News from Brooklin Boat Yard
Brooklin Boat Yard Partners with Hinckley on Sou’wester 53
Brooklin Boat Yard and Hinckley Yachts of Southwest Harbor, Maine, are partnering to build a Bill Tripp-designed Sou’wester 53. The modern pilothouse sloop will feature a Hinckley-built composite hull and a custom Brooklin Boat Yard-built interior.
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SONNY III Video
SONNY III is a custom 91-foot cold-molded sloop built in 18 months and launched in 2018. Thanks to Billy Black for the video.
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Boatbuilding Time Lapse
Watch us build a boat in under three minutes! Time lapse video by Billy Black.
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Brooklin Boat Yard Launches SONNY III, Custom 91-foot Sloop
SONNY III is a 91-foot custom, high-performance cruising yacht designed for daysailing and blue-water passages. She was built in 18 months and launched in spring 2018.
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SONNY III Pre-Launch Walkabout
Video walkthrough of the BBY 91′ SONNY III with Project manager Eric Blake shortly before launch. Video courtesy of OffCenterHarbor.com
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Sanford Boat Licenses Brooklin Boat Yard to build Alerion Class Sloops
Brooklin Boat Yard is the official builder of the 26-foot cold-molded Alerion Class Sloops.
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TOROA Launch
Watch the 2017 launching of TORA, a 22m carbon and wood sloop designed by and for Botin Partners. Video by Billy Black.
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BLACKFISH Launch and Sail
Watch a video of the christening, launch and inaugural sail of BLACKFISH, the Jim Taylor-designed 49-foot yacht launched by Brooklin Boat Yard in spring 2017.
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Aerial Footage of Brooklin Boat Yard
Aerial footage of Brooklin Boat Yard taken in May 2017.
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You Can’t Get There From Here
In early August when Sailing Anarchy’s editor tried to journey to Brooklin, Maine, from San Diego, he had flight delay issues that wouldn’t allow him to make the event. The plan was to race AURORA in the famed Eggemoggin Reach Regatta and its two feeders. Here’s how the weekend went.
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Botin Flip
In the last week of March 2016, we flipped the hull of the new Botin 22m sloop under construction. The hull-turning went well and the Botin is back in the shop on her bottom. While we had her in the slings we had the opportunity to put her on...
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Taylor 49 Racer/Cruiser
Brooklin Boat Yard is teaming once again with designer Jim Taylor of Marblehead, MA. This 49-foot racer/cruiser is a variation of Jim’s very successful design DREADNOUGHT, launched by BBY in June of 2014. The owner is an experienced New England yachtsman with a keen interest in racing.
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