Built in 1962 at the renowned Cheoy Lee Shipyard in Hong Kong to race the TransPac, Isobar is a 45’ LOA full-keel sloop with a 12’ maximum beam and a 28,000 lb. displacement. Her original design was a monocoque wineglass hull of strip-planked Philippine mahogany, spacious teak decks and a counter stern. She sports a low aspect mainsail rig (48’ deck-stepped mast with a 22’ spar) built for the largely downwind run of the TransPac. While she is a custom design, her lines take inspiration from the big Sparkman & Stevens designs of the — most noticeably the 52’ yawl Dorade. Construction materials are Mahogany hull; Teak decks and interiors; Holly & teak soles; Oak structural framing (retrofit); Bird’s eye maple / ebony chart table. You do have to love varnishing, gentle washing and being one with the wood.
