JFK yawl will be featured at U.S. Sailboat Show exhibit

Author:: Trade Only Today Editors
Publish date:: Oct 7, 2009

The National Sailing Hall of Fame & Sailing Center's exhibition at the upcoming U.S. Sailboat Show will feature the 1936 Sparkman & Stephens yawl Manitou, the mahogany 62-footer John F. Kennedy sailed while he was President.

Manitou was built by M.M. Davis & Sons in Solomons Island, Md.

Also on display will be the conceptual model and drawing of the Hall of Fame facility to be located on Annapolis City Dock.

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