MYBOAT

Design 1474 Sorcery and Jubilee

This very attractive yawl was constructed of wood by Abeking & Rasmussen of Germany and launched in 1959. The boat shown above is a sistership to Jubilee, the original boat built to this design, and called Sorcery.

Check out the "staysail spinnaker" flying from the mizzen on the images below. You dont see one of those every day.


Jubilee was designed and built for Francis D. Wetherill of Philadelphia. Wetherill was a world class competitive yachtsman. I believe this is his 3rd Jubilee. The boat proved fast and with it he placed 2nd in the 1960 Newport-Bermuda Race. In the biennial Annapolis-Bermuda Race he placed 4th in 1961, 3rd in 1963 and 4th in 1967 which was considered the roughest offshore yacht race held in U.S. waters up until that time.

While we dont have any sailing shots of Jubilee, heres a sequence of photos from the day of her launch.


Here are the plans.


And finally heres an article from the Skipper magazine about the boat.