Sail Number: NY/50
Vessel Type: New York 40
LOA: 59′ 0″ / 17.98m – LWL: 40′ 0″ / 12.19m – Beam: 14′ 6″ / 4.41m – Draft: 8′ 2″ / 2.48m – Original Rig: Sloop – Hull Number: 955 – Sail Area: 2,100 ft² / 195.09 m² – Designer: N.G. Herreshoff – Original Owner: Edward I. Cudahy – Built: 1925 – Original Price: $4,200 – Homeport: Newport, Rhode Island – Current Name: Marilee – Current Owner: Tim Rutter (2014) MARILEE NY40 Racing LLC – Flag: USA (US)
Location: Marine Traffic
Historical:
MARILEE one of the famous Herreshoff New York Yacht Club 40’s known as the “Fighting Forties.” Casper Whitney, in the August 1901 issue of Outing magazine referred to “That Herreshoff Characteristic of Passing Unperturbed Through Agitated Waters” – summing up the sentiment of most who have either seen or sailed these aristocratic thoroughbreds. Edwin J. Schoettle described the New York 40’s as “excellent, heavy-weather boats, having an ability to withstand all kinds of rough handling, both by men and weather.” Mr. Schoettle further commented, “I have been told that a 40 has never been seen reefed.”
MARILEE is one of only four remaining examples of the New York Yacht Club 40 class, the others being ROWDY, TYPHOON (ex-MAISIE) and RUGOSA. While the main body of the class was built in 1916, MARILEE and RUGOSA were built later, with MARILEE’s launching in 1926. MARILEE was converted to a yawl rig according to Herreshoff drawings, but retains a considerable number of original details, including much of her deck joinerwork, interior panelling, and deck hardware, including her valuable Herreshoff bronze anchor windlass on the fore deck. During the 1960’s MARILEE’s hull was fiberglassed over as a result of the inclination during that period to believing such was a panacea for the upkeep on a wooden boat.