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| VAYU circa 1999 |
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| Photo by Maynard Bray, Wooden Boat Magazine |
"My first encounter with VAYU, ex-DORIS, was in 1957 when her new owner and fellow Electric Boat engineer Jim Mercanti brought her to New London as his floating home, sailing her seldom. The lovely paneling and the custom carved cabinet doors (with a different AMERICA's Cup Defender on each) were still intact back then. I envied Jim when below deck, but sympathized with him on deck. He stayed with VAYU for nearly two decades and kept up with her maintenance as best he could." ~~Maynard Bray, Wooden Boat Magazine
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| VAYU as ketch yacht |
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| Photo copyright Mystic Seaport Museum |
HUNTRESS, ex-ASTARTE, ex-DORIS, became VAYU when in 1940 Richard Harte bought her to replace his slightly older and nearly identical Herreshoff ketch, VAYU, ex-PETREL. Mr. Harte kept her until 1951.
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A special thanks to Maynard Bray for not forgetting VAYU.
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