YACHTING STEADFAST · video

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A 1934 Wheeler's Shipyard–built wooden vessel, Steadfast, returns to the water on June 17th after 23 months of rebuild and refit work carried out in Cambridge, Maryland.0:46 The boat's Detroit 471 diesel runs on the first underway passage in two years, bound for the Antique Wooden Boat Show in St. Michael's, Maryland.0:22 All electronics are back online, and the original helm and helm wheel remain in service.0:37 The most notable physical improvement is a new custom anchor roller system fabricated from a single sheet of bronze, now formed into two channels to carry a primary and secondary anchor simultaneously.1:46 The 65-foot rig is back in place.2:32 Steven Uhthoff describes the scope of the refit as difficult to summarize, noting the vessel is 92 years old. The launch marks the crew's return to active sailing after the full two-year yard period.

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