Posts from — November 2009

Freda - built on San Francisco Bay in 1885

Freda is well on her way to returning to the waters of San Francisco Bay, but she still needs your help to complete her journey. Please consider contributing to the completion of the museum-class restoration of Freda, the oldest private sailboat on the West Coast of the United States.

You can contribute on our Web page at Make a Donation, or you can contact the Spaulding Center directly at (415) 332-3179.

You can read more about the historic gaff sloop Freda on our main Web site.

Ivan Davies, Jonah Ward, Jane Davies

Ivan Davies built Auroral in the 1950′s in an old stable in San Francisco. Two other Spaulding 33′s were being built in that stable at the same time, including our Pegasus, built by Michael Schnapp.

Jonah Ward, a staff member of the Spaulding Boatworks, completed the restoration of Auroral. An enthusiastic crowd of over 200 were on hand this past Saturday to celebrate her relaunch.

Ivan told us that Auroral’s original color was white but, given time, he’d get used to her new, bright red hull.

Read the article at MoreMarin.com.

Continue reading at MoreMarin.com.

He was one of the great racing sailors of his generation, and we’re coming to a big weekend at what was once Myron Spaulding’s boatyard in Sausalito. Today it’s the people’s boatyard, if we can keep it…

Read more at Kimball’s blog, Blue Planet Times.