When the MSOG E-mail forum first heard of this craft, she was in San Francisco on her trailer and at some distant time, sailing out of SFYC. The skipper was the son of the person who had bought her in the early 1980's and moved her from Arizona. She suffered from lack of maintenance and in a failed attempt to make her "beautiful" she was painted gloss white (see below) to impress anyone looking at her. The "improvement" seemed to seal her fate as a poor example of any sailing craft, to the point (I quote Rick Agrella) "No one in their right mind would have touched her... except some fool in the Northwest who just could not let so rare an example of Jerry Montgomery's craftsmanship and Lyle Hess's design die".
Raven is being massaged back into a Bristol yacht by her new owner Rick Agrella. Enlarge the top right photo to see the stern rail jump seats and cabin doors, both created by Rick from synthetic deck material (Trex). Wood grain, weathered look and absolutely no maintenance. The original companionway boards have been reconstructed and retained for use in off shore applications.