PENBO REBORN

Mark Grady wasn’t looking for a boat. He already had one. But then, boatbuilder Tommy Townsend called from Mystic, Connecticut. A 1966 41-foot Penbo trawler yacht was about to get chain-sawed.

The trawler, , had been for sale for years, but even with the owner willing to give her away, there were no takers. Townsend knew that Grady loved Penbos as much as he did; two years before, Grady had purchased a 1965 37-foot Penbo sardine carrier that Grady restored and turned into the . That boat had just won the best powerboat award at the 2018 Antique & Classic Boat Festival in