My friend Giffy Full—who spent years in the boating world, first as a yacht captain, and then as a well-regarded yacht surveyor—called me recently to chat about boats. He lives in Brooklin, Maine, but now spends the winter months at his daughter’s home in Florida. How provident that we jumped right into rowboats as I was trolling for a topic for this issue. He urged me to get in touch with his daughter about her Whitehall, which was built by the Cottrells in Searsport, Maine. Immediately it came to my mind that it’s hard to beat a Whitehall for beauty and fast rowing…………

Read the rest here at: Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors May/June 2022 issue #176