L. Francis Herreshoff Pram (tender) for sale
Description:
For sale is a 10′ pram/tender designed by L. Francis Herreshoff (built to plans from Mystic Seaport Museum) who considered the pram the best model for a small tender. The pram has a low freeboard and will stow well on deck. The pram is constructed of Atlantic cedar lapstrake planking over steam bent white oak frames. Transoms are mahogany and keel is of white oak. Plank fastenings are copper rivets in addition to silicone bronze screws and bolts. The pram comes with one pair of 6′ hand crafted oars with hand sewn leathers. The pram is bright finished (varnish) inside and out. Asking price is $3,750. Cannot ship, pram must be picked up in Lake Bluff, IL.
by Bruce Halabisky
Photographs by Neil Rabinowitz
The Lessers intended their boat for cruising in Puget Sound and the Inside Passage in their retirement.
The journey from concept to reality was a long one for David and Rosemary Lesser and their yacht’s designer, Paul Gartside, but patience and clear communication brought LA VIE EN ROSE to fruition. She was launched at Jespersen Boat Builders in Sidney, British Columbia, in 2012.
When I first saw the 40′ yawl LA VIE EN ROSE at the Port Townsend (Washington) Wooden Boat Festival, she stood out among the flotilla of beautiful boats, with her elegant canoe stern terminating a distinctive blue-green hull. Aboard, her bright interior had unique details that come only with a custom-built wooden boat. What stands out most in my memory, however, is the pride of LA VIE EN ROSE’s owners, Dave and Rosemary Lesser, who showed me the wonders of their boat with an almost giddy amazement that they had initiated the creation of something so