Boat Name | Windsprite | |
Manufacturer | Eugene Kelly | |
Hull Type | Daysailor | |
LOA | 15'9" | (4.8m) |
Beam | (m) | |
Weight | (kg) | |
Ballast | (kg) | |
Keel Type | centerboard | |
Berths | ||
Draft Up | (m) | |
Draft Down | (m) | |
Year Start | 1976 | |
Year End | 1977 | |
Number Made | 16 | |
Country | USA | |
MIC | ||
Shortypen ID | 393 | |
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2017-08-01 | by: | Jerry Todd | Lydia -- Windsprite sailing on Rock Creek in Maryland |
2017-08-01 | by: | Jerry Todd | Jerry Todd's Windsprite |
2017-08-01 by: Jerry Todd
In 1976-77 Eugene Kelly started making 16 foot fiberglass day-sailors in the Fells Point section of Baltimore Maryland. In all 16 boat were made, I have the prototype, hull #1. The boats came in various color combinations; Blue with white deck and interiorGreen with white, Yellow with buff. This is my boat in 1981 And he's Lydia today, well last Tuesday ... 40 years old and still sailing.
There's 15 other boats out there, I saw a yellow/buff one on the highway a decade or so ago, and...read more