TRADE WIND was originally built in 1938 for a discerning owner who wanted an elegant floating home. She was built solidly of teak on steam-bent oak frames, and was the first pleasure boat to ever be tank tested. The restored TRADE WIND is well-appointed in paneled iroko, a tropical hardwood.
She has a generous galley, three heads, a bathtub and a main salon with a fireplace. The engine room is equipped with two restored Detroit 671 engines, a generator and a watermaker. Rockport Marine also built a new ketch rig for the boat with custom bronze hardware and sails by Nat Wilson. Click here to read the original article from the Rudder magazine.
Trade Wind, an Alden design motor sailer from 1938, restored at Rockport Marine and launched in 2011, Rockport Maine
Trade Wind, an Alden design motor sailer from 1938, restored at Rockport Marine and launched in 2011, Rockport Maine
Trade Wind, an Alden design motor sailer from 1938, restored at Rockport Marine and launched in 2011, Rockport Maine
Trade Wind, an Alden design motor sailer from 1938, restored at Rockport Marine and launched in 2011, Rockport Maine
Trade Wind, an Alden design motor sailer from 1938, restored at Rockport Marine and launched in 2011, Rockport Maine
John Alden designed motor sailer "Trade Wind" and her tenders, Rockport, Maine
John Alden designed motor sailer "Trade Wind" and her tenders, Rockport, Maine