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1926 – present · South Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Concordia Company

South Dartmouth, Massachusetts

A brokerage that became a builder, and produced 103 yawls so consistent in quality that owning one is still a form of identification.

Founded
1926 by Llewellyn Howland as a brokerage, named for a family whaling vessel
Succession
Waldo Howland took over operations in 1932, with C. Raymond Hunt, and ran the firm until selling to Bill Pinney in 1969
Moves
Boston to Fairhaven 1938 — the year the Great New England Hurricane struck; to South Dartmouth 2007
Concordia yawl
Design No. 14, introduced 1938, in production to 1966; 103 built, the last being Irene, hull 103
Built where
Largely by Abeking & Rasmussen in Germany, under a partnership
Archive
Records of Concordia Company, Mystic Seaport, 1938–2001
  • 1938–1966Concordia yawl — 103 built
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
  • Design credit for the Concordia yawl is given to Ray Hunt by most sources and to Fenwick Williams by at least one. This atlas records both.

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