Black Beauty
She was 97 years old, but her age didn’t matter. For at least one judge at the 37th Antique & Classic Boat Festival in Salem, Massachusetts, picking the winner was almost predestined. “Can we just go ahead and name her the most beautiful schooner in the world?” Queene Hooper Foster asked the other judges.
She was referring to , a 1922 John Alden-designed 42-foot LOD wooden schooner. Her beautiful lines and pristine condition drew loads of admirers. By the end of the
