Commissioned by Les Allen of Southern California "the Donnella " was the first of three Stephens boats he owned all named Donnella. She lived in Long Beach, California from 1958 until she was moved to San Francisco in 2013. She was the only 44'6" flybridge Sportfisher Stephens built because she was originally commissioned to be a Sedan Cruiser, and then near completion the order was changed to add a flybridge, mirroring the popular Rybovitch Sportfisher's of the East Coast.