbor, Maine. She's a cutter-rig, center cockpit cruiser designed by McCurdy & Rodes and built by Henry R. Hinckley & Co. Jill Jinks purchased Athena in 2017 after losing a beloved vessel in Hurricane Irma, chosen with the saying '60ft for 60 years' to celebrate a notable birthday. This is her first Camden Classics Cup regatta and hopes to become a regular for years to come. The Sou'wester 59 was designed in the early 1980s in McCurdy & Rhodes and is the 8th of the 16 built.
Captain and Crew: Jenny Cahalan (skipper), Matt Davies, Brooks Doyle, Tim Dysart, Richard Fear, Andrea Gaines, Rick Gaines, Izaac Gonzalez, Ervin Grove, Matthew Harman, Mac Rubright
Boat: Hinckley 59 Sou'wester
Description: Athena spends her winters in Falmouth Harbor, Antigua and summers in Southwest Harbor, Maine. She's a cutter-rig, center cockpit cruiser designed by McCurdy & Rodes and built by Henry R. Hinckley & Co. Jill Jinks purchased Athena in 2017 after losing a beloved vessel in Hurricane Irma, chosen with the saying '60ft for 60 years' to celebrate a notable birthday. This is her first Camden Classics Cup regatta and hopes to become a regular for years to come. The Sou'wester 59 was designed in the early 1980s in McCurdy & Rhodes and is the 8th of the 16 built.
JOY
Vessel Owner: Jonathan Frye
LOA and Year Launched
LOA:38ft built in 2008
Vessel Type
Alerion 38 Express
LOA and Year Launched
LOA:38ft built in 2008
Vessel Type
Alerion 38 Express
Valor
Vessel Owner: David Lund
Captain & Crew Name
David Lund, Anne Lund, James Taylor, Maureen Taylor
Boat Builder
Ron Holland design, Sensation Yacht, New Zealand
LOA and Year Launched
73’. 1998
Captain & Crew Name
David Lund, Anne Lund, James Taylor, Maureen Taylor
Boat Builder
Ron Holland design, Sensation Yacht, New Zealand
LOA and Year Launched
73’. 1998
CHAR-BAR
Vessel Owners: Jonathan & Sarah Maxcy
Captain & Crew Name
Jon, Sarah & Crew
Boat Builder
J Boats
LOA and Year Launched
35' 2002
Vessel Type
J/105
Captain & Crew Name
Jon, Sarah & Crew
Boat Builder
J Boats
LOA and Year Launched
35' 2002
Vessel Type
J/105
TRUANT
Vessel Owner: Richard Cadwalader
Captain & Crew Name
Richard Cadwalader, Bruce Maffeo, Richard Stokes
Boat Builder
Henry R. Hinckley and Company
LOA and Year Launched
35’ 9” 1968
Vessel Type
Pilot 35
Please provide a shorty history of your boat.
The Hinckley Pilot 35 is a classic, Sparkman & Stephens-designed masthead sloop (or yawl) built by Henry R. Hinckley & Co. in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Produced from 1962 to 1975 with 117 hulls built, it is celebrated for its seaworthiness, full-keel tracking, and timeless aesthetics.
Captain & Crew Name
Richard Cadwalader, Bruce Maffeo, Richard Stokes
Boat Builder
Henry R. Hinckley and Company
LOA and Year Launched
35’ 9” 1968
Vessel Type
Pilot 35
Please provide a shorty history of your boat.
The Hinckley Pilot 35 is a classic, Sparkman & Stephens-designed masthead sloop (or yawl) built by Henry R. Hinckley & Co. in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Produced from 1962 to 1975 with 117 hulls built, it is celebrated for its seaworthiness, full-keel tracking, and timeless aesthetics.
CANTY
Vessel Owner: PAUL ROGERS
Captain & Crew Name
PAUL ROGERS, MARTY ROGERS
Boat Builder
ROGERS MARINE
LOA and Year Launched
37' 1983
Vessel Type
CUTTER
Please provide a shorty history of your boat.
CANTY WAS BUILT IN ROCKLAND MAINE IN 1983. ROCKPORT DESIGNER HENRY SCHEEL AND I WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE A SIMPLE COASTAL CRUISING SAILBOAT FOR A FAMILY OF 4. HER HULL IS COLD MOLDED WOOD EPOXY CONSTRUCTION. SHE HAS BEEN HOME PORTED IN CAMDEN AND CRUISING THE COAST OF MAINE AND CANADA FOR 43 YEARS.
Captain & Crew Name
PAUL ROGERS, MARTY ROGERS
Boat Builder
ROGERS MARINE
LOA and Year Launched
37' 1983
Vessel Type
CUTTER
Please provide a shorty history of your boat.
CANTY WAS BUILT IN ROCKLAND MAINE IN 1983. ROCKPORT DESIGNER HENRY SCHEEL AND I WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE A SIMPLE COASTAL CRUISING SAILBOAT FOR A FAMILY OF 4. HER HULL IS COLD MOLDED WOOD EPOXY CONSTRUCTION. SHE HAS BEEN HOME PORTED IN CAMDEN AND CRUISING THE COAST OF MAINE AND CANADA FOR 43 YEARS.
HOPE
Vessel Owner: Ted Wiese
Captain & Crew Name
Ted Wiese, Mary Jo Wiese, Jason Chan, Colleen Duggan, Aaron Henderson, Julian Henderson, Jeff Kise
Boat Builder
Morris
LOA and Year Launched
52’ 2009
Vessel Type
Sloop
Please provide a shorty history of your boat.
Hope is the first hull of only four Morris M52s. While designed as a coastal cruiser, she has performed well in competition claiming the Camden Yacht Club King of Spain trophy in 2024 and 2026. She is well-known around the local boat yard for her sensitive LeisureFurl system, which is the product of of a creative adaptive design collaboration among the owner and Lyman-Morse’s very own Chet Mayo and Aaron “Junior” Malone.
Captain & Crew Name
Ted Wiese, Mary Jo Wiese, Jason Chan, Colleen Duggan, Aaron Henderson, Julian Henderson, Jeff Kise
Boat Builder
Morris
LOA and Year Launched
52’ 2009
Vessel Type
Sloop
Please provide a shorty history of your boat.
Hope is the first hull of only four Morris M52s. While designed as a coastal cruiser, she has performed well in competition claiming the Camden Yacht Club King of Spain trophy in 2024 and 2026. She is well-known around the local boat yard for her sensitive LeisureFurl system, which is the product of of a creative adaptive design collaboration among the owner and Lyman-Morse’s very own Chet Mayo and Aaron “Junior” Malone.
Kait
Vessel Owner:
Jon Bellemare
Captain & Crew Name
Pour Decisions
Boat Builder
Northeast 39
LOA and Year Launched
39’ 1985
Vessel Type
Sloop
Hull number one of the design and was the cover girl for the marketing program. This year she has a brand new engine after a scary diesel run away situation just before the classic last year.
Jon Bellemare
Captain & Crew Name
Pour Decisions
Boat Builder
Northeast 39
LOA and Year Launched
39’ 1985
Vessel Type
Sloop
Hull number one of the design and was the cover girl for the marketing program. This year she has a brand new engine after a scary diesel run away situation just before the classic last year.
Swept Away
Vessel Owner:
Owner's Name
Bob Scribner
Captain & Crew Name
Bob Scribner, Maarten Zonjee, Betsy Pilcher, Peter Neidhardt, Brad Collins
Boat Builder
Sabre
LOA and Year Launched
36' 2", 2000
Vessel Type
Sloop
New to me and Boothbay region (homeport).
Owner's Name
Bob Scribner
Captain & Crew Name
Bob Scribner, Maarten Zonjee, Betsy Pilcher, Peter Neidhardt, Brad Collins
Boat Builder
Sabre
LOA and Year Launched
36' 2", 2000
Vessel Type
Sloop
New to me and Boothbay region (homeport).
Day Racer Division
Ponyo
Vessel Owner: Paul Koch
Captain and Crew: Paul Koch and Larry Higgins
Builder: Paul Koch and Larry Higgins
Year Launched: 2021
Vessel Type: Gaff-Rigged Sloop
LOA – 28’
The Camden Class Knockabout was designed
by B. B. Crowninshield in 1915. In 2015 Paul and Larry started building one as a retirement
project. It was launched a year ago, right here in Camden, the day before the 2021Classic
Cup. It has had podium finishes at the Camden, Herreshoff and Newport Classic Regattas.
In 2021 it was awarded the Clingstone Trophy by IYRS for Corinthian Spirit. Its build was
featured in the July/August 2022 issue of WoodenBoat.
Captain and Crew: Paul Koch and Larry Higgins
Builder: Paul Koch and Larry Higgins
Year Launched: 2021
Vessel Type: Gaff-Rigged Sloop
LOA – 28’
The Camden Class Knockabout was designed
by B. B. Crowninshield in 1915. In 2015 Paul and Larry started building one as a retirement
project. It was launched a year ago, right here in Camden, the day before the 2021Classic
Cup. It has had podium finishes at the Camden, Herreshoff and Newport Classic Regattas.
In 2021 it was awarded the Clingstone Trophy by IYRS for Corinthian Spirit. Its build was
featured in the July/August 2022 issue of WoodenBoat.
INDIGO
Owner: Paul Hamlin
Captain and Crew: Captain Paul, Chief Officer Aysel (EYE-SELL) and Second Mate Mark Hamlin.
Vessel Type: Quickstep 24.
Description: Indigo is a small but mighty Ted Brewer designed Quickstep 24 and returns to Camden Classic sailing for the glory and prestige of the Northport Yacht Club. After placing first in 2023 and second in 2024, Indigo and her crew look forward to reclaiming the Daysailer 2 class crown!
Captain and Crew: Captain Paul, Chief Officer Aysel (EYE-SELL) and Second Mate Mark Hamlin.
Vessel Type: Quickstep 24.
Description: Indigo is a small but mighty Ted Brewer designed Quickstep 24 and returns to Camden Classic sailing for the glory and prestige of the Northport Yacht Club. After placing first in 2023 and second in 2024, Indigo and her crew look forward to reclaiming the Daysailer 2 class crown!
GRAYCEFUL
Vessel Owner: Edmund Billings
Vessel Type: International Dragon
Vessel Description: One of the last wooden Dragons built.
Vessel Type: International Dragon
Vessel Description: One of the last wooden Dragons built.
Committee and Support Boats
Dolphin
Vessel Owner: David & Julia Bianchi
Captain and Crew: David & Julia Bianchi
Builder: Fleming
Year Launched: 2005
Vessel Type: M/Y
LOA – 55’
Dolphin spends its winter at the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club and spends the summer cruising from
Newport to downeast Maine. She is frequently used as the committee boat for regattas including,
most recently, the Etchells World Championships this past April in Miami.
Captain and Crew: David & Julia Bianchi
Builder: Fleming
Year Launched: 2005
Vessel Type: M/Y
LOA – 55’
Dolphin spends its winter at the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club and spends the summer cruising from
Newport to downeast Maine. She is frequently used as the committee boat for regattas including,
most recently, the Etchells World Championships this past April in Miami.
Sea Chase IV
Vessel Owner: Lisa and Jim Burrell
Captain and Crew: Lisa and Jim Burrell
Builder: Hunt/ Lyman-Morse
Year Launched: 1991
Vessel Type: Deep V 47
LOA – 47’
Designed by C Raymond Hunt and built by Lyman-Morse in 1991 for Cochran and Janis
Chase, Lisa Burrell’s parents. Sea Chase spent most of her life in California. She returned
home in 2018 for a complete refit at Lyman-Morse. She now resides happily here in Camden.
Captain and Crew: Lisa and Jim Burrell
Builder: Hunt/ Lyman-Morse
Year Launched: 1991
Vessel Type: Deep V 47
LOA – 47’
Designed by C Raymond Hunt and built by Lyman-Morse in 1991 for Cochran and Janis
Chase, Lisa Burrell’s parents. Sea Chase spent most of her life in California. She returned
home in 2018 for a complete refit at Lyman-Morse. She now resides happily here in Camden.
GODDESS
Goddess is a classic 60-foot wooden motor yacht built in 1947. She is part of the historic fleet maintained and operated by McMillen Yachts.
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