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1978 Friendship Sloop  located in Maine for sale

27' Friendship Sloop



Year
Length
Beam
Draft
Location
Price
1978
27'
'
'
Maine
$12,500

Description:
Description:
A Friendship Sloop with an interesting history: featured on 2 television commercials for Zocor and Kleenex, and formerly owned by Senator Chris Dodd who sailed it with his buddy, Ted Kennedy. A traditional gaff-rigged Friendship with triple head sails, topsail and mainsail, sleeps 4, cockpit for 8, mahogany planking on oak frames and a 25 HP Westerbeke diesel. These sailboats were the originalMaine lobstering boats before internal combustion engines were used. Stored in a dry barn for the last 5 years.
Designer : Eldridge McGuiness
Builder : J Phillips Ham
LOD : 27′
LOA : 37′
BEAM : 96″

Construction :
Mahogany / white oak, bronze
Worm gear steering

Engine :
25hp Westerbeke
Morse controls
Gear ratio : 1 : 1
2 blade prop

Down below :
sleeps 4 people
Galley w/ sink & icebox
Head
Sails & rig :
OCEAN ROAR is a traditional gaff rigged FRIENDSHIP SLOOP w/ triple headsails & topsail,
Hollow sitka spruce spars
Dacron sails
Deadeyes

Cockpit & berth cushions
Ground tackle
Basic electronics
Safety equipment

Equipment:
** CONTACT **

Glenn Schroeder

Barnegat Bay Yacht Brokerage

609-312-8263

Heartsdesire1925@gmail.com

** THE CLASSICS ARE WHAT WE SELL **

Thank you, Glenn Schroeder

Location: Union, Maine
L109312
609-312-8263

Material
Hull
Type
Rigging
Cabins
Condition
wood
monohull
cruiser
fractional sloop
fair

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This Friendship Sloop Added 18-Jul-2025



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