history

S/V SEA TERN began her life at the Casey Boatworks in Fairhaven, MA in 1938. State records show she became S/V HARLEQUIN, later her changed to S/V PAVITI, then S/V PAVITI TERN and finally federally documented by Bob Sanborn as S/V PATIENCE. We have no idea who her previous owners were other than Bob Sanborn. Her name was changed back to S/V PAVITI TERN based on the record of Bob's attempt to sell her through CANNELL, PAYNE&PAGE Yacht Brokers. She is awaiting a new board of directors and a rechristening back to her original name S/V SEA TERN.

The history of Robert Sanborn's four year restoration and forty some years of ownership was recorded in text only. No pictures but Bob gave me a large box of  paper receipt's of the thousands of dollars he spent on restoring S/V PATIENCE. Carpenter Nat Benjamin of GANNON & BENJAMIN boat building in Vineyard Haven MA worked on her at Bob's home in 1979 at a labor rate of $9 an hour. He kept a daily log for his accomplishments. I provide our readers with his personal letter placing the boat for sale in 1998 with CANNELL, PAYNE & PAGE, Yacht Brokers in Camden ME, asking price was eighteen thousand dollars. He laments in the letter how he was being forced to sell his beloved boat due to his old age. That coupled with no interest from his family members. On page three of the Broker agreement you can read the very extensive rebuild, without which I would not have been able to complete my restoration. Now she has come full circle with old age and no family interest forcing me to find a new home for her. Her new home will be as a Dedicated Veterans Service Vessel or she will be decommissioned with dignity if support is not found. I will not let her rot away lonely and uncared for!