Allan Vaitses Remembered

摘要

The peak period of Allan Vaitses' lengthy boatbuilding career straddled the market's transition from wood to 'glass. By his account, during the two decades he operated his own business in Mat-tapoisett, Massachusetts, from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, the Vaitses shop "built over 200 custom boats in wood up to 48', in fiberglass to 52', and one in ferrocement at 65'. These were sailboats, auxiliaries, and powerboats to designs of L.F.