MDI class boat #16. Owned and skippered by Sturgis Haskins, of Sorrento. The MDI class was designed and built in 1924 for the Bar Harbor and Seal Harbor Yacht Clubs. Edsel Ford was said to have underwritten the design. This boat, the Rugusa , was originally owned by Sandy Kellog, of Sandy Kellog, of Bar Harbor. It was the last built in the class -1925. A later owner, in the 1930s,was Mary Smith of Greenings Island. Later in the 1950s it was owned by Rev. Palfred Perkins of Southwest Harbor who changed the name from Red Jacket to Lillibet. Toby Strong of Southwest Harbor purchased it from Perkins lat selling it to Sturgis Haskins. It is the last MDI left on Mt. Desert. The nearest two are in the Penobscot Marine Museum, in Searsport, and on an island in Penobscot Bay owned by the Porters.
Unknown , “MDI Class boat #16,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed November 21, 2024, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/8728.Item 9094
