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BELFORD GRAY

Friendship Sloop

Jon Wilson found small-scale drawings for this vessel in a 1907 issue of Boating magazine (no relation to the contemporary magazine). Taken with the lines, Jon published the original plans in WoodenBoat #2 and later asked Joel White to create working drawings. These were eventually given to builder Gordon Swift and WoodenBoat School for actual construction. Upon completion, the boat would become a “floating classroom” in the School’s seamanship program.

Specifications

Length
28" 6'
Beam
9"6"
Draft
5' 4"
Sail Area
636 sq. ft.
Displacement
Designer
W.A. Morse and Joel White
Construction
Carvel planked, Northern White Cedar on White Oak frames
Builders
WoodenBoat School students, 1987-1992
Instructor
Gordon Swift
Usual Location
Mooring