Freda

Freda is the oldest sailboat on the West Coast. She was built in 1885 in Belvedere for local racing and yachting. Freda is owned by the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center in Sausalito. She is being restored as a joint venture between the Spaulding Center and the Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding. The Arques School had already, in 1999 and 2000, replaced Freda's deck beams, decking, house structure, and transom. Arques School staff, graduates and students have in the last couple of years replaced the Freda's sawn frames and backbone. This will give her new life for the 21st century as a sail-training boat for San Francisco Bay. Funds for the project have withered in the first half of 2008. As of July, we are waiting for that situation to improve in order to complete the last third of the framing job.