I sold my sailboat to focus on relocation to farm life. I didn’t have time or money for both. It’s easy enough to afford buying ….
Category: Boats
It’s hammock and hot tub season again at Pineapple Hill so after knocking myself out tending grapevines and a few fruit trees, I’ve been getting ….
This handsome classic wooden sailboat, named PANDORA, is probably the only gaff-rigged 9 meter now in existence. Designed by Johan Anker and built by the ….
I love the raised pilothouse of this 27′ Rhodes yawl built in 1939. Beautiful sheer! Classic wooden sailboats are the best! Here’s a nice article ….
It’s off a 40′ ketch built in Massachusetts in 1929 by Casey Boatbuilding. I was part of its boatyard party crew in the early 1980s. ….
Formerly owned by actor Errol Flynn as ‘Sirocco’, this lovely classic wooden sailboat designed by John G. Alden and built in 1938 hosted many famous ….
The nearest Krispy Kreme—a Southern delicacy that my mom truly loved—is more than twenty miles from Pineapple Hill. I don’t get there often but when ….
As found by Jeffrey Rutherford on Cape Cod, JOYANT was in challenging condition: a hulk, minus the lead keel which had been sold to pay ….
Under Pineapple Hill, our “beach house in a cow pasture” in rural South Carolina, boats hang from rafters. Beneath them, rocking chairs are a great ….
This is a Newport 30 MKIII. Not too big. Not too small. I could sail it myself, cruise with a friend, or bring a couples ….
In Florida in the early 80’s I hung out on a 40′ ketch built by Casey Boatbuilding, Fairhaven, MA, in 1927. What a wonderful classic ….
These are some of the books on sailing and seamanship in the third floor office at Pineapple Hill. There’s many more in The Board Room ….