This 48-foot traditional cutter from John Alden Design replaces a smaller yawl designed by Alden for the same owner some 25 years ago. Restive is being prepared for a late-spring launch at Brooklin Boat Yard in Brooklin, Maine, and is scheduled to participate in this year’s Newport Bermuda Race. The owner expects to use his new yacht the same way he used the earlier one—for singlehanded daysailing, family cruising, and racing to Bermuda (he has won two firsts and a second in class in the last three events).

The design features an aft cockpit, and the fractional rig has been set up so sailhandling will be easy for a small crew; the jib is on a furler, and the mainsail has in-boom furling.

Below the waterline the hull features a seakindly canoe body developed from midship sections that have moderate deadrise. Stability and windward capability are provided by a modified fin keel with a low center of gravity. The relatively high-aspect-ratio balanced spade rudder and the mast and boom are all carbon fiber.

Belowdecks, there is a U-shaped galley on the port side with a reefer/freezer unit aft, a double sink forward, and a stove in the middle. The 55-horsepower Yanmar diesel, which turns a three-blade feathering Max-Prop, is located underneath a centerline galley counter; there is good engine access through hatches on all four sides. The navigator’s station, along with a seaberth for the navigator, is situated directly across from the galley.

The hull is constructed of cold-molded cedar and mahogany over laminated frames, bulkheads, and temporary mold stations; the hull’s exterior is sheathed in 10-ounce fiberglass cloth. The deck is cold-molded mahogany plywood over laminated beams, and is covered with half-inch teak. Deck joinery is Burmese teak and interior woodwork is light-colored teak. Interior styling mimics that of the 1930s, with white-painted bulkheads, fronts, and cabinet doors and varnished trim throughout. The cabin sole is teak and holly, with teak gratings where appropriate. All the floor surfaces are varnished.

John G. Alden, 89 Commercial Wharf, Boston, MA 02110; tel. 617-227-9480; www.aldendesigns.com