Joann was designed by L Francis Herreshoff with help of its owner, Waldo Brown…built in Lynn in 1924.. Owned in the 1950s by the actor Sterling Hayden, and still around… photo in Marblehead by WB Jackson.
13 of these boats were built in 1903 by Herreshoff for members of the Bar Harbor summer community. 5 later on made their way to Marblehead. Herreshoff in Bristol Rhode Island is considered to have designed some of the most beautiful boats ever built
yearning for the sea
Smooth sailing with the Götheborg
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Joann was designed by L Francis Herreshoff with help of its owner, Waldo Brown…built in Lynn in 1924.. Owned in the 1950s by the actor Sterling Hayden, and still around… photo in Marblehead by WB Jackson.
Working on a yacht at Marblehead Pier Leslie Jones, 1933 Leslie Jones Collection, Boston Public Library Print Department Accession # 08_06_013120 (CC BY-NC-ND)