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“Brooke”—a
fully restored 1930s International 14 wooden sailboat
“Brooke”—a 1930s International 14 wooden sailboat
Brooke is an “International Fourteen” sailing dingy built in the 1930s. The design, which was licensed, was the international standard sloop righ racing sailboat of the time. It is constructed with a lap strake hull of ¼ cut red cedar with mahogany sheer planks, transom and rudder and a Sitka spruce boom and mast—the latter a full 24 ft tall. The boat is built with a high degree of craftsmanship: it has 10 rounds of planking—not 8 or 9 as would be typical—and the top three rounds are full-length from stem to transom, something which requires both good skill and material.
The boat was built in Toronto and raced at the Boulevard Club on Lake Ontario in the 1930s and later at the Port Credit Yacht Club until it was purchased in the 1960s and brought to Muskoka. It was restored over 2005-2006. The boat comes with a full length custom made canvas boat cover from Bernatti’s of Parry Sound made in 2006 at a cost of $750. It has a set of modern vinyl sails as well as a canvas jib from Cowes of England. The current owners, on Chiefs Island Lake Joseph, are reluctantly parting with it to make way for another sail project. Brooke is named after the English poet Rupert Brooke, who died in 1915.
Brooke can be viewed at Wood Wind Yachts in Nestleton, Ontario who will handle all aspects of the sale.
Wood Wind Yachts
3986 Hwy 7A,
Nestleton, Ontario L0B 1L0
T 905 986-9663 FAX (905) 986-1345
Ken@woodwindyachts.com / www.woodwindyachts.com
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