Boat Name: Why Not
Sail: US 99
Year Built: 1947
Designer: Tore Holm
Builder: Holms Yacht, Gamleby
Owner: Fred Schneider
History: Former S59 Why Not, US88 Why Not.
 
January 2017: New owner Fred Schneider intends to restore the full keel with keel hung rudder in time for a Spring 2017 launch. The boat will be based on Lake St Clair, Michigan..
 
Further below is US88 Why Not after her modifications in the mid-70's. She began her life as a full keeled boat, but her owner at the time, Harry Vigrass, was inspired by what he saw of the new designs coming out for the 1975 and 1977 World Cups.

 
 
 

 
 
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