2017 AUGUST CLASSIC SAILBOAT OF THE MONTH – TILLY Sail Number: GER 32 Type: Sonder Class (extreme fin keel “skimming dish”) LOA: 39’4″ / 12m LWL: 19’0″ / 5.80m Beam: 7’2″ / 2.20m Draft: 5’1″ / 1.55m Designer: Wilhelm von Hacht Original Owner: Mr. Richard Krogmann, Hamburg German and Royal Highness Prinz …
2015 MARCH CLASSIC SAILBOAT OF THE MONTH – L.F. Herreshoff “Ben My Chree” – Herreshoff “Ben My Chree” Specifications: LOA: 28’0″ – LWL: 22’10” – Beam: 6’11” – Draft 2’9″ – 5’6″ – Displacement: 4,000 lbs – Sail Area: 265 sq ft – Ballast 2,400 lbs – Designer: L. Francis Herreshoff “L. Francis Herreshoff designed …
Herreshoff “The Stuart Knockabout” Specifications: LOA: 28′ 0″ LWL: 22′ 10″ Beam: 6′ 11″ Draft: 2′ 9″ – 5′ 6″ Ballast: 2,400 lbs Hull Number: 53 Rig: Sail Area: 265 sq ft Designer: L. F. Herreshoff Recreated by: Ballentine’s Boat Shop, Inc. Originally Built: 1933 L. Francis Herreshoff designed this knockabout in 1932 for Mr. …
2013 APRIL CLASSIC SAILBOAT OF THE MONTH: HERRESHOFF BUZZARDS BAY 18 Artisan Boatworks recent launching, 2011, of the recreated Buzzards Bay 18. Alex Brainerd talks about the Herreshoff design from an except of his blog. “The Buzzards Bay 18 is yet another design, of which no original example survives. Herreshoff designed the 18 in 1903, …
2013 MARCH CLASSIC SAILBOAT OF THE MONTH: The International 5.5 meter class boat History and Olympic career The 5.5-metre class was a redesign of the 6-metre class by Charles E. Nicholson in 1937. The first boats conforming to the 5.5-metre rule were built in 1949. There had been an earlier attempt to build a cheaper …