July 30, 2009 Sam Jones bought this boat in the late 1960's - she was at the Dutch Wharf boat yard  in Branford, CT He sold her to Peggy Benkard in 1976 or 1977, who renamed her Sloop du Jour. He raced Julep locally and in the Off Soundings Club regattas, and made a number of improvements on the boat.

On March 30, 2010 we got the following photo from Sam and his wife.

super photo!

Here is a picture of her as Sloop du Jour taken 15-20 years ago by Paul Ingle, Seminole.

Seth Person, who built America's Cup boats at his yard on the CT River in Old Saybrook, helped Sam rebuild the hull deck joint, put in a new toe rail and a lazarette hatch - these are still looking really good on Sloop du Jour 30+ years later.

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