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Rhodes developed this lovely 28'6" sloop in 1934, calling it the Trident Class. With five windows and a short bowsprit, she offers a distinctive profile. Her interior accomodates three in comfort, with a full, proper galley and head. In 1939, Bico Malo was built to this design in Havana, Cuba. She won a showcase of silverware in Miami-Naussau and St Pete-Havana races. Bico Malo was purchased by an American, renamed Cubana reflecting her origin, and taken to Southern California, where she continued to win races and sail in comfort, like a much bigger boat. In 1956, a sistership, pictured on the left, was built in Tacoma in 1956. Over the years, she has raced and cruised under several names -- Pinnochio, Louie, and Dragon Bait. As she was restored to near-original condition, she was given the name of the earlier, famous sistership, Cubana.
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