The 67'yawl CHUBASCO, which appears on the cover of this issue, is a legend in California yachting. She was designed by Sparkman & Stephens and launched by Wilmington Boat Works in 1939. That same year she placed second in her division in the Transpac Race. A remarkable racing career ensued, including class victories in the Transpac and another second-place class finish 31 years after her launching. She raced seriously into the 1970s and has continued in commission since then.Sparkman & Stephens designed CHUBASCO during a crazy-fertile era for the company-and for yachting. Many of the classic yachts sailing today came from S&S during the 1930s. They include BARUNA, which was recently restored by Robbe & Berking in Flensburg, Germany (see WB No. 258); the impeccably maintained 12-Meter class sloop VIM; Mystic Seaport's flagship schooner BRILLIANT; the yawl STORMY WEATHER, which was an evolution of Olin Stephens's breakthrough yawl, DORADE; the 12-Meters NORTHERN LIGHT and NYALA; the sloop BLITZEN (an East Coast yacht launched in 1938 that sailed against CHUBASCO in her inaugural Transpac); and the schooner-turned-yawl SANTANA, which was also built by Wilmington Boat Works and was recently restored by East Passage Boatwrights in Rhode Island.
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