Lyman-Morse Introduces A2 Designed by the Fontaine Group
May 2014 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15.
THOMASTON: Cabot Lyman and his family have had a working relationship with designer Ted Fontaine for nearly thirty years. The relationship started in 1983 when Fontaine, while managing the Ted Hood Design Group, drew the lines for the 55’ ketch JANMAR for a customer of Cabot’s. After completing JANMAR, Cabot approached Fontaine to design the Sequin 49, an aft cockpit, shallow-draft centerboard ocean voyager. Three were built including Cabot and Heidi Lyman’s own CHEWINK, a boat built for him and his family to sail around the world with his young family. In fact, Cabot and Heidi just returned from a month aboard CHEWINK in the Caribbean. In 1991, after returning from the family sailing sojourn Lyman continued the rela- tionship with the newly established Fon- taine Design Group collaborating on three highly respected cruising yachts including the building of the 60’ aft cockpit cruising sloop WINDWALKER. Upon completion of WINDWALKER, work commenced on building the composite hull, deck and inter- nal structure for Dana and Martha Robe’s 65’ pilothouse sloop SARA JANE. The last Lyman-Morse/Fontaine Design Group collaboration was the well- known AMELIA. Launched in 2002, she is a 63’ center cockpit pilothouse design. Featuring, a shallow draft keel centerboard hull form, AMELIA is a fast and comfortable
Passion Craft
no greater for the
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sailing platform. We are pleased to announce that this proven and successful hull shape has been lengthened to 67’ and is available now as a semi-custom series – the A2
. standards, A2
Built to Lyman-Morse’s exacting will be fast, comfortable, and
has an attractive profi le, one that blends a low coach roof, center cockpit design with an attractive pilothouse with full standing headroom. The low profi le pilothouse de- sign is still unique because of the comfort and security provided by the low profi le roof top. In fact, the top of the pilothouse is so low one can easily see over the top while standing or seated at the helm.
long-legged, destined for anything from high latitude adventure sailing to island hopping in the Med, Caribbean or Maine. A2
The pilothouse is arranged with forced hot air heating and air conditioning as well as an abundant amount of natural ventilation; with two opening hatches and two remov- able windows aft making her close to a con- vertible top. The center cockpit arrangement is a refi nement of the many successful Little Harbor center cockpits that Ted Fontaine designed with all of the sail control lines led aft to the primary and secondary winches, both of which are within easy reach of the helmsman position behind the wheel.
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