Restoring ARIA

10/22/2023

Amore has been donated to the Restoring Aria project! Amore was designed by David Ryder - Turner, a Scottish designer and serious fan of William Fife. She was designed as a DaySailor, double ended, sloop. LOA: 34'-3" LWL: 22'-6" B: 7'-10" Displ: 9,870 . Built by William Cannell in Camden, Maine in 2004. Cedar planked, Oak frames, keel and floor timbers. The original owner donated the boat. There is not a wooden boat builder South of Boston capable of this quality today. None. It's going on the market soon, if you want to take a look, get in touch, I'll be happy to show it to you.

10/22/2023

Some things don't move as fast as you would like them to. It seems projects like this fall together easily for some people, I'm not that guy. The boat is still floating and tied up in Mandeville, Louisiana. We have been taking care of the business of setting up a Non-Profit Corporation to fund her restoration. That's done. We can now accept donations, boats, cars, trucks, real-estate and money. We are working out the details of how the NPC will with the world as a positive supporter of other maritime related groups and charitable causes in our in our region. The idea has always been to restore ARIA while helping others with a hand up. Everyone matters!

So if you would like to help us out and donate something that you've been wanting to get rid of or don't need anymore send me a message and let's talk. We are currently in need of a truck and a storage location for some boat donations that have already been made. I will attempt to update this page regularly in the future! Thanks for looking!

06/18/2022

Aria's sister Dyna won this race several time back in the 50's & 60's.

05/15/2022

I am setting up this page for a restoration project getting underway soon in New Orleans. We will be working with several other non profits restoring ARIA and possibly other boats in the future. The coolest part is that we are wrapping all of this around reaching out and helping people who can't help themselves! The other cool part is ARIA! I and others will be posting much more in the future. Please invite friends or anyone you think may be interested in this project to like this page. Thanks - Robert Payne

05/15/2022

05/15/2022

Aria is a classic, yawl rigged, auxiliary sailing yacht. She was designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built in 1957 by The Burger Boat Company in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was built for Mr. George H. Kress of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Mr. Kress was an industrialist and pioneer in the corrugated box business holding many patents for equipment and processes still in use today. He was a member of the New York Yacht Club, The Great Lakes Cruising Club and the Mackinac Island Yacht Club.

Aria's hull is constructed of all welded aluminum, she is one of the very earliest large sailboats of this material to be all welded. She is fitted with a centerboard, draws 5'-6" with the board up and 9'-0" with the board down. The centerboard retracts into an 18,000 pound cast iron keel built into the hull.

Principal Characteristics:

Hull length overall: 57'-5"
Waterline length : 40'-0"
Beam: 13'-7"
Displacement: 48,000 pounds
20,000 hull/18,000keel/10,000crew and effects
90hp Yanmar auxiliary engine
Aluminum spars