Captain Jeff Stevens--an affable, dry-witted Brit who's sailed these waters for 16 years--spent three years handcrafting this traditional-style boat, using native woods from the Grenadines and working with master shipwrights from the island of Carriacou. (The name Jambalaya is an anagram of their initials.) Since 2002 he's lived on board and taken guests of the private island resort Petit St.

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