20' Oughtred Caledonia Yawl (2007) - PATINA

Caledonia Yawl built by Ed Segen in 2007 and purchased by Richard Vogel in 2017. She sits on a trailer in Brewster, Massachusetts, and sails in both Cape Cod Bay and Pleasant Bay. She has a balanced lug main and a sprit rig mizzen, with self standing masts, thus with no standing rigging she sets up in under 10 minutes at the ramp. Built of sapele mahoghany and trimmed in white oak with unique bronze hardware and kevlar coating under water. Her mizzen enables me to heave-to in a jiffy, under heavy winds, and put in up to three reefs in the lug main, while drinking tea. She handles beautifully and is stable enough in up to 30 knot winds. She has two rowing stations, and is powered by a Torqeedo 1003L with a remote control and batteries stored under thwarts. She is the perfect sailboat to meet my needs after having trailer sailed many sailboats over many years. Kudos to Ed Segen for his workmanship and to Tony Davis for helping me maintain her occasionally (i.e. replace mast, etc.) though I do most things myself. She won first place in the owner build category of the 2010 International Boat Show in Mystic Connecticut.

NOTE that the last picture below is of Iain Oughtred sitting in my boat when it won the above award.