Herreshoff “Bounty” Specifications
Clarence Knapp 1952-1957
Ned Dane
LOA: 57′ 6″ * LOD: * LWL: 50′ 0″ * Beam: 13′ 4″ * Draft: 6′ 5″ * Displacement: 50,000 lbs *
Sail Area: * Design Number: * Yard Number: * Rig: Ketch * Designer: L.F. Herreshoff *
Built by: Britt Brothers, Lynn, Massachusetts * Original Owner: Ned Dane * Year Built: 1934 * Restored By: Rockport Marine * Boat Location: * Current Name: Bounty * Current Owner: * Sail Number:
Known Racing History: ?
Restoration History:
1954 – Hurricane Carol, went aground in Woods Hole, significant damage.
Historical:
Stacy Lloyd, bought the vessel in 1957, and through 1967 experienced significant leaks. Based in the Caribbean, Lloyd tried many yards to try and find the source of the leaks, to no avail. Eventually brought the yacht up to Paul Luke’s boatyard in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, where Luke offered to build a new hull, for the same costs as repairing the old hull.
Two Bounties now existed, the original was restored in Rockland, Maine, by O. Lie-Nielsen, who once worked with L. Francis Herreshoff. The original Bounty continued to sail out of Rockland, in 1974. Subsequently, Phil Long bought the boat, after a couple of years Long sold the boat in California, years passed the vessel fell into disrepair and was being used for drug smuggling. In 1977, a well know movie producer Roger Riddell, saw the vessel, eventually purchased the boat, and had her refastened, reconstructing the interior and maintained her for 23 years. October 2000 fire broke out in the main stateroom, changing hands again the new owner Sean Fagan, restored the fire damaged center section of the interior, and lived aboard. Changing hands again, Eric Blanc-Garin, a French businessman, shipped the boat late 2011, over land from California to Rockport Marine, Rockport, Maine, where he had the boat restored to in as new condition.
This is my favorite of all of L. Francis Herreshoff’s deigns. One of the reasons I love this design in particular is that it is said it can be handled by a crew of two. If I could drop a few more coins in my piggy bank then maybe…
I believe that LFH designed another boat that was identical to Bounty above the waterline, but was a shoal draft centerboard boat. I cannot remember the name of the boat, and I cannot remember which one Herreshoff designed first. Does anyone know?
I want to give a big thank you whoever posted this web page. May the wind fill your sales, may the sun warm your face, and may the rum never run out – John