Description: Photographs: Above - 15388-9 : Arriving from Operation Sail in 1976 #1 - 15388-1: Vega in 1976 #2 - 15388-3: Builder's plate reading "Built by Henry R. Hinckley & Company, Southwest Harbor, Maine, Design No. 861, Hull No. 795. #3, #4, #5 - 15388-2, 15388-7, and 15388-8: Under the tent at the naval base #10, #11 - 15388-11, 15388-12: In David Viera's boatyard #5, #7, #8 - 15388-4, 15388-5, 15388-6: When Vahalla was offered to the Navy in 1973 #12 - 15388-13 : Vega in Lisbon, early 1980s [show more]
Description: Built in Thomaston in 1967 by Roger Morse to a 1905 half-model made by Roger's grandfather Charles Morse. Ralph Stanley at helm. On board: owners Rodney Flora and Jill Schoof, Marion Stanley
Description: Ralph Stanley built the 25 foot open-cockpit Maine Sloop Boat “Endeavor” on speculation in 1979 at his boat shop on Clark Point Road. She originally had beach rocks as movable internal stone ballast, later replaced by lead. "The Friendship Sloop" videorecording, DVD, produced by The New Film Company, Inc. in 1986, featured Ralph Stanley building "Endeavor". Ralph sold the vessel to Shaw Mudge of Harrington, Maine in 1981 who later sold it to Ralph’s friend, Betsy Holtzmann of Southwest Harbor. [show more]
Description: Photo, undated. Stamp on back reads "F.H. McDougall, artist, Boothbay Harbor, ME. Photo is of a two-masted ship named "Priscilla" in a shipyard. Seven men appear on board, about 10 figures near the keel, and a small group gathered at the forefront of the photo.
Description: Transpac publications for the 1955 and 1987 Honolulu races that mention the Hinckley yawl Valhalla as Mai Tai, The mentions are highlighted between vertical yellow bars in the attached PDF files.
Description: Race entry information for the 1951, 1957, 1963, and 1965 races. Mentioned are the Hinckley yawls Nirvana (1951 race) and Valhalla as Mai Tai, Currytuck, and Janie C (all four races).