“…This excellent Yankee was built circa 1953 by John Linderman and Jack Earhorn, designed for Lester rock, who owns rock Boatyard in Alemedia, CA. This is the 4th Yankee built by those two master boatwrights, and given that it ended up being commissioned by the master associated with boatyard for their personal use, the quality materials that are highest had been utilized (unlike Y36 Venture, which Linderman designed with boatyard scrap product in 1949).
Y39 was originally called Yankee Doodle, as well as the watercraft raced weekly for a long time within the bay area Bay. Then within the 1980’s it absolutely was delivered to Seattle along with Y36 Venture and Y38 Clipper in an attempt to expand the Pacific Northwest fleet. Fifteen years later, Y39 left Seattle for a vehicle amid rumours of a restoration that is massive. The boat’s owner that is current within the gaps with its fascinating history:
Y39 moored at Martha’s Vineyard, 2013 june
Y39 History, as told by David Worth
We purchased Y39 from Lang Washburn’s property. Lang passed on at 92 and kept this particular Yankee regarding the Vineyard where he previously a summer house. He previously an inboard that is small set up so he could maneuver to their slide. I experienced the engine eliminated.
Lang had been hitched three times plus one of their spouses possessed a summer house on Nantucket, that will be where he bought their first Yankee, Y33 Lot’s Wife. Because you can understand the YOD fleet had been fairly robust in the past regarding the area and there are numerous timers that are oldmuch less old timers) who owned YODs and/or crewed on a single through the Saturday buoy racing at Nantucket Yacht Club.
Well, Lang managed to move on to another life with an other woman and left Nantucket, and Y33 Lot’s Wife passed away from their arms. A number of years later – as he began visiting the Vineyard – he sought after who owns the Lot’s that is original Wife an effort to get her back. That owner didn’t want to sell her he would complete a restoration himself as he thought. We come across this knowledge by phone and he recalled someone calling him about buying the boat as I hunted down the then owner of Y33 Lot’s Wife, spoke with him.
Because far as I’m sure the initial Lot’s Wife (Y33) never ever managed to get back into water and differing components were agreed to other YOD owners.
The next area of the tale originates from the motorboat yard owner whom helped Lang procure Y39 Yankee Doodle.
Lang, desirous of procuring a YOD, discovered one during the Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle. He bought it and had it delivered back east (it had been just I able to make the linkage back to the original boat) after I bought the boat and found life jackets and fenders with Yankee Doodle was. In accordance with the motorboat garden owner who aided Lang choose the ship, it absolutely was placed on a truck that is flatbed driven back east uncovered. Well, when it landed from the Vineyard the motorboat had been completely dried up. Significantly reluctantly, Lang decided to a fairly rebuild that is total of watercraft that was finished around 1998-2000 timeframe.
Lang then had Y39 renamed Lot’s Wife, satisfying a desire that is longtime based on their child, to obtain back “Lot’s Wife.”
Therefore, that is the past history when I understand it. We have had a summer time house on Nantucket for the period of time and have always been now semi-retired. We have actuallyn’t had the watercraft into the water for 2 years – long tale – but she’s been regarding the Vineyard and well looked after.