Twelve feet long and half as wide the Beetle Cat is without question a small boat. She was originally built on the promise of affordability - $300 bought a hardy and seaworthy vessel - complete with sails and it's a promise that through almost a century of building those who make the Beetle have strived to keep.
To see them racing across the water is to behold a timeless passage of summer, a multi-colored rainbow of sail - but the Beetle Cat traces its long lineage back to the beginnings of America, a time when men set forth to all points of the globe, propelled by the power of the wind and a yearning for adventure.
Hyannis Port was a special place for John F. Kennedy – the place he considered home and with his election to the presidency in 1960, it became the Summer White House. It was an exciting time for America, a time of new beginnings and Hyannis Port found itself front and center on the world stage.
Commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum Foundation, this documentary weaves together rarely seen film with interviews from people who were there during that special time.
Lady of the Sound
This fascinating documentary looks at the long history of the Wianno Senior, a 25-foot racing sloop that for almost a century has been built at Crosby Yacht on Cape Cod.
Designed in 1913, the Senior fleet was built to the same specifications to create a level aquatic playing field, ensuring the skill of the sailor determined the winner.
More than 90-years later this single class fleet continues to race in the choppy waters of Nantucket Sound.