17' Custom built Boston Whitehall

Glory A Fancy Boston Whitehall
GLORY is a replica of The Bailey Boat that is on display in the Mystic Seaport Museum.

The design dates back to the 1870's. This boat was referred to as a Fancy Whitehall as her scantlings are reduced to an absolute minimum and her hull lines are drawn extra lean and fine.
Whitehalls were known for their breathtaking speed as well as being very seaworthy.

This one has three rowing positions for 3 oarsmen or can be rowed using the single sliding seat rig mounted in the middle of the boat.

A few years back she was used in the movie "Cannibals" which aired on the History Channel. In that movie, they jury rigged a makeshift sail and had 4 actors in the boat. (See pictures)

Some of the photos are taken in calm waters in Oyster Bay L.I. The ones with the jury rig sail are taken off Lloyds Neck on the Long Island Sound with a nice breeze.

The boat is built with West system epoxy, 2 layers of fiberglass cloth on the outside 1 layer of 6 oz. cloth on the inside. She has some very special details outlined in a separate list. The hull is all solid red cedar with fluted ash rails and spruce cove strip. Transom & bow seats are spruce to save weight in the ends, the center seats are ash frames with cane centers to save more weight. (See list for other details )

I worked on this boat for a little over one year as I wanted every detail to be perfect. This is the 5th boat I've built and it's not easy to part with her. If you're looking for something very special, that turns heads, can hold 4 people or just go real fast in any weather this is the boat.

Captain Mitchell Friedman
516-697-4890
mgfassoc@gmail.com
Glory A Fancy Boston Whitehall
* Dimensions 17'-0" long x 45 " wide 14" dp. Weight: 90 lbs.
* Adjustable foot braces. Spruce chocks with Mahogany foot boards.
* Hand turned seat post supports
* Hand carved sliding seat on nylon rollerblade wheels, very smooth & quiet