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Brooklin Boat Yard Launches SONNY III, Custom 91-foot Sloop

May 29, 2018

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.

SONNY III Pre-Launch Walkabout

May 10, 2018

Video walkthrough of the BBY 91′ SONNY III with Project manager Eric Blake shortly before launch. Video courtesy of OffCenterHarbor.com

Sanford Boat Licenses Brooklin Boat Yard to build Alerion Class Sloops

Feb 5, 2018

Brooklin Boat Yard is the official builder of the 26-foot cold-molded Alerion Class Sloops.

TOROA Launch

Jul 30, 2017

Watch the 2017 launching of TORA, a 22m carbon and wood sloop designed by and for Botin Partners. Video by Billy Black.

BLACKFISH Launch and Sail

Jun 15, 2017

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.

Aerial Footage of Brooklin Boat Yard

May 6, 2017

Aerial footage of Brooklin Boat Yard taken in May 2017.

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.

Botin Flip

Mar 30, 2016

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...

Taylor 49 Racer/Cruiser

Mar 24, 2016

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.

APHRODITE Refit

Nov 10, 2015

We’re really excited to welcome back APHRODITE to Brooklin Boat Yard. A 72-foot Purdy-built commuter, APHRODITE was originally launched in 1937. She was completely restored at Brooklin Boat Yard in 2005. Now in 2015, her owner has brought her back for a ten-year service call.

Botin 22m Sloop

Aug 19, 2015

Brooklin Boat Yard is constructing a new 22-meter yacht designed by Spanish firm Botin Partners. In hull shape and sail plan the Botin 22 will be very similar to many of today’s modern racing boats.

Building the Frers 74

Mar 13, 2015

Watch time-lapse footage of the Frers 74 hull construction at Brooklin Boat Yard. Video by Billy Black.