Stephens Brothers Boat Builders

The Delta yard that won the Farallone Clipper commission — by $150 a boat — and built the class that became the Bay's most admired wooden racer-cruiser.

Commission

Won the Farallone Clipper contract at $4,750 a boat against Nunes Brothers at $4,900

First boats

Six built 1938; six racing by spring 1939

Construction

Philippine mahogany over steam-bent oak, 7,200-lb iron keel

Later

Theo Stephens finalised the class's masthead-rig conversion on 5 August 1964

• from 1938Farallone Clipper class — 38 ft; the count and span differ between class histories