TYD#804.
- 1980.
My brother was contacted by Mr. M, owner of the 90ft. Mc Lear & Harris, Palmer Johnson
built Brigantine CENTURION. The object of the conversation was to replace the boat, which has
serious faults, because of a lack of stability. The culprit was an overbuilt, over-rigged vessel. The new
boat is to be built with wood and epoxy, not following the more traditional planking construction of
Tironderoga and Varua, the two boats influencing this design; Big Ti by L. Francis Herreshoff and
Varua, with Lines Plan by Starling Burgess.
NOTE:
- Please, read in conjunction with this Blog; Search:
- Ticonderoga;
- Schooner Arabella. 160'
- From paper. Newport this week.
- So, well Big Ti cannot be duplicated. Yes, sisterships have been built with more or less success, in
ferro-cement and steel.
- Varuna is closer, originally built by and for William E. Robinson, in his busy War-Time Shipyard and
launched in 1942. For a good read: More Good Boats by Roger C. Taylor.
(to be continued).
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