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Legacy Maker

y Mount Rushmore of most notable boats is a select group. While not yet set in stone, my working list includes the Bertram 31, JFK’s , Hatteras’s pioneering and Hemingway’s . So, suffice it to say that when I heard that Wheeler Yacht Company was making its return to boat building with the help of Maine’s esteemed Brookline Boat Yard and that their first project was a modern adaptation of Papa’s storied ship, my ears perked up.

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