“Poor Richard” is a 36’ passenger boat reminiscent of a lobster boat, built on the same mold as Ralph’s 38’ workboat design, but “just shortened up.” Ralph Stanley built her in 1979 for Rick Savage (Richard Manchester Savage II) who used her for passenger excursions, seating 20 people although she could seat 25 if necessary.
There are several photographs of “Poor Richard” under construction in “Extraordinary Ordinary People: Five American Masters of Traditional Arts” by Alan Govenar, published by Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, “Ralph W. Stanley, Boatbuilder” p. 17-29, 2006.
“Poor Richard” was later owned by Fred Smith in Rockport, Maine.
“Poor Richard - Passenger Boat,” Southwest Harbor Public Library, accessed November 30, 2023, https://swhpl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/10074.Item 14082
