You never forget your first crush. Capt. Seth Salzmann owns and skippers the luxury schooner that he fell for at first sight.

Interview by Colin W. Sargent

What are When and If’s origins?

She was commissioned by then Colonel George S. Patton and his wife, Beatrice, in 1939. Designed by world-renowned naval architect John Alden, she was built by F. F. Pendleton Boatyard in Wiscasset, on White’s Island. She was one of the shipyard’s largest yachts, and nearly one of the last. The island is vacant now, but the railway where she splashed down to launch is still there.

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