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High School Sailing Season Ends with Photo Finish
The Marblehead High School Sailing Team received a rare post-season opportunity to practice race aboard four “new” CW Hood 32 Daysailers. The sailing team seemed right at home aboard these beautiful vessels, designed by Chris Hood and built in Marblehead by C.W. Hood Yachts, off Marblehead harbor earlier this month.… SEE MORE
C.W. Hood Yachts Returns from Annapolis Boat Show
C.W. Hood Yachts owner Chris Hood returned to Marblehead this week from the Annapolis Boat Show after a successful and unique five days on Dock D. The Annapolis Sailboat Show is one of the high points of the Chesapeake Bay sailing season and is one of the largest boat shows… SEE MORE
Record Week of Rescues for Provincetown Team
This week the Marine Animal Entanglement Response team at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies successfully freed six individual animals belonging to endangered populations, including two humpback whales and three leatherback turtles, from life-threatening entanglements in the waters between Cape Cod and New Hampshire. On Sunday, a commercial fisherman reported… SEE MORE
Marblehead Daysailor Fleet Gains Another Classic
The Marblehead daysailor fleet gained another classic July 27 with the launch of Grace, Hull No. 5 of CW Hood's line of 32' sailing yachts. Though there was little wind after the yacht was launched and rigged, Grace still moved right along. This was a perfect way to end a… SEE MORE
Electric Saildrive Installed on C.W. Hood Daysailer
We are very excited to announce that our dream of an electric inboard sail drive for the C.W. Hood 32 is now a reality! Powered by two Lithium batteries, all you have to do is turn the key and you're on your way. The control panel and throttle are conveniently… SEE MORE
CW Hood Expands to Include Custom Accents
For the first time, CW Hood is offering yacht owners, as well as homeowners, across New England the opportunity to have some of the custom wooden accents that make CW Hood yachts so distinctive (and enviable). The new services from the Custom by Hood team include everything from specialized consoles,… SEE MORE
A Trove of Historic Marblehead Images
Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, we're constantly discovering, and sharing, new wonderful collections of historic coastal images. This collection, from the Boston Public Library's collection of images by Leslie Jones (1886-1967) has some of the most stunning shots we've ever seen from in and around Marblehead. To see… SEE MORE
Gloucester: The Town That Went to Sea
No community was more at the heart of the New England fishing industry during the nineteenth and early twentieth century than Gloucester, Massachusetts. These photographs from the collections of the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, Maine, capture the flavor of the city that was — and still is, actually — home to… SEE MORE
From the Archives: Jarvis Newman
From the Archives: Old photos of Jarvis Newman fiberglass Lobster Yachts, now built by CW Hood Yachts in Marblehead. SEE MORE
Katama 30 Hull #25 Launched
Just in time for the 2011 Newport Boat Show (with not a minute to spare!), our newest Katama 30 has been launched. She is hull number 25! SEE MORE
Sportster, Display Lead to Five-Star Award in Newport
We were thrilled to hear that Grey Barn Boatworks took home the Best in Show award at the Newport International Boat Show last weekend, earning themselves a nice $1,000 discount on next year’s show and an impressive plaque from Edson International, the contest’s sponsor. There’s no doubt that the potted… SEE MORE
Daysailer Molds Complete
Molds for our daysailer, the CW Hood 32, have been completed! This will make building the boats much more efficient and consistent. You can see a full gallery of the process of building all the mold parts in the Facebook gallery. SEE MORE
