We found Emma while searching the web for a classic wooden boat we could charter to sail the Scharen islands. Emma provided us with a unique opportunity to plan and outfit a beautiful handbuilt wooden schooner hull – and so our project began …
One helluva hull!
In case you nave not yet read Henry's story, this hull was constructed with locally sourced oak and larch and holds xx tons of ballast. It is an attractive shape for travelling – stable and with a shallow draft. With a little over 40 feet, she's a "mini-schooner" with...
Henry Kristensen’s Story with EMMA
When I first met Henry, I wondered why someone would build such a boat and wanted to sell it before it was finished. What motivated Henry to Build EMMA in the first place? In younger years Henry brought his carpentry skills to a boatyard in Nykøbing on the Island of...
The Schooner Mary J. Ward (1887)
The original Schooner Mary J. Ward was designed by Dennison J. Lawlor and built in 1887 in Essex, Massachusetts on the east coast of USA. Back then Dennison J. Lawlor was an accomplished designer / builder with a reputation of building fast and seaworthy boats. Mary...