| Flying Jib was built in 1936 by Winfield Scott Carter of Friendship, Maine. She was built on commission for Bill Derbyshire of Port Clyde who approached Carter along with his friend and neighbor Rodney Davis. Davis was a fisherman who used to fish in sloops before motorized vessels became popular and must have influenced Bill's decision to choose this kind of vessel for his pleasure craft. |  Flying Jib under construction. Rodney Davis at left and Scott Carter's son at right. The man with his back to the camera is probably Scott Carter's father. (photo courtesy of J. Tunis) |
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 Bow view of Flying Jib under construction. (photo courtesy of J. Tunis) |
 Flying Jib alongside at Rodney's dock in Port Clyde. I haven't been able to verify this, but the dock may be the one depicted in a painting by Andrew Wyeth called "Fisherman's House." (photo courtesy of J. Tunis) |
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 Bill Derbyshire at the tiller sailing with a colleague from the Harvard Medical School (photo courtesy of J. Tunis) |
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 A photo of the builder, W. Scott Carter from Atlantic Fisherman magazine - November 1940 |
 This is Flying Jib with a maroon hull under the ownership of Newt Hinckley (photo by Carlton Simmons as published in Enduring Friendships) |
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