Water Witch

#586 - 43' 6" x 30' x 11' 7" x 4' 6" centerboard sloop - 1949

 

Water Witch was built in 1951, by Martin Bros. in Mentor, Ohio. Originally she had a  7/8 rig with running backstays; the photography shows she has been re-rigged to a masthead.

I owned her from 1969 until 1976, and changed her name to PAULETTE. She then went to California and I believe she is now in Bainbridge Island, Washington where she was re-named WATER WITCH again.  <brucie@earthlink.net> 

WATER WITCH later  dragged anchor in a storm in a small harbor in the Sea of Cortez (Mexico) and was lost on the rocks in 2004.
http://www.latitude38.com/letters/200410.htm (search for "witch")
 

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