13' Peapod (1986) - FINESSE AND TURSIOPS

In a mold derived from an early 1900s Maine peapod, Peter Sylvia made fiberglass peapods for three decades in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Smaller than many peapods, at 12’10” and just 130 pounds, these peapods have a pronounced and graceful sheer. They are fast to row and effortless to tow. Peter trimmed them out in mahogany or teak, giving them a more elegant look than their workboat ancestors. They are a perfect tender with which to explore an anchorage by oars at first light. With the optional sailing rig (centerboard, rudder, and a not-so-traditional sloop rig) they can range farther.

Comments:
“Finesse and Tursiops—my two boats with and without the sailing rig—both row wonderfully; it is nothing to do five miles on a calm morning. I bring one or the other as a tender when chartering in Maine. They tow behind a larger boat like a happy puppy, skittering over the wake. Being double ended, there’s no transom drag even when rowing five people ashore. I do think they have the prettiest lines of any peapod I’ve seen.”