Brooklin Boat Yard, located in Center Harbor on Eggemoggin Reach, is America’s Mecca of wooden boat construction and restoration. Started in 1960 by Joel White, and now operated by Steve White, their new main shop can accommodate boats up to 120 feet.

The majority of Brooklin Boat Yard’s new construction projects are cold molded, vacuum bagged wood/composite laminates that produce an exceptionally light and stiff hull. "One of our recent projects was originally designed for aluminum construction," said White. "Our design office was able to work with the naval architect to save weight and money, and end up with a beautiful wooden boat built at Brooklin Boat Yard."

Design Office

Brooklin Boat Yard’s design office is one of our great assets. Some people believe we build only to our designs, however we are happy to work with other designers and will even offer design and engineering assistance. Principal designer Robert Stephens worked closely with Joel White for many years.  Major design projects include a 50' gaff cutter being built in Australia, a preliminary for W-Class 37, and a cabin and interior for Rummary's Boatyard completion of Holland 38 in the Bunker and Ellis style.

"Modern boat design can encompass traditional elegance," believes Stephens. "One idea Joel and I shared was a philosophy of construction as an expression of minimalism. We both thought, if you can make something simpler, then you should do so. Although some of our most beautiful boats look like they might have been built in the 1920s and 1930s, their construction techniques are thoroughly modern. The W-Class boats are built from strip plank cedar, epoxy and carbon fiber with a fin keel and skeg rudder. Building with wood has many advantages over aluminum and man-made composites because of its insulating properties, corrosion resistance, weight and expense.

Current Projects

• Major restoration of Enticer, an 85' Trumpy built is 1935.

• Major refit of 1931 N.G. Herreshoff Fishers Island 31 - 45' on deck, all new floors, frame heels, keelbolts, deadwood and rudder, refastening of hull.

• New interior for 63' Dutch aluminum schooner that has cruised to 81 degrees north latitude.

• Complete refit of 26' fiberglass center console with twin 200hp outboards.

• Completion of new construction 1935 L. Francis Herreshoff "Mobjack" ketch - 45’ on deck, wooden masts. Launch date is early December 2002.

• Total restoration of 47' 1916 Lawley designed and built centerboard, gaff yawl. This year-long project has a planned launch in summer of 2003.

• New construction of 50' cold molded cruiser/racer with carbon rig and rudder, 9' fin keel. Designed by Brooklin Boat Yard's Robert Stephens, launch date is June 30, 2003.

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