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Staff Pick
Selected items from the collections
Leaches, Florida 1969. Image of 46' Philip L. Rhodes designed, Herman Lund built auxiliary sloop CHEE CHEE V (built 1941 in Erie, Pa.), 41' Morgan sloop OBSESSION (built 1968 in Largo, FL) and 40' C&C Yachts designed, Belleville Marine Yard built Crusader 40 sloop QUE PASA (built circa 1968 in Belleville, ON) at a 1969 SORC race in Florida. Visible in image: cropped starboard quarter views of "CHEE CHEE V / MAMARONECK NY", QUE PASA (2515) and "OBSESSION / CHARLESTON" (M / 14 / 2090) on starboard close reaches under mainsails and genoas lined up in a row, so that the leaches make a pattern, in the background is a cabin cruiser. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.
