The Town Class Sloop was originally designed in 1931 and built by Pert Lowell Company in Newbury, MA. The original construction consisted of lap-strake cedar planking on oak frames. The Landing School builds these boats with epoxy-bonded marine plywood and epoxy-laminated frames.
The Town and Rhodes 19 classes continue to be the big draw for the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series at Marblehead Race Week, and why should be no surprise at all.