Wooden Boat Restoration

“It was so much fun. If I were ten years younger, I’d apply for a job there.”

Bruce Bennett, Owner of Come From Away

  • A small motorboat with two people and a child on a lake, with a wooded shoreline and a house visible on a hill in the background.

    Come From Away

    Come From Away is a 1956 Shepard Utility Model discovered in the Free Boats section of WoodenBoat Magazine. In 2023, Brooklin Boat Yard restored this beautiful powerboat with the help of the new owner.

  • View from the deck of a sailboat, showing polished wood interior, stainless steel winches, a steering wheel, and blue cushions, with calm water and buildings along the shoreline in the background.

    Djinn

    Originally designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built in 1965 by Minneford Yacht Yard for Commodore Henry Morgan of the New York Yacht Club, Djinn was thoroughly restored by Brooklin Boat Yard between 2021 and 2023.

  • A sailboat with white sails on a calm body of water near a forested shoreline under a clear sky.

    Vixen

    Vixen is a 1937 Knuds Reimer 15’ square meter built by Oscar Schelin at Kungsors Boat Yard in Sweden and restored by Brooklin Boat Yard in 2011.

  • Two sailboats floating on calm water in a serene landscape, with a small island and distant shoreline in the background.

    Mischief

    In 2011, work began on what was originally thought to be a thorough refit on Mischief, a S Boat that had been a fixture at Center Harbor for many years. The refit turned into a complete restoration.

  • A sailboat with white sails on the water under a blue sky.

    Katrinka

    Designed by Bill Tripp Sr. in 1969 and built by Bristol Yacht Company in Bristol, Rhode Island, Katrinka led a storied life until 2008 when she was found in a boatyard in Rockland, Maine, by a BBY client who was looking for a “just right” boat. She was one of the first fiberglass restorations completed at Brooklin Boat Yard.

  • A motorboat named Aphrodite speeding through the water with three people on board, flags flying, and a trail of wake behind it.

    Aphrodite

    Aphrodite was built by the Purdy Boat Company, Port Washington, NY, and launched in May of 1937 for Wall Street financier and later Ambassador to the Court of St. James, John Hay (Jock) Whitney of Manhasset, Long Island. After sinking, Brooklin Boat Yard completed a “shadow restoration” as Brian Larkin calls it, in which we restored everything but her shadow.

  • Docked boats in a marina during sunset with calm water reflecting the vessels and partly cloudy sky.

    Enticer

    Always maintained to the high standards Enticer has received refits throughout her life, but the most thorough by far took place in 2001 & 2002 at Brooklin Boat Yard during which more than two million dollars were spent to bring the yacht to her current “concourse” condition. Although based in Newport, RI, Enticer cruises between New England, the Chesapeake, South Florida and the Bahamas. 

AVAILABLE RESTORATIONS

Experience more than a custom-build by bringing back a piece of history.

A sailboat racing on the ocean with several other sailboats in the background, all under an overcast sky.

Hope was the personal raceboat of John Alden, the famous yacht designer. She is available for restoration and located at Brooklin Boat Yard.

Prospect of Whitby looks to be as original as when she was built. Let’s not forget that her builder, Bjarne Aas, was a legend at the end of his career.