Two boatyards-one in Denmark and one in Maine-have been granted permission to build new yachts to the originalrndesigns of K. Aage Nielsen. Nielsen's daughters, Jean Berry and Linda Nielsen, both of Massachusetts, have signed licensing agreements to that effect with Walsteds Baadevaerft A/S in Thur0, Denmark, and Rockport Marine in Rockport, Maine.rnAfter Nielsen died in 1984, the family donated all of his surviving plans to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, where they still reside. (The museum still has to formally approve the agreement, but that seems likely, with the donors' support.) Aage Nielsen greatly preferred construction in wood and was famously insistent on overseeing every detail as his custom-designed yachts were built. Near the end of his life, he believed that the days of top-quality wooden boat construction were coming to a close. For that reason, he wished to stipulate that no further boats be built to his designs. With that limitation, his design legacy was at risk of fading during an era of resurgent interest in classic yacht restoration and construction.
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