WIANNO SENIOR. Photo by Norman Fortier, courtesy Joseph Mattison, Jr. 



Boston, Mass.). The Crosby Yacht Building and Storage Company (Oster- 

 ville, Mass.) is still the only builder. The boats are of planked mahogany 

 and cost $5400 new, about $2400 for used boats. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. 25'; waterline i7'6"; beam 8'; draft with- 

 out centerboard 2'6'\ with C.B. 4^6"; sail area 366 sq. ft. (spinnaker used); 

 it is not trailable. 

 Wianno Junior Class: 



This class of smaller sloops was originated in Osterville, Massachusetts, 

 with the first boats being built in 1921. As in the case of the Seniors, Crosby 

 was the designer and builder. Although eighty-one boats have been built, 

 many have been lost in storms or abandoned, and it is estimated that ap- 

 proximately fifty boats may still be afloat. Of this number, about fifteen are 



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THE SAILBOAT CLASSES OF NORTH AMERICA 



