![]() Mendlowitz stores Abaco at Benjamin River Marine. The simple and clean construction makes the boat easy to maintain. The lines show a moderate deadrise of 15 degrees, producing an easy ride even in the short, steep chop common in the shallow waters of the Bahamas and around Maine islands. The windshield, combined with the covered foredeck, provides good, dry protection for Mendlowitz’s camera equipment. About eight inches ahead of the dash is a windshield and covered foredeck.Ībaco’s controls are simple. The single lever gear shift is side-mounted. The controls on the dash are simple: a speedometer and tachometer, temperature and oil gauges, and a tilt indicator. Strip-planked one-inch mahogany, with natural knees of madeira wood, Mendlowitz’s runabout is now powered by a 115-hp Yamaha four-stroke outboard engine. His current photo boat, Abaco, which he has had for more than 20 years, is a 20-foot wooden Albury runabout that was designed and built by Willard Albury on Man O’ War Cay in the Abacos. ![]() And-of course-it must be built of wood and nearly as good looking as the subjects in his photos, many of which end up on his best-selling Calendar of Wooden Boats, as well as in various books, magazine articles, and on the website, which Mendlowitz helped start and now helps run. The work requires a special sort of boat: fast, nimble, stable, seaworthy, relatively dry. Photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz makes his living shooting images on the water of boats of all kinds, focusing in particular on wooden boats. Photo by Matt Murphy/WoodenBoat Publications Bray helped Mendlowitz bring the boat to Maine from Florida. Benjamin Mendlowitz with his friend and colleague Maynard Bray in his Albury runabout Abaco.
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