 The model sailboat that Grant gives Hepburn is based on an actual boat, the "True Love" (originally the "Venona II", based on the Malabar design by John Alden built for racing), which currently sails on Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen, New York, as an excursion boat for Schooner Excursions, Inc.The film was the 5th most popular movie at the US box office in 1941.According to MGM records, it earned $2,374,000 in the US and Canada, and $885,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $1,272,000.