The Engineer’s Holy Grail
2008 Duffy 50 Custom "Endurance" - $539,000
We started this week with the “pretty” Hinckley. We are ending with the Masterpiece. If the Hinckley is a tuxedo, this boat is a suspension bridge. It is over-engineered, beautiful, and built to last forever.
This is “Endurance.” Technically, it is a 2008 Duffy 50. But in reality, it is a custom collaboration between the legendary designer Spencer Lincoln (the father of the modern Downeast hull) and an owner described by the broker as “very discerning and engineering-minded.”
That “engineering” mindset explains everything about this boat.
Why is there no exterior varnish? Because the owner knew that varnish doesn’t make a boat seaworthy; it just makes it expensive to maintain.
Why is the engine room a “stand-up” layout? Because the owner knew that if you can’t reach a filter easily, you won’t change it.
This boat was built to the Maine standard of “The Finest Kind.” It combines a commercial lobster hull capable of crushing 20-foot seas with an interior finished in the classic “Herreshoff” style (white panels with satin teak trim).
