CELEBRITY. 



Courtesy P. Evanson Boat Co. 



CELEBRITY 



The 20-foot Celebrity sloop (now available with centerboard or keel) 

 made its appearance on Chesapeake Bay about 1953 or 1954 and has grown 

 rapidly since that time until now there are over five hundred in the class. It 

 is reported that the Celebrities at the Annapolis Fall Series in 1961 had the 

 largest single fleet of the fifteen classes entered. Originally built of strip 

 planking, the molded mahogany hull was introduced in 1959. The Celebrity 

 is said to be a good family boat as well as a racer, and it is possible for 

 those not seeking too much comfort to go cruising. In the summer of 

 i960 one Celebrity owner, Helmuth Braendel, and his two young sons took 

 a seven hundred-mile trip on a two weeks' cruise in his Celebrity. The 

 athwartships cockpit seats may be removed and with the aid of the cuddy 

 and a cover she can be made into a cruiser. 



The mast is stepped in a tabernacle, making stepping or tilting the mast 

 to go under bridges a not-difficult performance. The principal areas of sail- 

 ing are in the vicinities of Chicago and Springfield, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia; 

 Edgewater Park and Riverton, New Jersey; Great South Bay, Long Island, 

 New York; Hessel, Michigan; Elk River and Annapofis, Maryland; Indian 

 River, Delaware. Fleets are starting in other New Jersey ports and on Long 

 Island Sound; also in Madison, Wisconsin. 



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