Pictures of Allegro

Allegro - our 47-foot wooden yawl, designed by Ed Monk,Sr., built in 1943. Allegro is currently out of the water undergoing restoration. We will have pictures of the work in progress and, hopefully, the completed project, soon.

These two pictures contrast what the foredeck looked like when we bought the boat, and what it looked like after we'd done some of the early repairs. We had replaced the main chainplates (but not the stern chainplates), replaced the mainsail, repaired the jib, staysail and mizzen sail, and repainted and repaired the doghouse. The deck has required a complete removal and replacement of old seam compound and caulking, and replacement of most of the deck plugs.

Allegro sailing, with John at the helm in south Puget Sound, summer of 1996. We bought Allegro in July, and rather than having the boat hauled and starting the major work then, we did the emergency repairs and took her sailing that summer. She has been out of the water since January of 1997.

Allegro as first launched in 1943 This picture is from the frontispiece of the book Modern Boat Building, by Ed Monk Sr., copyright 1973 Charles Scribner's Sons

Pictures of D'Abord

D'Abord John’s notes: D'Abord is a Ross Hatte designed, 19’ daysailer/camp cruiser that I built from scratch. I began lofting in the fall of 1986, and raised sail for the first time in 1990. I have had some memorable sails on the boat over the years, including teaching both my sons the love of sailing. However, by 2003 she was showing signs of her age, and of the mistakes that were made in her construction. (I’m a self taught, un-mentored boatbuilder, and some lessons one learns the hard way). I started the process of rebuilding her in 2003, but was almost immediately distracted by more pressing concerns. By the time I got back to her it was too late. The damage was too extensive to make rebuilding her practical.

More pictures of D'Abord can be seen here.

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