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The Fortunate Fleet: A Century of Sailing in Winter Harbor Knockabouts
The Fortunate Fleet A Century of Sailing in Winter Harbor Knockabouts Author:Victoria Reiter Goldstein Not a single Winter Harbor 21 Knockabout was lost to fire, or left to rot in a field, or simply misplaced and lost forever. Though they were built in 1907, they are all still sailing every Saturday of July and August in their home of Winter Harbor, Maine. Sometimes referred to as the rainbow fleet because each sports a different color, all nine... more » are moored together in front of their Yacht Club, like old friends joined in comfortable friendship by their heritage and the passage of many summers. Over the years, they had been dispersed as the fortunes and interests of their owners waned, but beginning in the early 1980s, through a series of fortunate occurrences, they were all found and reunited. This is the history of the Winter Harbor Knockabouts, the oldest complete American class of boats still racing.« less