Acadia (True North!) update

Peter Clements wrote in recently to claim one of the few remaining "Active Vessel" slots for Acadia! Peter picked up Acadia in Annapolis in 2000, her name then was...True North! So, we have connected those two boats and some more of the S43 history-mystery has been uncovered.

Peter's original comment can be seen on the Acadia page -- thanks for writing in, Peter!

"i am the current owner of ACADIA which i bought in 2000. The name prior was TRUE NORTH but I brought her back to her original name ACADIA. Boat currently sits in Greenwich CT on the East Coast. She is currently flag blue with white bottom & boot top. The tiller has been changed to a wheel. Down below she has accomodations; large berth in stern & v berth in bow. Main saloon has upper & lower berths both port & starboard. Galley port side next to mast & nav desk starboard next to mast.
Although I do not want to sell her there is a chance she might be a sales candidate."

Acadia Advertisement on eBay

An original copy of a Serendipity Yachts advertisement for Acadia from Yachting magazine is up for grabs on eBay

In addition, there is also a Yachting article on the 1980 SORC available from the same seller:



Happy Bidding!

More on Acadia

r.grove248 submitted some great history for Acadia -- thanks!

Purchased in Lymington, Hampshire, England by J.C.Lewis in the winter of 1980 and renamed Ultimatum, Acadia the prototype of the Serendipity 43 flush decked well balanced and a joy to race.

IOR Two Ton Cup Sardinia 1981

Sardinia Cup 1982 for Hong Kong.

Sardinia Cup 1984 for England.

and three Admirals Cup trails, England.

Plus plenty of Solent and RORC victories.

Strangely the rudder also broke off as at least one of the others have done.

Six pipe cots galley and open heads, fuel and water bladders under lower beam cots.

Super yacht, sold in 1984 went to Great Lakes.

Acadia In The (Old) News

A 1980 Sports Illustrated article about Acadia (view full story):

"Two years ago, in his first Acadia, [Burt Keenan] took third place in fleet in the Southern Ocean Racing Conference . Last year he was second. This year, in his new Acadia , he placed first in a strange, albeit convincing, style. He did not win any of the six races that make up the SORC circuit, but by the end of the first two, the 138-mile Boca Grande race and the 359-mile St. Petersburg to Ft. Lauderdale , in which he placed 12th and second, respectively—he led and was never headed. By the time the fleet reached Nassau , with five races done, Keenan's Acadia led her nearest rival, Tatoosh, by 37.5 points, and only two other boats out of 72 had even a slim mathematical chance of beating her. Taking 16th place in the short (27-mile) final race, Keenan finished No. 1 by a margin of 22.5 points."

From the SI Vault

A great article from Sports Illustrated, March 09, 1981 (Volume 54, Issue 11) (click link for full article):

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Animal House Goes To Sea
This year's SORC winners are the guys from the Crude, whose antics are rude
by Coles Phinizy

"There was a time long ago when the object of the Southern Ocean Racing Conference was simple: It was an excuse for salty chums to gather and try to win trophies and drink each other under the table. Today the quest is more complex. The six-race series is now the proving ground on which boats rating between 30 and 39.9 feet try for berths on the U.S. team that will compete in Great Britain's Admiral's Cup series in August. It's also the place where skippers of craft great and small especially love to beat Dennis Conner, the hyperserious super-sailor from San Diego who has won fleet honors in three of the last six SORCs.

At the end of the series last week the men of Louisiana Crude, a rated 32.6-footer out of New Orleans, hadn't won a single race, but in the process of cultivating cirrhosis of the liver they did win the overall fleet title and selection to the Admiral's Cup team—and they beat Conner to boot. But because of serious illnesses in their families, Dick Jennings of Chicago and Tom Dreyfus of New Orleans, co-owners of Louisiana Crude, declined the Admiral's Cup berth and sold their boat, a setback softened for Dreyfus, who reckoned it was better to have crewed on Crude and beaten Conner than never to have sailed at all."

True North

True North, a storied Serendipity 43

From the records of the Annapolis Yacht Club, 1995 Annapolis-Newport Race:

Annapolis-Newport History Page

"True North, a Serendipity 43 owned by Annapolis resident Mark Myers, finished second in PHRF III and fourth in class with a corrected time of 3:15:54:41. It was the first offshore race Myers has entered in the three years he's owned True North, which was built in 1979 and spent several years campaigning in the Southern Ocean Racing Circuit. "I was excited about the challenge and I'm pleasantly surprised we did so well,'' said Myers, whose only previous offshore experience came as crew for the Marion-Newport race. "I know it sounds trite, but all the credit goes to the crew. In a distance race you're very reliant on the crew so it's important to make sure you have good people with you.'' Myers was thrilled to have as a watch captain Maine native Ed White, the first person he ever sailed with. Annapolis residents Eric Smith, Shane Zwingelberg and Brad Cole were also aboard. "

Past Commodore Mark Myers at AYC (Annapolis) sold his a few years ago and went to a Swan named "TONIC" that he double-hand to Newport this year [2007]. Not sure where "TRUE NORTH" went or if it has new name

True North went to Chester Nova Scotia in the mid 80's

Acadia

I have the original Serendipity 43 marketing literature from 1980. They say that Acadia was the only one (at that point) that was stripped out. The others had "interiors".

"I believe Acadia was the first hull produced"