Scarano Boat Building, Inc.

Adirondack II and her sister ship and predecessor Adirondack were designed and built for charter work. Designer John Scarano gave Adirondack II an aesthetically pleasing traditional look both above and below deck. Below the waterline she is a little less traditional, with a cut away keel and...

This elegant, 80-foot, 1890's-style pilot schooner was designed by John Scarano for the charter service, which she began to do in New York harbor in 1999. She has ample seating, teak decks and mahogany trim. Adirondack and her close cousin Adirondack III are the fastest resident sail vessels in...

The Scarano 22 is a full keel cruiser designed to be less crew weight dependent than the racing Scarano 21 design. The underbody was designed to be more forgiving if the boat were grounded. She was designed and built for her original owner. LOA: 22 feet Type: Marconi rigged sloop Construction:...

After their charter operation with Woodwind proved a success the operators returned to Scarano Boat Building five years later for a second vessel, Woodwind II. Besides being a fast sailor, her greatest claim to fame is probably her appearance in the movie Wedding Crashers when father of the bride...

The Scarano 21 was one of John Scarano's earliest designs and was strongly influenced by his International 14 dinghy racing years. She won the Lake George PHRF division with a rating slightly slower than a J24. She was built on spec, raced by her first owner for 10 years, and to this day races on...

Madeleine was commissioned by Classic Cruises of Newport for the day sailing charter trade in Newport. LOA: 70 feet Type: two masted schooner Construction: wood Year launched: 1992 Certification: USCG certified for 49 passengers Current location: Madeleine is operated by Classic Cruises of...

President and lead designer John Scarano and his team took sailboat design to the next level by combining more than 35 years of naval architecture and marine engineering experience, plus the latest technologies and materials, and putting them all into America 2.0. She features shroudless carbon...

The originalFriends Good Willwas built in 1811 and earned fame for its role in the war of 1812. TheMichigan Maritime Museumcommissioned Scarano Boat to design and build this faithful replica which was launched in 2004. LOA: 101 feet (31 meters) Type: 19th century Bermuda Sloop Construction:...

Carlyn was commissioned by Four Winds summer camp in Washington which selected Scarano Boat to design a replacement for their famous Olin Stephens designed yawl Dorade, which had been deemed unsuitable for their purposes by the US Coast Guard. Four Winds Camp felt the yawl rig lent itself to...

In keeping with Scarano Boat's philosophy that boat design and building needs to evolve continuously, the Scarano 23 was developed as an in-house R&D project featuring cold molded topsides above the waterline and fiberglass reinforced plastic laminate below, as well as an experimental sliding...