FaceBook Friend Steve Lauermann spotted this vessel as little more than a speck in my July 29 Post image and asked for information about her. Here are images of her today in Great Cove, where she’s been moored as one of the WoodenBoat School’s sailing class vessels:
She’s the Fishing Schooner Ellen C. Wells, out of Dutch Harbor, Jamestown, R.I. She was designed by William Garden and built and launched in 2015 in Kittery, Maine.
She’s 45 feet long overall, has a 10-foot beam (widest part) and a Yanmar 3GM 27 HP diesel engine. She’s gaff-rigged and fast, judging by the few times I’ve seen her under sail. Spiffy. (Brooklin, Maine)