Ernest Hemingway's Boat Pilar Reborn As Legend - Wheeler 38

Ernest Hemingway's yacht "Pilar" has been painstakingly recreated by the family who built the original for the celebrated American author. Wes Wheeler, grandson of the famous boat's original architect, and his wife Marianne Wheeler took on the project to rebuild this celebrity boat from the ground up, relaunching Wheeler Yachts and sparing no expense to construct "Legend" - a spitting image of Hemingway's well-known vessel. She is complete with modern upgrades seamlessly integrated and hidden beneath her classic downeast wooden boat exterior. Ryan McVinney and Marilyn DeMartini join the couple onboard to learn the whole story behind the boat and how she was built, from learning about Hemingway's fishing days aboard the original, to how Brooklin Boat Yard worked to assemble the vessel in their facility in Maine.

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[christinegerzon]

Loved seeing that Hemingway's boat has been recreated and given a new life! Great video.

[daviddegirolomo]

Very cool .. you need to make a documentary about this ! 8 minutes is not enough ! Congratulations

[bopperda]

My wife and I saw Pilar just after Finca Vigia was re-opened to the public in the summer of 2004. Teams of engineers and carpenters from Wheeler's were in the process of restoring Pilar, where she sat on the hard in the pavilion depicted in the video. The hull was rough, at that time, but they were making progress. Gregario Fuentes, Pilar's captain and the inspiration behind the fisherman in The Old Man and the Sea, was still alive and living in a modest home in Cojimar, just up the coast. He was 104.

[jamescrego]

Congratulations to Steve White, his fantastic crew at Brooklin Boat Yard and to the Wheelers! History actually lives on!!! Many years ago l had the fortune to sail to Cuba and the second thing was to actually see PILAR! She's in remarkable condition!!

[yachtworld]

Amazing recreation of this important, historical vessel, we love Wheeler Yachts and Brooklin Boat Yard and both their classic wooden boats!

[alanmorris]

Beautiful boat with a fantastic nod to history.

[heaven-is-real]

Wow the way it cuts through the water is sublime.

[luliluli]

What an accomplishment. This is stunning and no doubt, an honourable tribute the the great writer Hemingway.

[Orcinus]

My dad's first boat was a Wheeler. His friend convinced him to buy it off him. We sailed out of the Sassafras River, a tributary of the Chesapeake. Great boats. This was back in the late 1970's.

[ericlowans]

Awesome video! My wife and I got to tour Hemingway's house in Key West and also did a tour of the Hemingway (Pilar) Rum company, which featured a photo lecture on his boat. At the end of the tour, they had a photo station set up: a fighting chair similar to the ones used in that era...great vacation! Thanks for posting!!

[johnkingsley]

My parents when they moved from Hollywood to Newport and Lido back in the 50’s they bought their first boat and it was a 47 foot Wheeler cabin cruiser and our family had many wonderful years spending summers aboard it over at Catalina Island — great boat and lots of fond memories.😊

[philhardwick]

So cool the way it cuts through the water. Love to see that shot in ocean waves.

[JamesNewsomeCaiLeighAnna]

Pretty darn cool. Visiting Hemingway’s place in Cuba would be a trill. It’s neat that the Cuban government holds him in such high regards as to preserve his home, furnishings, and Pilar.

[Peterbilt]

Now that's a gorgeous yacht!!
Absolutely Love that black hull!! So dramatic! And offset with the polished mahogany makes it stunning.

[RichBinell]

Hemingway would love it. Wow. Thanks for sharing.

[mulemule]

*Can't get over the incredible amount of headroom below deck!* 😳

[JonJay]

That is amazing, I have been to Hemmingways house in Cuba and looked round the Pilar from top to bottom and this vessel is as near as dam it as Hemmingways. so great to see these beautiful old vessels being built again, the way they have fitted that one out is beautiful and would be great for a couple to get way on, you could live on that vessel for a few weeks without any discomfort at all, and dont forget that this is a sea going hull, I have seen photo's of Earnest fishing in some pretty big sea's, great work, I really hope these go in to production.

[burkepete]

Hemingway's stories, especially THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, captured my love of reading from earliest part of my life. I also love the time I spend messing around with boats. This Wheeler captures the essence of boating and love for the water better than any of the modern, go-fast, monstrosities cranked out to appeal to the "look at me" crowd who race through waters that Hemingway used tell simple stories of universal truth about humankind that cannot be grasp at seventy miles per hour.

[nmelkhunter]

I’m not a boat guy, and not really sure why this showed up in my suggested videos, but the craftsmanship is really something else. It’s also amazing the Hemingway’s boat is still intact in Cuba when you consider all that has happened in the country!

[erichaskell]

I believe the contemporary power boats lack the character, the long lived beauty and the classic lines of these pre war beauties.