History and Wianno Seniors

I don't always know how I come across these things, I'm just watching Anthony Bourdain (he blogs on occasion), who is awesome. Was surfing the Internets. Found a page which lists every Wianno Senior (that's a boat, local to the Cape and Islands) ever made. Some are still around. Some were broken up. Some are... missing? Since 1996? How can a boat go missing in 1995 or 1996? Weird. But a lot had burned in 2003. What had happened? The Internets told me! There is a bit more about it, such as this page which mentions a lot of other Wianno Senior material (such as our good people the Kennedys).