Welcome to the Save the Betty Website!

Welcome to the Save the Betty website!
The Betty, a 47 foot auxiliary cutter was designed by the artist, teacher, writer, and skilled amateur yacht designer Albert Strange. She was built in 1909 by Stow & Son at Shoreham, Sussex, England, and went on to have a storied career including winning perhaps the most famous yacht race in the world-- The Fastnet--to fishing in the south Pacific, to being abandoned and waiting for the shipbreakers in a small port on the Oregon coast. 
 
She was purchased in 2008 by renowned artist Manuel Lopez and his wife Judy, and the Lopez's have not only undertaken the outstanding (overwhelming?) job of restoring the Betty, but have created a foundation with the intent of not only preserving the knowlege and lore of wooden boat construction and repair, but sharing it with others. Plans include not only placing the Betty on permanent display at the Port of Brookings-Harbor, Oregon, but also future boat restorations, a maritime museum, a boat building school, and creation and sponsorship of a boat festival in Brookings-Harbor. For more about the Betty Foundation, please click on the Save the Betty Foundation link above.
 
We invite you to explore the website, but with a warning--it too is under construction--expect a few rough spots. Just don't fall off a ladder or anything. Photos are being added almost daily (yes, we're way behnd schedule on this); a blog is planned; merchandise is ordered and we hope to have souveniers soon. We also invite you to help. We need vessel information, construction materials for the project; monetary donations are accepted; and you can become a "Friend of the Betty" with a $100.00 donation. Donations can be sent to: Save the Betty, PO Box 6051, Brookings, OR, 97415.
 
We also invite you to stop by and view the Betty if you are in or passing through Brookings-Harbor. Access to the boat through the boat yard is restricted, but she may be seen from the parking lot of the restaurant. We'd love to talk to you.