Ed Coffin (top right) and Abbott (right lower) examing a 22 foot Muscongus Bay centerboard sloop under construction at The Apprenticeshop, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, Maine in 1979.

Ed Coffin (top right) and Abbott (right lower) examing a 22 foot Muscongus Bay centerboard sloop under construction at The Apprenticeshop, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, Maine in 1979.

Ed Coffin (top right) and Abbott (right lower) examing a 22 foot Muscongus Bay centerboard sloop under construction at The Apprenticeshop, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, Maine in 1979. Hull is nearly complete, deck has yet to be installed. Coffin notes the sloop is from a (Howard) Chapelle book, and that in 1983 vessel was for sale for $16,000. Boatbuilder at left is unknown. see also LB2013.21.1549, Chappelle book is American Small Sailing Craft