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Here's a brief article by Rod Stephens from what I believe is Sail magazine from 1982. Please double click for zoom.

Here's a nice professional portrait of Roderick Stephens, Jr. around the time of his retirement from Sparkman & Stephens.

And a tribute from Cruising World magazine just after his death. Double click for bigger view.


You can access a copy of his unfinished and unpublished book about sailing by clicking here.

And finally his pet project, the DUKW. For his involvement in the development of this amphibious truck, Rod would earn himself the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

On July 2nd and July 3rd we posted information regarding a 48' classic along the lines of a downsized Anna, our design 2721. Anna is a 56' classic sloop that was launched in 2007. She was built by Brooklin Boat Yard and is a beautiful wooden boat.

Since her launch we have had a lot of interest from people wanting to build a sistership. However, building one is a ~$2,000,000 proposition and is not within the reach of many sailors.

The development of the S&S48 is as follows: Having just launched (see posting of September 10th) a 48' modern classic at Lyman Morse, we have taken advantage of the fact a high quality hull mold exists and have styled a deck in a similar fashion to Anna (and Stormy Weather, etc). As such we have developed a scaled down version of Anna.

Our earlier postings showed an interior layout in a daysailer configuration. Since that time we have developed an interior arrangement with some optional layouts as well. Please note that in the following general arrangement we show a 3 cabin boat. The excerpts are substitutions: if one wishes to have a separate shower (on port) then the port quarter cabin is lost, a separate shower is added as well as a pilot berth. If one wishes to have a bigger galley then the starboard quarter cabin is lost and a much improved galley is substituted.

We are anticipating serious cost savings due to the fact this is a much smaller boat and by using the existing hull tooling. For additional information please feel free to contact us.