David Kelly
The sloop JEANNE, a 25' scaled-down version of the Concordia 31, was built in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1940.
JEANNE is a scaled-down Concordia 31 and is cute as a button. With a three-window trunk cabin, a bowsprit and boomkin, a self-bailing cockpit and bridge deck, and provision for an inboard engine, she’s a real little ship. And belowdecks, she has a pair of wonderfully comfortable fold-down Concordia berths in the main cabin as well as a single pipe berth forward. Her galley is aft, partly under the bridge deck and extending side-to-side the full width of the boat. She even has standing headroom where it counts.
Being smaller than the popular Concordia 31s has advantages: It means easier handling under sail and lower marina and upkeep costs, and bringing the boat home for winter storage under a temporary shed is a practical option.