Restoration of 1962 International 500 Wooden Sloop

"White Hawk"

This was my second boat, a project for sure, although I didn't know it at the time. Back then I was a "new bee" I should have gotten a survey of the boat but of course like so many I decided to take the chance after the Broker put his word behind the boat, I'll let you decide if that was good or bad.

History of the boat

The fellow who owned the boat before me really wasn't a spring chicken, most of the work the boat needed was beyond his capabilities at the time, I love working on wood and had been building houses for some time and figured it couldn't be much different, the boat was sold the second year I owned her, I moved on to yes ! Tupperware . But to be honest I have not had that good of a sailing boat since, she made you feel alive when you sailed her, she now sit in Hamilton where its hopeful the new owner will continue to restore the old boat.

I put the pictures in a couple of links that way it wont take as long to load the pages

The Deck    Starboard    Port    Cabin top    Finished     Fun part