Built in the spirit of tradition, Frances is a replica of working coastal pilot cutters that sailed the waters of Maine and New England between 1790 and 1812. Her work-boat design heritage sets her apart from modern sailing yachts. Used for local coastal trading in the early nineteenth century, these small sloops averaged fifty feet in length (LOD) and displaced about thirty tons. They carried and traded salt, fish, furs, and lumber, their designs traditional to Great Britain.
