"ALDEN FIBERGLASS BOATS" LIST - YACHTS BUILT TO THE EARLY DESIGN FAMILY
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CARAVELA OF EXE
ALDEN CHALLENGER
- * after last name = not known if this is present name.
- Boats in bold type = intelligence received during the life of this thread.
- Links in GREEN = vessel available for charter.
949A/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Windsong/Serena/Evanston,IL('02)
949B/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/Penobscot/Dog Watch*/(orig.Boston,MA)
949C/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Ara/SPRING TIDES/Guilford,CT
949D/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Aylette/Marcie III*/(orig.Glendale,OH)
949E/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Tyo*/(orig.Lancing,MI)
949F/1960/Yawl&Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Highlight/Sinsonte/Arianna/Innisfree/DAPHNE/Tiverton,RI
949G/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Adventure/Bailiwick/COMPASS ROSE/Stonington,CT
949H/1960?61?/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Christiana/Grey Poupon/Black Pearl/CADENZA/?
949J/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#1044]/Morse[#?]/Abri/Sheldrake/Argo/ARIA/Rockland,ME
949K/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/CARILLON/Gilford,NH
949L/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/KITTYWAKE/Fork Union,VA
949M/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Derecktor[#?]Carina III/Keewaydin/ALLIANCE/Marion,MA
949N/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Derecktor[#?]/Tarna/MUSKRAT/Smiths of Southport,ME
949O/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Saybrook[#?]/Windoon II/Magic/Petrel/FLEANA/Bangor&Bucks Harbor,ME
949P/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Palmer Johnson[#?]/VICTORY/Harbor Springs,MI
949Q/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/Challenger/Fridolf/IOLAIRE/MI
949R/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/ECHO/Cabot Cove,Pulpit Hr,N.Haven Isl,ME
949S/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/White Wing/Dealer's Choice/White Wing*/ last known Lancaster,SC,1999
949T/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/Tern/Roblyn/Cidaris/MORNING GLORY/Sth Harpswell,ME
949U/1960-61/Yawl/Halmatic[#1049]/LeComte[#33]/Prion/Mohawk/PRION/Cornwall,UK
949V/1960/Yawl now Sloop/Halmatic[#1048]/LeComte[#32]/Sara/Snark/]MARGUERITE/Falmouth Foreside,ME (2014: Galveston,TX?)
949W/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/Magic Lantern/Poopsie III/JASMINE/Milwaukee,WI
949X/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Gwen III/Dawn III/INTEGRITY/Sandusky,OH
949Y/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Indecision/Gander Too/CHRISTMAS/Rockport,ME
949Z/1961/rig?/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/White [or] Fine Feather/Startoo/Blackbird/ALARM/NJ
949AA/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Palmer Johnson[#?]/Peleia/Barbara(Tristan Jones!)/Reverie*/THEIRIS?/orig.Naperville,IL)
949BB/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#35]/Snow Goose/Hosanna II/STORMBIRD/Cotuit,MA
949CC/1962/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/Nimbus/Unicorn/God Speed/ODE TO JOY/New Paltz,NY/Foundered Barnegat Inlet,NJ,2011
949DD/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/Scylla/MERIDIAN OF GREENWICH/Hamble,UK
949EE/1961?62?/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#29?]/Mirily/Willing Slave/Sunsong/Gypsea/ESSAY/P.Charlotte,FL
949FF/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/LORELEI/(New Orleans,LA)/Lost in Hurricane Camille, 1969
949GG/1963/Yawl/Halmatic[1098]/Field[#?]/Mimiverre*/(orig. Hamble,England)
949HH/1962/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Pukka Gen/Eroica/CINDER/Indiantown,FL
949JJ/1962/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Kelpie/BLACK STAR/Portland,CT
949KK/1962/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/GISELLE OF IKEN/Ardrossan,Scotland
949LL/1962/Yawl/Halmatic[#1113]/Palmer Johnson[#?]/Kuwi/WHISPER/Quissett,MA
949MM/1962/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Twilight/Insurgent/Greystoke/Palaemon*/(orig.Providence, RI)
949NN/196?/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Krentz[#?]/Lang Syne/Merriman/FREYJA/NY
949OO/1963?-71/Sloop/Halmatic[#1148]/Wade[#?]/?/Mock Turtle/ISOLETTA/(Argentina? or Scotland?)
949PP/1963/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Tupsi Da/Cu Mara*/(orig. New Britain,CT)
949QQ/1963/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Onrust II/Highland Mist/Troubadour/AQUILA/Cambridge,MD
949RR/1963/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/SALUDOS/Austin,TX
949SS/1963/Ketch/Halmatic[#?]/MacLachlan[#?]/Steinvora*/(orig. Kingston, Ont., Canada; believed now PRION)
949TT/1963/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Snowflake*/(orig. Belvedere,CA)
949UU/1964/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Doldrums/BLACK MALLARD/Cape Porpoise,ME
949VV/1964-71?/Yawl/Halmatic[#1168]/Duncan[#?]/LYRA/Steenbergen,Netherlands
949WW/1964/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Epitome/Aurora/SVEDEE/NY,NY
949XX/1964/Yawl/Halmatic[#1192?]/Molich[#?](Low House)/Warlock/TARNA/New Meadows River,ME
949YY/196?/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Blue Magic* /(orig. Bay Head,NJ)
949ZZ/196?/Sloop-Cutter/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Adventure/Starlite II/Black Mallard/CARITAS/Red Wing,MN
949AAA/1964/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/TIA MARIA/Cocoa Beach,FL
949BBB/1964/Yawl+Cutter/Halmatic[#?]/Field+Island[#?]/OCEAN PELICAN/NW England (1st owner Ocean Youth Club, Plymouth, England)
949CCC/1965/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Serenata*/San Francisco,CA
949DDD/1966/Yawl/Halmatic[#1203]/Souter[#?]/Petard*/Kiel,Germany[R. Engineers YC]('80)
Total Built = 54?
MOULDERS INDEX (#)
Halmatic Ltd., Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (all)
[Note May 24, 2007: Halmatic location now shown as Portsmouth, Hampshire, England from previous Havant, Hampshire, England. Believe company moved from Portsmouth to Havant in 1966.]
FINISHERS INDEX (#)
Robert E. Derecktor, Mamaroneck, NY, U.S.A. (2)
Trevor Duncan Ltd., Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, England (1) (prof. pseudn. of composer 1st owner of 949W, Leonard Charles Trebilco)
Field Aircraft Services Ltd.,(Marine Division), Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England (5)
Island Boatbuilders, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England (1)
Krentz Marine Railway, Callao, VA, U.S.A. (1)
A. LeComte Co., Jutphaas, Holland (11)
MacLachlan Lumber Co., Kingston, Ontario, Canada (1)
Poul Molich, Hundested, Denmark (26)
R. Morse Boatbuilding Corp., Thomaston, ME, U.S.A. (proper name?) (1)
Palmer Johnson Boats, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI, U.S.A. (3)
Saybrook Marine Company, Saybrook, CT, U.S.A. (proper name and location?) (1)
W.A. Souter & Son (Cowes) Ltd., Cowes, Isle of Wight, England (1)
Ernest Wade Ltd., (+ E.D. Groom), Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England (1)
ALDEN CHALLENGER NAME ONLY (not yet connected to an Alden #)
(In year of build order, then alphabetical)
Present ""/Year Built/Original Rig/Moulder[#]/Finisher[#]/Home Port (default USA)
PRION/1964/?/?/?/?(Canadian Flag) - thought to be 949SS
ALDEN ZEPHYR
- * after last name = not known if this is present name.
- Boats in bold type = intelligence received during the life of this thread.
- Links in GREEN = vessel available for charter.
959A/1961/Sloop/Halmatic[#1083]/Field[#?]/Tadpole/Irondequoit III/Diana/MILLIE JO/Mobjack-Chesapeake
959B/1961/Sloop/Halmatic[#1087]/Halmatic-Field[#?]/Zephyr/Fanny/MAVEN/Easton,MD
959C/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic-Field[#?]/Raven/Dundee/Brabant/Foolish Things/ZEPHYRANTHES/Kittery Point,ME
959D/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Derecktor[#?]/Serendipity*/(orig.Corpus Christi,TX)
959E/1961/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic-Field[#?]/Zephyr*/(orig.Miami,FL)
959F/1962/Sloop/ Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic-Field[#?]/Gigi/Quasar/Namaste/MOTH/Waquoit,MA
959G/1962/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte? (or Halmatic-Field)/Chipmunk/ORCA/Cape Coral,FL
959H/1962/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Vanity*/Denmark (appears to be full keel, no centre board, in May 2011 brokerage photo, presumed 959H)
959J/1962/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/?[#?]/Field[#?]/Black Magic*/(orig. Kalundborg, Denmark)
959K/1963/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic-Field[#?]/Wahoo/Istar/Bandito/Felicity*/orig.St. Louis,MO)
Total built = 10
MOULDERS INDEX (#)
Halmatic Ltd., Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (all)
[Note May 24, 2007: Halmatic location now shown as Portsmouth, Hampshire, England from previous Havant, Hampshire, England. Believe company moved from Portsmouth to Havant in 1966.]
FINISHERS INDEX (#)
Robert E. Derecktor, Mamaroneck, NY, U.S.A. (1)
Halmatic/Field Aircraft Services Ltd.,(Marine Division), Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England (7?)
A. LeComte Co., Jutphaas, Holland (1?)
Poul Molich, Hundested, Denmark (1)
ALDEN MISTRAL
- * after last name = not known if this is present name.
- Boats in bold type = intelligence received during the life of this thread.
- Links in GREEN = vessel available for charter.
981A/1964/Sloop/Halmatic[#1237]/Field[#1237]/Cortship/Sun Chaser/Windvogel/CARMINA/Seattle,WA
981B/1964/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/Serendipity/Antarqui/PERIGEE/Gloucester,MA
981C/1965/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/Galliard/Makai/Perelandra*/(orig.Hartford,CT)
981D/1965/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/JOLIE/Seabrook,TX
981E/1965/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/Sirocco/Debonair/Saki/SENSATIONAL/North East River,MD
981F/1966/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Moody[#?]/Sonsie*/(Orig. Hamble,England)
981G/1965/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/(orig.Halmatic demo.boat,England)/TI/VT
981H/1966/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/Vedra K(orig.England)/True North*/Halifax.N.S.('80)
981J/1966/Sloop/Halmatic[#]/Field[#]/Oleander of Bosham/OLEANDER/Dublin, Ireland
981K/1966/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic[#?]/MISS DEMENA/Kinsale,Ireland
981L/1966/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/MELTEMI/Marion,MA
[?981(M)/1968/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic or Field/?/?]
Total built = 11? or 12?
MOULDERS INDEX (#)
Halmatic Ltd., Portsmouth/ Havant, Hampshire, England (all)
[Note May 24, 2007: Halmatic location now shown as Portsmouth/ Havant, Hampshire, England from previous Havant, Hampshire, England. Believe company moved from Portsmouth to Havant in 1966. Not clear yet if later Mistral hulls were built at Portsmouth or Havant.]
FINISHERS INDEX (#)
Field Aircraft Services Ltd.,(Marine Division), Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England (8 or 9)
Halmatic Ltd., Portsmouth/ Havant, England (1)
Poul Molich, Hundested, Denmark (1)
A.H. Moody & Son Ltd., Swanwick Shore, Hampshire, England (1)
Note: The Alden Mistral hull lines were used in 1965 as the basis for the Nicholson 38 motor-sailer, moulded by Halmatic for Camper & Nicholsons. 138 were built. More info at the Nicholson 38 Owners Group website here, including a downloadable Alden sail plan for the sloop rigged Mistral here (download to view properly).
ALDEN CARAVELLE
- * after last name = not known if this is present name.
- Boats in bold type = intelligence received during the life of this thread.
- Links in GREEN = vessel available for charter.
(trunk config: w = wood; stfg = stepped fiberglass; fg = straight fiberglass [NB: “?” = poss. trunk config. errors in
list ex Alden: “!” = def. error in Alden list – what's shown here is correct])
992A/1965/Sloop[w]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Excalibur/Ail/Cythera/BOUNDING HOME/Stonington,CT
992B/1965/Yawl[w!]/Halmatic[1311?]/Molich[0362?]/HIGHLIGHT/Islesboro,ME
992C/1965/Sloop[w!]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/SEPTEMBER SONG/MD
992D/1966/Sloop[w!]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/WIND SONG/Marion,MA
992E/1966/Sloop[w]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Fine Feather/Serea/Astrid/Marcia/SERENA/NE Hbr,ME
992F/1966/Sloop[w!(&all deck structure)]/Halmatic[#]/Molich[#?]/AEOLUS/Sturgeon Bay,WI
992G/1966/Yawl[w!]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Andante II/Beady II/SATORI/Camden,ME
992H/1969/Yawl[stfg]/Halmatic[#?]/Morse[#?]/Triumph/West o’The Moon?
992J/1969/Yawl[stfg]/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic & J.J.Bickford/CARAVELA OF EXE/Denmark
992K/1967/Sloop[stfg]/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic[#?]/Trotolla*/(orig. Italy)
992L/1969/Yawl[w]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Pole Star/Patience/ACADIA/East Boothbay,ME
992M/1969/Yawl[w]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Dawn Piper/CYTHERA/Oxford,SC
????/1969?/Yawl[stfg]/Halmatic?[#?]/Hodgdon?[#?]/Serenity/PEARL/Southport,CT
992N/1971/Yawl[fg]/Hodgdon/Hodgdon [4201]/Chaser*
992O/1971/Sloop[fg]/Hodgdon/Hodgdon[4202]/Carim/Rambler/She/KALIMERA/San Blas,Panama
992P/1972/Sloop[fg]/Hodgdon/Hodgdon[4203]/BANJO GIRL/East Coast USA
992Q/1973/Sloop[fg]/Hodgdon/Hodgdon [4204]/Lady Alice*
992R/1973/Sloop[fg]/Hodgdon/Hodgdon [4205]/Chic/Sarasea/BONNIE ANN/Marina Kukljica,Croatia
992S/1973('74?)/Sloop[fg]/Hogdon/Hodgdon [4206]/Dream’s End II/Scamper?/SENSU/Falmouth,ME
Total built = 18
MOULDERS INDEX (#)
Halmatic Ltd., Portsmouth/ Havant, Hampshire, England (12)
Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, ME (6)
[Note May 24, 2007: Halmatic location now shown as Portsmouth/ Havant, Hampshire, England from previous Havant, Hampshire, England. Believe company moved from Portsmouth to Havant in 1966. Not clear yet if later Halmatic Caravelle hulls were built at Portsmouth or Havant.
FINISHERS INDEX (#)
J.J. Bickford, Exmouth, Devon, England
Halmatic Ltd., Portsmouth/Havant, England (2)
Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, ME (6)
Poul Molich, Hundested, Denmark (9)
R. Morse Boatbuilding Corp., Thomaston, ME, U.S.A. (proper name?) (1)[/COLOR]
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Latest updates:
- June 2023: Beginning to catch up on an updating backlog (to put it mildly!)
- 1 Sept. 2017: Intelligence for 949S updated.
- 1 March 2017: Red highlighting of vessels for sale removed to comply with the rules of this new platform.
- 17 February 2017: major alteration to Caravelle list for 992H & Serenity/ Pearl
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CARAVELA OF EXE
ALDEN CHALLENGER
- Keel Centreboard 38'6" loa Yawl/Sloop; 27'0" lwl, 11' beam, 4'0" draft, 15,000 lbs displ.
- Design Date = 1958
- * after last name = not known if this is present name.
- Boats in bold type = intelligence received during the life of this thread.
- Links in GREEN = vessel available for charter.
949A/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Windsong/Serena/Evanston,IL('02)
949B/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/Penobscot/Dog Watch*/(orig.Boston,MA)
949C/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Ara/SPRING TIDES/Guilford,CT
949D/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Aylette/Marcie III*/(orig.Glendale,OH)
949E/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Tyo*/(orig.Lancing,MI)
949F/1960/Yawl&Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Highlight/Sinsonte/Arianna/Innisfree/DAPHNE/Tiverton,RI
949G/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Adventure/Bailiwick/COMPASS ROSE/Stonington,CT
949H/1960?61?/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Christiana/Grey Poupon/Black Pearl/CADENZA/?
949J/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#1044]/Morse[#?]/Abri/Sheldrake/Argo/ARIA/Rockland,ME
949K/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/CARILLON/Gilford,NH
949L/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/KITTYWAKE/Fork Union,VA
949M/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Derecktor[#?]Carina III/Keewaydin/ALLIANCE/Marion,MA
949N/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Derecktor[#?]/Tarna/MUSKRAT/Smiths of Southport,ME
949O/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Saybrook[#?]/Windoon II/Magic/Petrel/FLEANA/Bangor&Bucks Harbor,ME
949P/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Palmer Johnson[#?]/VICTORY/Harbor Springs,MI
949Q/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/Challenger/Fridolf/IOLAIRE/MI
949R/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/ECHO/Cabot Cove,Pulpit Hr,N.Haven Isl,ME
949S/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/White Wing/Dealer's Choice/White Wing*/ last known Lancaster,SC,1999
949T/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/Tern/Roblyn/Cidaris/MORNING GLORY/Sth Harpswell,ME
949U/1960-61/Yawl/Halmatic[#1049]/LeComte[#33]/Prion/Mohawk/PRION/Cornwall,UK
949V/1960/Yawl now Sloop/Halmatic[#1048]/LeComte[#32]/Sara/Snark/]MARGUERITE/Falmouth Foreside,ME (2014: Galveston,TX?)
949W/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/Magic Lantern/Poopsie III/JASMINE/Milwaukee,WI
949X/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Gwen III/Dawn III/INTEGRITY/Sandusky,OH
949Y/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Indecision/Gander Too/CHRISTMAS/Rockport,ME
949Z/1961/rig?/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/White [or] Fine Feather/Startoo/Blackbird/ALARM/NJ
949AA/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Palmer Johnson[#?]/Peleia/Barbara(Tristan Jones!)/Reverie*/THEIRIS?/orig.Naperville,IL)
949BB/1960/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#35]/Snow Goose/Hosanna II/STORMBIRD/Cotuit,MA
949CC/1962/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/Nimbus/Unicorn/God Speed/ODE TO JOY/New Paltz,NY/Foundered Barnegat Inlet,NJ,2011
949DD/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/Scylla/MERIDIAN OF GREENWICH/Hamble,UK
949EE/1961?62?/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#29?]/Mirily/Willing Slave/Sunsong/Gypsea/ESSAY/P.Charlotte,FL
949FF/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte[#?]/LORELEI/(New Orleans,LA)/Lost in Hurricane Camille, 1969
949GG/1963/Yawl/Halmatic[1098]/Field[#?]/Mimiverre*/(orig. Hamble,England)
949HH/1962/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Pukka Gen/Eroica/CINDER/Indiantown,FL
949JJ/1962/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Kelpie/BLACK STAR/Portland,CT
949KK/1962/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/GISELLE OF IKEN/Ardrossan,Scotland
949LL/1962/Yawl/Halmatic[#1113]/Palmer Johnson[#?]/Kuwi/WHISPER/Quissett,MA
949MM/1962/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Twilight/Insurgent/Greystoke/Palaemon*/(orig.Providence, RI)
949NN/196?/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Krentz[#?]/Lang Syne/Merriman/FREYJA/NY
949OO/1963?-71/Sloop/Halmatic[#1148]/Wade[#?]/?/Mock Turtle/ISOLETTA/(Argentina? or Scotland?)
949PP/1963/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Tupsi Da/Cu Mara*/(orig. New Britain,CT)
949QQ/1963/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Onrust II/Highland Mist/Troubadour/AQUILA/Cambridge,MD
949RR/1963/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/SALUDOS/Austin,TX
949SS/1963/Ketch/Halmatic[#?]/MacLachlan[#?]/Steinvora*/(orig. Kingston, Ont., Canada; believed now PRION)
949TT/1963/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Snowflake*/(orig. Belvedere,CA)
949UU/1964/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Doldrums/BLACK MALLARD/Cape Porpoise,ME
949VV/1964-71?/Yawl/Halmatic[#1168]/Duncan[#?]/LYRA/Steenbergen,Netherlands
949WW/1964/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Epitome/Aurora/SVEDEE/NY,NY
949XX/1964/Yawl/Halmatic[#1192?]/Molich[#?](Low House)/Warlock/TARNA/New Meadows River,ME
949YY/196?/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Blue Magic* /(orig. Bay Head,NJ)
949ZZ/196?/Sloop-Cutter/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Adventure/Starlite II/Black Mallard/CARITAS/Red Wing,MN
949AAA/1964/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/TIA MARIA/Cocoa Beach,FL
949BBB/1964/Yawl+Cutter/Halmatic[#?]/Field+Island[#?]/OCEAN PELICAN/NW England (1st owner Ocean Youth Club, Plymouth, England)
949CCC/1965/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Serenata*/San Francisco,CA
949DDD/1966/Yawl/Halmatic[#1203]/Souter[#?]/Petard*/Kiel,Germany[R. Engineers YC]('80)
Total Built = 54?
MOULDERS INDEX (#)
Halmatic Ltd., Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (all)
[Note May 24, 2007: Halmatic location now shown as Portsmouth, Hampshire, England from previous Havant, Hampshire, England. Believe company moved from Portsmouth to Havant in 1966.]
FINISHERS INDEX (#)
Robert E. Derecktor, Mamaroneck, NY, U.S.A. (2)
Trevor Duncan Ltd., Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, England (1) (prof. pseudn. of composer 1st owner of 949W, Leonard Charles Trebilco)
Field Aircraft Services Ltd.,(Marine Division), Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England (5)
Island Boatbuilders, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England (1)
Krentz Marine Railway, Callao, VA, U.S.A. (1)
A. LeComte Co., Jutphaas, Holland (11)
MacLachlan Lumber Co., Kingston, Ontario, Canada (1)
Poul Molich, Hundested, Denmark (26)
R. Morse Boatbuilding Corp., Thomaston, ME, U.S.A. (proper name?) (1)
Palmer Johnson Boats, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI, U.S.A. (3)
Saybrook Marine Company, Saybrook, CT, U.S.A. (proper name and location?) (1)
W.A. Souter & Son (Cowes) Ltd., Cowes, Isle of Wight, England (1)
Ernest Wade Ltd., (+ E.D. Groom), Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England (1)
ALDEN CHALLENGER NAME ONLY (not yet connected to an Alden #)
(In year of build order, then alphabetical)
Present ""/Year Built/Original Rig/Moulder[#]/Finisher[#]/Home Port (default USA)
PRION/1964/?/?/?/?(Canadian Flag) - thought to be 949SS
ALDEN ZEPHYR
- Keel Centreboard 36'4" loa Sloop/Yawl; 25'0" lwl, 10'6" beam, 4'0" draft, 11,100 lbs displ.
- Design Date = 1959
- * after last name = not known if this is present name.
- Boats in bold type = intelligence received during the life of this thread.
- Links in GREEN = vessel available for charter.
959A/1961/Sloop/Halmatic[#1083]/Field[#?]/Tadpole/Irondequoit III/Diana/MILLIE JO/Mobjack-Chesapeake
959B/1961/Sloop/Halmatic[#1087]/Halmatic-Field[#?]/Zephyr/Fanny/MAVEN/Easton,MD
959C/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic-Field[#?]/Raven/Dundee/Brabant/Foolish Things/ZEPHYRANTHES/Kittery Point,ME
959D/1961/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Derecktor[#?]/Serendipity*/(orig.Corpus Christi,TX)
959E/1961/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic-Field[#?]/Zephyr*/(orig.Miami,FL)
959F/1962/Sloop/ Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic-Field[#?]/Gigi/Quasar/Namaste/MOTH/Waquoit,MA
959G/1962/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/LeComte? (or Halmatic-Field)/Chipmunk/ORCA/Cape Coral,FL
959H/1962/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Vanity*/Denmark (appears to be full keel, no centre board, in May 2011 brokerage photo, presumed 959H)
959J/1962/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/?[#?]/Field[#?]/Black Magic*/(orig. Kalundborg, Denmark)
959K/1963/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic-Field[#?]/Wahoo/Istar/Bandito/Felicity*/orig.St. Louis,MO)
Total built = 10
MOULDERS INDEX (#)
Halmatic Ltd., Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (all)
[Note May 24, 2007: Halmatic location now shown as Portsmouth, Hampshire, England from previous Havant, Hampshire, England. Believe company moved from Portsmouth to Havant in 1966.]
FINISHERS INDEX (#)
Robert E. Derecktor, Mamaroneck, NY, U.S.A. (1)
Halmatic/Field Aircraft Services Ltd.,(Marine Division), Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England (7?)
A. LeComte Co., Jutphaas, Holland (1?)
Poul Molich, Hundested, Denmark (1)
ALDEN MISTRAL
- Full Keel 36'4" loa Sloop/Yawl; 26'6" lwl, 10'6" beam, 4'9" draft, 14,000 lbs displ.
- Design Date = 1962
- * after last name = not known if this is present name.
- Boats in bold type = intelligence received during the life of this thread.
- Links in GREEN = vessel available for charter.
981A/1964/Sloop/Halmatic[#1237]/Field[#1237]/Cortship/Sun Chaser/Windvogel/CARMINA/Seattle,WA
981B/1964/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/Serendipity/Antarqui/PERIGEE/Gloucester,MA
981C/1965/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/Galliard/Makai/Perelandra*/(orig.Hartford,CT)
981D/1965/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/JOLIE/Seabrook,TX
981E/1965/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/Sirocco/Debonair/Saki/SENSATIONAL/North East River,MD
981F/1966/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Moody[#?]/Sonsie*/(Orig. Hamble,England)
981G/1965/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/(orig.Halmatic demo.boat,England)/TI/VT
981H/1966/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Field[#?]/Vedra K(orig.England)/True North*/Halifax.N.S.('80)
981J/1966/Sloop/Halmatic[#]/Field[#]/Oleander of Bosham/OLEANDER/Dublin, Ireland
981K/1966/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic[#?]/MISS DEMENA/Kinsale,Ireland
981L/1966/Yawl/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/MELTEMI/Marion,MA
[?981(M)/1968/Sloop/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic or Field/?/?]
Total built = 11? or 12?
MOULDERS INDEX (#)
Halmatic Ltd., Portsmouth/ Havant, Hampshire, England (all)
[Note May 24, 2007: Halmatic location now shown as Portsmouth/ Havant, Hampshire, England from previous Havant, Hampshire, England. Believe company moved from Portsmouth to Havant in 1966. Not clear yet if later Mistral hulls were built at Portsmouth or Havant.]
FINISHERS INDEX (#)
Field Aircraft Services Ltd.,(Marine Division), Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England (8 or 9)
Halmatic Ltd., Portsmouth/ Havant, England (1)
Poul Molich, Hundested, Denmark (1)
A.H. Moody & Son Ltd., Swanwick Shore, Hampshire, England (1)
Note: The Alden Mistral hull lines were used in 1965 as the basis for the Nicholson 38 motor-sailer, moulded by Halmatic for Camper & Nicholsons. 138 were built. More info at the Nicholson 38 Owners Group website here, including a downloadable Alden sail plan for the sloop rigged Mistral here (download to view properly).
ALDEN CARAVELLE
- Full Keel 41'7" loa Sloop/Yawl; 28'0" lwl, 11'0" beam, 5'10" draft, 19,500 lbs displ.
- Design Date = 1964
- * after last name = not known if this is present name.
- Boats in bold type = intelligence received during the life of this thread.
- Links in GREEN = vessel available for charter.
(trunk config: w = wood; stfg = stepped fiberglass; fg = straight fiberglass [NB: “?” = poss. trunk config. errors in
list ex Alden: “!” = def. error in Alden list – what's shown here is correct])
992A/1965/Sloop[w]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Excalibur/Ail/Cythera/BOUNDING HOME/Stonington,CT
992B/1965/Yawl[w!]/Halmatic[1311?]/Molich[0362?]/HIGHLIGHT/Islesboro,ME
992C/1965/Sloop[w!]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/SEPTEMBER SONG/MD
992D/1966/Sloop[w!]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/WIND SONG/Marion,MA
992E/1966/Sloop[w]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Fine Feather/Serea/Astrid/Marcia/SERENA/NE Hbr,ME
992F/1966/Sloop[w!(&all deck structure)]/Halmatic[#]/Molich[#?]/AEOLUS/Sturgeon Bay,WI
992G/1966/Yawl[w!]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Andante II/Beady II/SATORI/Camden,ME
992H/1969/Yawl[stfg]/Halmatic[#?]/Morse[#?]/Triumph/West o’The Moon?
992J/1969/Yawl[stfg]/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic & J.J.Bickford/CARAVELA OF EXE/Denmark
992K/1967/Sloop[stfg]/Halmatic[#?]/Halmatic[#?]/Trotolla*/(orig. Italy)
992L/1969/Yawl[w]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Pole Star/Patience/ACADIA/East Boothbay,ME
992M/1969/Yawl[w]/Halmatic[#?]/Molich[#?]/Dawn Piper/CYTHERA/Oxford,SC
????/1969?/Yawl[stfg]/Halmatic?[#?]/Hodgdon?[#?]/Serenity/PEARL/Southport,CT
992N/1971/Yawl[fg]/Hodgdon/Hodgdon [4201]/Chaser*
992O/1971/Sloop[fg]/Hodgdon/Hodgdon[4202]/Carim/Rambler/She/KALIMERA/San Blas,Panama
992P/1972/Sloop[fg]/Hodgdon/Hodgdon[4203]/BANJO GIRL/East Coast USA
992Q/1973/Sloop[fg]/Hodgdon/Hodgdon [4204]/Lady Alice*
992R/1973/Sloop[fg]/Hodgdon/Hodgdon [4205]/Chic/Sarasea/BONNIE ANN/Marina Kukljica,Croatia
992S/1973('74?)/Sloop[fg]/Hogdon/Hodgdon [4206]/Dream’s End II/Scamper?/SENSU/Falmouth,ME
Total built = 18
MOULDERS INDEX (#)
Halmatic Ltd., Portsmouth/ Havant, Hampshire, England (12)
Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, ME (6)
[Note May 24, 2007: Halmatic location now shown as Portsmouth/ Havant, Hampshire, England from previous Havant, Hampshire, England. Believe company moved from Portsmouth to Havant in 1966. Not clear yet if later Halmatic Caravelle hulls were built at Portsmouth or Havant.
FINISHERS INDEX (#)
J.J. Bickford, Exmouth, Devon, England
Halmatic Ltd., Portsmouth/Havant, England (2)
Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, ME (6)
Poul Molich, Hundested, Denmark (9)
R. Morse Boatbuilding Corp., Thomaston, ME, U.S.A. (proper name?) (1)[/COLOR]