Stephens Waring and White Yacht Design is delighted to be working again with W-Class Racing Yachts, LLC, to create another in the well-known company’s line of classic racing yachts. The two firms have a relationship that extends back more than a decade, when W-Class president Donald Tofias asked Joel White in 1997 to design a …
About the Class The Stuart Knockabout is a reproduction of the original Herreshoff 28’ sloop in foam sandwich fiberglass, designed by L. Francis Herreshoff in 1932. L. Francis was partial to the advantages of comparatively shallow draft designs. He compensated for this factor by employing longer waterlines, exquisite, easily driven body plans and sensible, moderate-sized …