Artisan Boatworks has just launched Uncas, a brand-new Buzzards Bay 18, a Herreshoff sloop. Alec Brainerd and his crew have built another beautiful boat and Alison had the chance to shoot her maiden voyage out of Rockport, Maine and around Camden Harbor. Click on this short multimedia piece that Alison put together for Alec's presentation at Camden Yacht Club. A longer video will be launched soon to include footage of the construction, launch, sailing, and interviews.

Or, you can also click here to view it on Alison's Vimeo page.

Alec Brainerd talks about the design in this excerpt from his builder's blog:

"The Buzzards Bay 18 is yet another design, of which no original example survives. Herreshoff designed the 18 in 1903, just a few years after the Buzzards Bay 15. She is 29’ on deck, 18’ on the waterline, displaces 4430 lbs, and has 472 square feet of sail. Similarly to the Belfast Lough One Design, the Buzzards Bay 18 captures the spirit of the “Big Boats” in a captivating way. She would be a good intermediate boat between the Buzzards Bay 15 and larger Buzzards Bay 25, and I would be tempted to lower the ballast keel and eliminate the centerboard in the same way Herreshoff did with the Buzzards Bay 15 when designing Flicker.

The Buzzards Bay 18 is one of the smallest designs of this type that have ample cabin space for occasional overnight use, and adequate displacement to accommodate either diesel or electric propulsion. She is very similar in size and shape to Sparkman and Stephens Dark Harbor 20, but her increased beam adds considerably to the available interior and cockpit space.

To me, the Buzzards Bay 18 is one of the most beautiful of all the Herreshoff designs, and she intrigues me because here is an opportunity to reintroduce the world to something that has been otherwise lost forever. I’m not even aware of any photos of original Buzzards Bay 18’s. To build a new replica of Herreshoff’s Buzzards Bay 18 would be a truly noble endeavor, and one that would have considerable lasting value to both the classic yachting community, and those who revere the Herreshoff legacy."

Check out the Artisan Boatworks' builders blog to read more: http://www.artisanboatworks.com/about/builders-blog

Sincerity is an 88 foot ketch, designed and built by Baglietto of Italy in 1928. This video was shot off the coast of St. Lucia, with the dramatic Pitons as the backdrop. Sincerity provides comfortable accommodation for 5 to 7 guests in 3 well appointed cabins. For more information go to http://www.sailingyachtsincerity.com

Sincerity is an 88 ft. classic ketch designed and built by Cantieri Baglietto in Italy.

This year she saw a mini upgrade at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Co. in Thomaston, Maine, where among other things her topsides were painted from dark blue to white (her original color).

This made all previous images of her visually "out of date," so we spent the holidays shooting her in the Caribbean, where she is available this winter for charter, with St. Lucia's dramatic Pitons as a backdrop. Sincerity will rejoin the New England charter fleet this summer, and this short video proves that she will undoubtedly turn heads in whatever harbor she enters. For more information visit: www.sailingyachtsincerity.com

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Alec Brainerd of Artisan Boatworks catches a late season sail in Camden Harbor on PUMPKIN, a 12-1/2 Herreshoff replica.

This video showcases Stephens Waring-designed luxury sailing yacht "Isobel" with interior and running images I shot for the November Boat International Magazine spread.

Designed by Stephens & Waring, built by Brooklin Boatyard, interior by Martha Coolidge.

1938 Alden Motorsailer "Trade Wind" relaunches after a complete restoration by Rockport Marine, Rockport, Maine.

Rockport Marine commissioned this 90-second multimedia piece to debut at the Wooden Boat Show in Mystic, CT. Trade Wind won the "Judge's Choice" in the Concours d'Elegance at the Wooden Boat Show. Congratulations to Trade Wind owners Michael, Marcy and the crew at Rockport Marine!

I recently dropped by Nathaniel S. Wilson, Sailmaker, in East Boothbay and captured some great shots of the sail loft. Nat Wilson opened his shop in 1975, hand-cutting sails on the floor of his shop and using industrial sewing machines and hand tools for his craft. Trade Wind, a 1938 Alden Motor-Sailer recently restored and launched by Rockport Marine, features gorgeous hand-crafted Nat Wilson sails. I'll be heading back to the loft again this summer to shoot more in this stunning setting.

This year's ERR was a feast for both photographers and sailors. The light was stunning and the wind was perfect! Here's TICONDEROGA.