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35 Double Ender Design 1519

This pretty little sloop named Saraband is a rare canoe stern design. There are only a handful in the archives. She was built by the Norman H. Hodgdon, Jr. yard of Boothbay (predecessor to the current Hodgdon Yachts) and launched in 1960.

Note the nice little aft cabin and associated aft deckhouse in the General Arrangement plan shown below. This gave a nice sense of safety and security in the cockpit and provided a bit of privacy when cruising in a 35' boat.


Her stem, keel, deadwood and framing is of white oak. Her single planking is of mahogany.