Mari 'elle

Daysailers Mari 'elle

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Own a piece of history with this 1938 Marlin 18 "Mari 'elle". A classic one-design sloop that once had active fleets in Harbor Springs and New England. Designed by Philip L. Rhodes who was a prolific, lifetime designer of all types of vessels from small recreational dinghies to large yachts. He was particularly known for the wholesome good looks and sailing qualities of his yacht designs. His 12 Meter Class "Weatherly" won the Americas Cup in 1962. Built by The Anchorage, Inc./Dyer Boats in Warren Rhode Island where they had been building fine boats since 1930 when Bill Dyer founded the company. The Marlin 18 was designed to prepare young sailors for keel boat racing on Long Island Sound. Twenty-four boats were built over the winter of 1937-38. Twelve of those boats were delivered to the Little Traverse Yacht Club in time for racing in 1938. They were used to prepare young sailors to move up to the Northern Michigan (NM) 33' sloop well into the 1950's. This boat was number six of the 12 that went to LTYC. As fate has it, the Great Hurricane of 1938 struck across all New England killing hundreds and destroying everything in its wake. The flooding hit The Anchorage Company hard burying it under 15 feet of wreckage and water. Subsequently, the original Rhodes Marlin

18 design with its open deck configuration, slated for the Warwick Country Club Yacht Squadron of Rhode Island was not produced. "Mari 'elle" is one of few Marlins still in existence today.