Conversations with Classic Boats

Ep 27 - Sixes in Seattle: The Search for the Lost Fleet

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We go cross-country in search of the iconic Six Metres of the 1930s. We find the crème de la crème, Goose and Llanoria, in the boatyard of this design's dedicated collector, Peter Hofmann, at Port Madison Yacht Club on Bainbridge Island, across the sound from Seattle. Photos from Peter Taylor tell the story of these beautiful keelboats.



Sixes in the Solent

The Six Metre bar area. Seawanhaka Corinthian YC. Oyster Bay

French model builders version of Goose

Djinn. Another magical S&S Six of 1938

Saga in the 1930s. off Bermuda

Saga slumbering in Seattle

Bob Bavier sailing his family IOD on Long Island Sound

Bevier with the Stephen's Brothers Rod (left) Olin (right)

Port Madison Yacht Club on Bainbridge Island, Seattle

Goose in the shed being painted

Transom of Goose

Goose up on the lift

Goose and Llanaria nesting on the Hofmann yard.

Audio & Visual Production by Griffin Bengraff

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