Chloe

After her launch in 1960, details of Chloe’s history are sketchy until her purchase by Greg Smith of Rowayton, CT in the 1970s. After her planking was damaged in a storm, a survey determined the original mahogany was deteriorating. Smith had her re-planked with bronze-fastened Alaskan yellow cedar by shipwright Pieter Den Hartog of Hamilton Woodworking. Greg sailed Chloe on Long Island Sound until 1985 when he moved her to Washington State.

In the early 1990s, Chloe’s deck and sheer strake were damaged by another storm in Port Hadlock. A second restoration was undertaken by Greg’s brother Charlie Smith, former captain of Neil Young’s 100′ Baltic Schooner, Ragland. The deck and house were replaced, and a self-baling cockpit installed.

After many family adventures in the Salish Sea, Greg donated Chloe to The Center for Wooden Boats in 2018. Brandt Faatz, then Executive Director at CWB, fell in love with Chloe and purchased her. She was in fine condition but needed cosmetic work. After a haul-out to refresh the bottom and topsides paint, Brandt stripped and refinished the mast in December 2019. The house and comings were refinished as a spring 2020 pandemic lockdown project. Chloe sailed Seattle’s Lake Union that summer and relocated to Port Townsend with Brandt in the fall. She now resides in Port Townsend’s Boat Haven.