2008 Custom Frank Paine Sloop en Rockport, Maine, USA

Description
When David Moncton set out to create the small cruising yacht of his dreams, he knew that she would be built of wood by the finest of craftsman, and that she would be built to a beautiful, classic and proven design. To that end Moncton enlisted veteran boatbuilder Dave Corcoran of Bullhouse Boatworks in Arundel, Maine, and Kurt H Hasselbalch - curator of the Hart Nautical Collections at the MIT Museum.
Deep in the archives of MIT the three men discovered drawings for a practical but striking 31 ft. gentleman’s cruising sloop, designed by Frank Paine in 1934 for Paul Mooney of Medford, MA. Design #365 was built by Frank Jesse of Plymouth, MA and its praises were sung in the November 1934 issue of The Rudder Magazine.
Dave Corcoran lofted and built AMANDA’s hull to this design in 2006, with traditional Northern White Cedar planking, caulked with cotton, and fastened with bronze screws to steam bent white oak frames.