I have moved to my hometown in Montana, far from the sea, and this means putting PHALAROPE up for sale.
The sidebar of this web page has links to photos of PHALAROPE, under the headings: Haulout photos, Interior photos, More PHALAROPE photos, The boat, and Mast restoration.
But briefly, PHALAROPE is a bluewater Lyle Hess designed Bristol Channel cutter, 32 feet on deck, 42 feet overall, and built in 1999 of cedar planks on white oak frames at Rockport Marine in Rockport, Maine. The mast and boom are Sitka spruce box construction, built by French and Webb in Belfast, Maine. The boat has the original Westerbeke 35B diesel engine, and brand new expedition quality Yankee jib, staysail, and main sail made by Port Townsend Sails in Port Townsend, Washington. Very few, if any, wooden boats of this size are available worldwide, for this asking price, that can sail around the world. I will entertain all requests by email ([email protected]), whether mildly curious or (my favorite) very serious. I can send a more complete description and inventory of the sailboat, or photos of specific details.
- Tom Templeton.
Contact Rockport Marine Brokerage. Office: (207) 236-9651, or email Evelyn Smith [email protected]. Asking $70,000.