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Kaloke is a wooden Dolphin built in Japan. S&S called these boats Mermaid 24's. Kaloke was built to S&S plans # 1497-S. More information on this design can be obtained by clicking here.
Kaloke's name comes from the first two initials of the Lange kids' names - KAren, LOri, and KErry. Kerry has taken a few minutes off from his sanding to send us some pictures of Kaloke as she was 35 years ago before she was sold, and as she was found in Mystic, CT in the fall last year.
Kerry's father, Walt, bought Kaloke from an American who got her as a gift for helping a Japanese company land a ship building contract in the US. Walt lived in Stony Creek, Branford, CT. He kept Kaloke at on a mooring inside the Thimble Islands and she wintered at Pine Island Marina, a small primarily tidal boatyard with a long marine railway. This is Walt and Kaloke in the spring of 1973 getting ready to launch.
alt and Kaloke in the spring of 1973 getting ready to launch.
Kerry is working on Kaloke's story but this is what we have now. In the Fall of 2006 Kerry heard of a black wood "Dolphin" for sale in Mystic, CT. On a whim he and his father drove up to take a look at her. Their old boat had a blue hull, and looking carefully, they could see this boat was originally blue!
The short story is now Kaloke back in Stony Creek with Kerry hard at work restoring her. The following picture is Kerry and his father Walt standing in front of Kaloke who, after many years, is heading back home to Stony Creek and a new life.
Below, in the quonset hut, will be Kaloke's 'new' home while she undergoes her restoration. You can just see the railway she used 30+ years ago to get to her water.
The next 2 pictures are Kaloke at Mattituck.
Kerry sent in the following pictures of the work in progress. She already looks beautiful!
Garboard plank out
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