James Robinson Taylor
The 48′ Sparkman & Stephens yawl TOMAHAWK of 1938—which was the subject of the first “Save a Classic” in WB No. 148 in 1999—was restored by Brian Pope at Ocean Yacht Company in Cornwall, England. She is seen here sailing off Portoferraio, Italy, during a 2013 regatta for S&S yawls.
One of my goals for as far back as I can remember has been to save good wooden boats. I don’t like waste, and devising ways to recycle worthy old boats became a role I seemed to have a knack for. So, when WoodenBoat Editor Matt Murphy offered me the back page of every issue for spreading the word about needy boats that I felt were worth saving, I jumped at the chance.