Built for Eddy Connor in Blowing Point in 1954/5. Master shipwright was Eddy Hodge who built a sturdy comfortable 54 ft sloop capable of carrying 50 tons yet surprisingly quick. She was designed to accommodate an engine, but was launched before the engine arrived from England and sailed without it for a few months.
During the Anguilla Revolution in 1967 Finance was admirably called the ‘supply ship’ as it brought supplies of every description to Anguilla at that time.
Eddy Connor traded with “Finance” in the Puerto Rico to the U.S. Virgin Islands, Anguilla and St. Martin. His brother-in-law Amos Richardson was captain of the Finance from the day she was launched until she was sold in 1983 to a Mr. John Frieze of the U.S.A. She was last seen cruising the Virgin Islands.
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