Acadia

Acadia on sea trials in Camden, Maine (photo © Nicolay Tarkhanov)Acadia cabinhouse. Note one of several bronze posts that support the canopy.Acadia newly launchedAcadia on sea trials in Camden, Maine. The two rear side windows slide up and down on pulleys with custom lead sash weights. Acadia's transom swings open onto the teak swim deck.

This 52' motor yacht was designed by Daniel Skira after the 1920s Long Island New York commuter boats. I was the foreman on this project at Bill Cannell's shop in Camden, Maine. It is double-planked–Douglas fir and Atlantic cedar over steam-bent white oak frames with mahogany trim and a cherry and cedar interior. Two 300 hp Mann diesel engines now power it around its home port Patmos, Greece.