Compadre is a 43 foot bridge-deck cruiser designed and built by Stephens Brothers Boat Builders in Stockton, California.  Launched in 1929, she was the second of three cruisers built by Stephens Bros. to a 42-foot design.  Compadre is unique, however, because her original owner, Leland Adams of San Francisco, specified that the wheelhouse be lengthened by18 inches, making her 43-1/2 ft overall.  A sister ship, Classique, currently is berthed in Seattle.  The third boat, originally named Alys, has apparently has been lost.  Compadre's interior layout is unusual for a bridge deck cruiser of this era.  The galley and saloon are forward of the wheelhouse; aft is the owner's stateroom.  Later 43-foot Stephens cruisers had the more common layout, with the stateroom forward and the galley/saloon aft.  That designed proved more popular, and Stephens ultimately built at least seven of those boats during the early 1930s (surviving examples include Seven Bells, Allure, and Cielito.)