Marblehead to Halifax: Generating Interest From Local Racers

Dan Levangie is set to participate in the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race this July in a particularly unique ship. Kirawan is a 53-foot sloop built in 1936 by Jacobson and Stevens in New York City. It was designed by Philip Rhodes, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate and chief of design at NYC naval architecture firm Cox and Stevens. The boat competed in a race in 1936 from Newport to Bermuda, where it braved hurricane winds to finish third overall and first in corrected ...