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Design 137 White Cloud

Here's a pretty 60'er named White Cloud. Double click on the attached article from Yachting Magazine from 1937 to learn more about this design.


An interesting detail is the "flexible boom". I have not seen this on any other S&S boat other than Ranger. The boom is very thin and there are spreaders or vee struts port and starboard with a cable system and hand crank. The design allows one to induce curvature into the boom to match the shape of the sail.

Here's a stern shot of Ranger where you can see the system.

And here's a stern view of White Cloud which shows the same boom design at a smaller scale.