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.
Wooden Boat Atlas v3.0 · built 30 July 2026 · a project of the Golden Gate Wooden Boat Foundation · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · open data · corrections