Hugh Angelman Sea Witch

[Rebekah Smith]

Greetings, Everyone,

A very general question: does anyone have any idea of about how often you see a Hugh Angelman Sea Witch ketch available for purchase? This year I saw two -- you only need to see one to fall in love -- one on this coast and one out west. Is this unusual?

Thanks,
Rebekah

[Jay Greer]

The Angelman Ketches don't come up for sale very often because their owners are, usually, very happy with them. I had the pleasure of rigging and launching some five of the boats, including the Mayflower Ketches back in the late fifties. I once asked Hugh why he designed a boat with such a high beam length ratio. His answere was, "Most folks power over to Catalina Island on Friday night and then reach home on Sunday."
JG

[chucksw]

There was a lovely Sea Witch at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. I've seen two here in the Northwest in 20 years time. You'd have better luck in southern Cal probably. There are 4 on Yachtworld right now, one looks all original.

[weheritage]

I found this very nice site while looking for information on our WILBO ketch LEEWAY . http://heritech.com/seawitch/seawitch.htmIt has some info on both the Spirit and Husky ketches that Angelman designed. LEEWAY was built and owned by David Lee who worked with Angelman for many years. http://www.gulftel.com/boomer/leeway2.jpg

[John B]

How interesting.
Astonishingly high bowsprit angle.

[Jay Greer]

The owner of "Sea Spririt" changed the steeving angle of his bowsprit
so that it had a much lower angle. Not only did it allow the helmsman to see over the sprit, the boat performed much better.
Jay