Bill Cannell has been building and restoring classic wooden boats for over twenty-five years, beginning with an old-fashioned apprenticeship, and as William
Cannell Boatbuilding since 1976. In 1979, he founded the brokerage which is now Cannell, Payne & Page. Both William Cannell Boatbuilding and the brokerage moved into the American Boathouse in 1980 after a massive restoration of that historic building in 1980.
Bill often races aboard the beautiful 52' Nat Herreshoff cutter NEITH. He regularly attends such European yacht regattas and gatherings as La Nioulargue in
St-Tropez and the Imperia Regatta, successfully racing aboard such classics as the 45' Fife CLIO and the 50' Fife SOLWAY MAID. Bill pays special attention
to classic yachts on the European market.
Please visit Bill Cannell's boat building page for more information about classic yacht construction and restoration.
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Jim Payne
Jim Payne's experience with classic vessels goes back to his early years, when he served aboard the 130' three-masted schooner VICTORY CHIMES summers as cabin boy. Later, while still in his teens, he rose to chief mate. After turning to yachting as a full-time career, Jim ran charter boats in the Caribbean and was the first captain of the 95' schooner HARVEY GAMAGE, as well as being involved in her construction.
Later, Jim was on the crew which built the 92' ketch WHITEHAWK, where he first made contact with Bill Cannell while they built WHITEHAWK's stern together. After delivering WHITEHAWK south, Jim returned to Maine to act as the foreman of the crew which built the 90' cutter WHITEFIN.
After the WHITEFIN project, Jim joined the brokerage at William Cannell Boatbuilding, which subsequently became Cannell, Payne & Page. Jim spends most of his free time maintaining and sailing his Ohlson 37 KRISTIN, known as "That Damned Blue Boat" because of her racing dominance.
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Bill Cannell