Boat details (n°540)

Boat details (n°540)

USA-81


Essentials

 



Designers
Alfred Edward "Bill" Luders Jr. (USA)
Ernest B. Fay
 
Builder
Fay Brothers, Seabrook Shipyard, Clear Lake, TX (USA)
 
Material
Mahogany on oak frames
 
1st certificate issued
01-06-1968
 
Original boat name
Sundance
 
Original country
USA
 
Original sail number
81
 
Original location
San Juan Islands, WA (USA)



0540_Shaw_Classic_1st_leg_copy.webp

Shaw Island Classic '17 : Downwind leg
(credits : Lark Dalton's friend)
Added by Jeffrey Hanks
on 2017-08-22


Photo Gallery (9)

 



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Notes (4)

Material
05-08-2011
by Jeffrey Hanks, 05-08-2011
Mahogany on oak frames
5.5 USA 81 "Sundance" New Owners
03-08-2011
by Jeffrey Hanks, 03-08-2011
"Sundance" is now owned by a four person partnership in the San Juan Islands Washington. Title transferred July 2011.
Designer and builder
22-12-2008
by Matti Muoniovaara, 22-12-2008
The designer of Sundance was Alfred Edward Luders Jr. and has a Luders design number 1075 L5.5 #56.
The builder is Seabrook Shipyard, on Galveston Bay, Kemah, Texas.
As general information to all 5.5s owned by Ernest and Albert Fay (except Firestorm US-87)is that they were all designed by Alfred Edward Luders Jr.
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Document library (3)

 



Document
Size
By / When
 
5.5 USA 81 "Sundance" - for sale
Info from the secondwave website, provided by. D. Rossi
553 Kb
553 Kb
 
 
 
5.5 USA 81 "Sundance" - in 1978
Lloyd's Register of Yachts
812 Kb
812 Kb
 
 
 
1.67 Mb
2 Mb
 
 
 
0540_Shaw_Classic_1st_leg_copy.webp

Shaw Island Classic '17 : Downwind leg
(credits : Lark Dalton's friend)
Added by Jeffrey Hanks on 2017-08-22


Ownership history (2)


Sail#
Name
Location
USA-81
"Sundance"
USA-81
"Sundance"

Results History (0)



Links Library (2)


10-12-2010
 
(Foss Waterway Seaport Museum)
 
 
 
27-02-2023
 
(The original Seabrook Shipyard)