Monday, February 29, 2016

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PHOTO ESSAY OF 'JENNY' A FENWICK WILLIAMS  DESIGNED CAPE COD CATBOAT











2 comments:

John B said...

What a beauty! What are her dimensions?

Alden Smith said...

She is 15 feet overall, probably the same on the waterline with about 7 foot beam.
The full plans including the table of offsets appears in the March 1955 edition of Rudder magazine. I think she is designed by Fenwick Williams. The article in the Rudder which is written by one Walter Skinner does not mention the designer and the plans also gives no evidence of the designer - BUT - I have a set of plans of the yawl 'Annie' which is designed by Fenwick Williams and the notation and characteristics of the written captions etc on both plans are so similar that I am sure this is a FW design. Fenwick Williams worked for the great American Yacht designer John Alden during the 1950s so this Catboat design may have been some weekend free lance work? FW is noted for many very beatiful Catboat and other designs.
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