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1929 – · Sausalito, California

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Schooner — Nunes Brothers, Sausalito, 1929

Built at Sausalito for a San Francisco banker on a low bid of $350,000, later owned by Errol Flynn, and restored in Brittany in the 1990s. The most glamorous boat the Nunes brothers ever built, and they built the Bear in the same yard at the same time.

Builder
Nunes Brothers Boat & Ways Co., Sausalito
For
Templeton Crocker, on a low bid of $350,000
Later
Bought by Errol Flynn in 1946; he held her until his death in 1959
Restoration
In Brittany in the 1990s
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
  • Length is given as both 118 and 127 feet, and her launch as both 1929 and 1930.

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