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Watch the pros at Snediker Yacht Restoration as they steam-bend an oak frame for DORIS HMCo#625   [KGVID]http://doris1905.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Steambend-TL.mp4[/KGVID]

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Work keeps a jaunty pace at Snediker Yacht Restoration as molds for yacht DORIS take shape.  This author could write many words on the process of making molds in Wooden Boatbuilding

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The Illustrious, Elusive Louise N. Grace

Not much is known to us about Louise N. Grace, the third owner of DORIS (1920 – 1933), however what we do know paints her as a fascinating, and distinctive,

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DORIS/VAYU owner David Revenaugh expresses his sentiment about the restoration of DORIS – the yacht he owned and loved for aprox. 20 years.  A very special thank you to the

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“I remember the day I saw her…” recalls ex-owner Jacques Thiry, “she was a magnificent sight out in the distance, I saw her from the pier. She was beautiful, a very

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Huntress Vs Hurricane of ’38 Supplemental Material

Standard-Times article on Captain Tilton that was published the day after the hurricane [pdf-embedder url=”http://doris1905.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Capt-Tilton-News-story.pdf”]     The complete souvenir publication from the New Bedford Standard-Times [pdf-embedder url=”http://doris1905.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/buzzards-bay-1938-hurricane.pdf”]    

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HUNTRESS vs THE HURRICANE OF ’38

On September 21, 1938, around 2pm, The Great New England Hurricane slammed ashore at Suffolk County Long Island at approximately 60 miles per hour.  The day would end tragically for many

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The Big Move

This is how dawn found her; DORIS, poised to leave Crocker’s Boatyard after 30 years, glowing in the new day’s anticipation. Pulling onto the streets of New London one couldn’t

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Moving Day

Freed today from her anchored ballast after 40 years, DORIS is poised for her move to Pawcatuck, CT.  

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