MADGE III was built in 1929 by the New York Yacht, Launch
& Engine Company of Morris Heights, New York for Mr.
Lawrence H. Austin of the American Yacht Club, in Rye,
New York. She was constructed of Douglas Fir planking
on steam bent white oak frames and is 77 feet overall
in length. MADGE III was originally powered with a pair
of six cylinder, 100 horse power 20th Century gasoline
marine engines and was the prototype for several similar
yachts that followed her.
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