
This custom design was commissioned by a long-time customer who previously owned the sardine carrier GRAYLING. For this boat, we worked to achieve the main objective of the design: all the beauty, traditional quality, and practicality of GRAYLING but in a smaller, easier-handled package.
LOA – 43'
Beam -- 11'2"
Draft -- 3'8"
Cruising Speed -- 8 knots approx.
Tankage -- 350 gallon fuel; 340 gallon water
Construction -- Douglas fir planking on white oak frames

A few days after launch, DELIVERANCE cruises out of the Benjamin River for builder's sea trials.

Heading out into Eggemoggin Reach, doing about 8 knots.

Inside the pilothouse on a foggy Maine day.

The galley and dinette are inviting and practical.

Another view of the galley, which communicates directly with the helm station. The cook is not banished below decks.

The foc'sle is elegant and comfortable.
For more photos of the interior, please click here to go to an album of DELIVERANCE photos at our Facebook page.

A few months after launch, DELIVERANCE finds herself in the Bahamas, heading to points south.
Photo courtesy Ted Okie.

Please click to see a few photos of DELIVERANCE under construction.