"Silhouette" was designed and built by my Dad from 1946-1948. At the time, he was vice president of New York Shipbuilding Corp. in Camden, New Jersey. This was the third boat he built for personal use. The other two were wooden Class sloops: "Patsy Anne", an 18' Seagull, #216 and "Patsy Anne II" a 19' Lightning, #1004. "Silhouette" was a monumental undertaking because it was a 40' all welded, steel hull, beautifully crafted pleasure yawl with a hydraulic lift centerboard. She was unique, one of a kind. He never built another and finally sold her in 1962. The couple who purchased the boat cruised the East coast, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Portugal, France and Gibraltar. They published very descriptive articles in Motor Boating and Sail attesting to the superiority of Silhouette's sea-worthiness. Dad died in 1986, but I'm certain he would be happy to know that "Silhouette" is still going strong and now makes her home in Uruguay, South America. View full size.
"Silhouette" was designed and built by my Dad from 1946-1948. At the time, he was vice president of New York Shipbuilding Corp. in Camden, New Jersey. This was the third boat he built for personal use. The other two were wooden Class sloops: "Patsy Anne", an 18' Seagull, #216 and "Patsy Anne II" a 19' Lightning, #1004. "Silhouette" was a monumental undertaking because it was a 40' all welded, steel hull, beautifully crafted pleasure yawl with a hydraulic lift centerboard. She was unique, one of a kind. He never built another and finally sold her in 1962. The couple who purchased the boat cruised the East coast, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Portugal, France and Gibraltar. They published very descriptive articles in Motor Boating and Sail attesting to the superiority of Silhouette's sea-worthiness. Dad died in 1986, but I'm certain he would be happy to know that "Silhouette" is still going strong and now makes her home in Uruguay, South America. | Click image for Comments. | Home | Browse All Photos