John Alden’s design 347 (“Wolfhound”) is a quintessential American yacht with roots descending from the great tradition of the “fast and able” New England fishing schooners. With the pilothouse aft she is unquestionably an American schooner.

Design 347 was a preliminary design that was never built so when she was launched in 2021, 94 years after her lines were drawn in 1927, she became an Original Alden, not a replica, and in a way also be “John G. Alden’s Last Schooner” (designed in his office for himself and then built). The preliminary design drawings, which were purchased exclusively for the Wolfhound build from Alden’s design office, now exist in the MIT Museum’s Hart Collection in Boston, MA.

Read more about Wolfhound and see two short films about her first Atlantic crossings at: www.alden347.com