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ORIGINAL STEEL KETCH DESIGNED BY SPARKMAN & STEPHENS FOR IRVING JOHNSON *

* IRVING AND ELECTA JOHNSON, THE MOST FAMOUS SAILING COUPLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY, COMPLETED 4 CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS IN LARGER SCHOONERS BEFORE BUILDING THIS VESSEL,THEIR THIRD YANKEE. 

THIS TIME THE JOHNSONS WANTED A SMALLER BOAT THAT COULD BE HANDLED BY TWO WHEN NECESSARY AND STILL BE VERY COMFORTABLE TO IIVE  ABOARD WITH PRIVACY FOR OWNERS AND GUESTS.  

BUT THE JOHNSONS WANTED SOMETHING MORE: 

A VESSEL THAT IN THEIR OWN WORDS COULD

"CROSS OCEANS, CLIMB MOUNTAINS AND SURVIVE SHIPWRECK."