“That’s what I want. She’s a honey! Now build her.”
Ninety years ago this June, this 59-foot wood ketch slid into the water at Newport Beach and hasn't stopped since.
She patrolled for Japanese submarines during WWII. She earned seven Navy chevrons — authorized by the Secretary of the Navy himself. She's outlasted every era she's sailed through.
Today she's moored in Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island, still wooden, still seaworthy, still in the hands of people who love her.
Here's how ninety years happens.
Here's how ninety years happens.