the stewardship mission

The Story: Why We Refuse to Lose This Boat

In 2005, my dad and I purchased this 1966 57’ Chris-Craft Constellation with one goal: restore her fully and keep her alive. Not “pretty enough.” Not “good from 20 feet.” Fully restored, structurally sound, and built to last.

The reality is hard: the likelihood of a boat like this being cut up and lost forever is very real. Classic wooden yachts don’t just disappear because people stop caring, they disappear because time, weather, and maintenance responsiblities eventually outpace what one person can carry. I’ve felt that pressure every step of the way.

That’s why I’ve taken this restoration to the extreme. We haven’t been chasing cosmetics, we’ve been addressing root causes. We’ve chased down water intrusion, corrected design weaknesses, upgraded systems, and made tasteful modifications that respect the original character while bringing the boat closer to modern expectations of reliability and safety.

The goal is simple:

Keep a rare American classic from being destroyed — and give it a better chance of surviving time and the elements.

This boat isn’t just a project. It’s a promise I made with my dad, and a responsibility I’ve accepted as a steward.

The Elements That Built Her, and the Elements That Can Take Her

This boat is made from the earth: wood, shaped by craftsmen, built for water, and challenged by air and weather every day she exists.

Our mission is to honor that balance — preserving what’s natural and timeless, while updating what must evolve so she can keep living. Wood comes from the earth. Water is where she lives. Air and weather are what test her every day. Preserving a wooden yacht is a constant relationship with the elements — respecting what’s natural while strengthening what must be improved so she can survive.

We’ve made tasteful modifications where needed. We’ve upgraded deficiencies that shorten a boat’s life. And we’ve focused on doing the work the right way so this vessel has a higher likelihood of withstanding time and the elements, not just looking good for a season.

The next Vision: Green on the Blue

Wooden boats were born from the earth and built for the sea. Green on the Blue is our commitment to repay that gift, by advancing cleaner, quieter propulsion that’s healthier for the water, better for the air, and more sustainable for the future of classic yachts.

Saving a classic matters. But proving a path that can help save many classics , and make their ownership more viable in the modern world is the bigger mission.

Green on the Blue is the hybrid repower vision: bringing classic yachts into a new era of quieter, more efficient cruising and potentially silent, low-emission docking.

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Want to be part of cause? Become a Preservation Partner

Help keep this boat from being cut up and lost forever.

Over the years, I’ve taken that commitment to the extreme—not to chase perfection for vanity, but to address what actually ends the life of wooden yachts: water intrusion, structural weaknesses, outdated systems, and design limitations that don’t stand up to time or the elements.

The uncomfortable truth is that classic wooden yachts are often cut up and lost forever when the cost and time of restoration outruns what one person can carry. Preservation Partner support helps keep that from happening here.

What Preservation Partners fund (restoration only)

Preservation Partner contributions are used for restoration work such as:

• Structural woodwork and repairs (hull, decks, superstructure)
• Materials and consumables: marine lumber, fasteners, coatings, sealants
• Restoration-related yard/shipwright services
• Systems work directly tied to restoration and seaworthiness (as applicable)
• Documentation of the restoration process (photos, progress updates)

Preservation Partner support does not fund the hybrid program. That work is pursued separately through Green on the Blue investor partnership.

Where your support goes

When you contribute, you’re funding the unglamorous work that keeps a wooden yacht alive: the craftsmanship, the materials, the time, and the constant battle against water and weather.

You’re not just helping us “finish a project.” You’re preventing a rare piece of maritime history from being destroyed.

Become a Preservation Partner

[Donate / Support Restoration]
If you’d like, include a note with how you’d like to be recognized.

Recognition (optional)

If you choose, we can recognize Preservation Partners on our website as a thank-you for helping keep this boat alive.

Transparency

Donations currently support restoration work only and are not tax-deductible at this time. We intend to pursue a nonprofit structure in the future, but we are not operating as a nonprofit today.

Two Ways to Get Involved

Preservation Partner

Donation-based support for restoration only.
Preservation Partners help fund the work that keeps this boat from being cut up and lost forever. Donations go directly toward restoration activities that improve survivability, safety, and longevity.

→ Become a Preservation Partner (Support Restoration)

Green-on-the-Blue Visionary

Investor-based partnership for the hybrid pilot program.
Green-on-the-Blue Visionaries participate as investors and strategic partners in developing and validating a scalable hybrid repower pathway for classic yachts.

→ Green-on-the-Blue Visionary (Investor Partnership)
→ Request the Investor Brief

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