Isobar is a beautifully restored and maintained custom sloop with a long and storied history.Built in 1962 at the renowned Cheoy Lee Shipyard in Hong Kong, Isobar is a 45 LOA full-keel sloop with a 12 maximum beam and a 28,000 lb. displacement. Her original design was a monocoque wineglass hull of strip-planked Philippine mahogany, spacious teak decks and a counter stern. She sports a low aspect mainsail rig (48 deck-stepped mast with a 22 spar) built for the largely downwind run of the TransPac. While she is a custom design lofted by Les (a naval architect by trade), her lines take inspiration from the big Sparkman & Stevens designs -- most noticeably the 52 yawl Dorade. Asa mechanical engineer, Don designed the fittings and systems.