Home Port: Port Townsend
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Year Built: 1945
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LOA: 19'
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Beam: 5' 3"
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Owner: Sean and Inger Rankins
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Designer: Unknown
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Design: Langesund Seiling Snekke
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Type: Sloop
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Havhesten (“Seahorse”) was built in Langesund, Norway. Her construction began before WWII but was halted soon after it started. Construction was finished just after the end of the war. She is known in her native waters of Langesund on the southeast coast of Norway as a Langsund Sailing Snekke. Hey type of keelboat evolved on the local fjord over many years. Her construction is oak sawn frames with Norwegian Red Pitchpine lapstrake planks. All fasteners are copper rivets and bronze screws. She came with us from Norway to Port Townsend in 1990. She was restored here.
