Getting Ready for Summer with Photos of the Launch of the Holmes Hole 29 Sheena

Getting Ready for Summer with Photos of the Launch of the Holmes Hole 29 Sheena

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Gannon & Benjamin: Birthplace of beautiful boats.

Last year's sailing season started with the launch of the Sheena, built by Gannon & Benjamin in Vineyard Haven. An original Nat Benjamin design called the Holmes Hole 29, the name conjures up Vineyard Haven's sailing history in two words--Holmes Hole, the original name of the seaside village in Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard and my home port.

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Sheena in the shop and getting closer to launch._

From the

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Sheena's launch day last June.

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_Ross, left, and Nat pose with the owner (blue shirt) and his wife, who blessed the boat before her christening__.  Nat's wife, Pam, holds the bouquet that is about to be placed on Sheena's bow.

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Into the water!

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Underway to Mystic Seaport and the Wooden Boat Show.

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