Sail Number: D 7
Type: Buzzards Bay 25
LOA: 32′ 0″ / 9.75m – LWL: 25′ 0″ / 7.62m – Beam 8′ 9″ / 2.68m – Draft 3′ 0″ / 0.91m – Hull Number: 736 – Designer: N.G. Herreshoff – Original Name: Bagatelle Original Owner: F.L. Dabney – Current Owner: G.V. Kim – Year Built: 1914 – Built By: Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Bristol RI – Hull Material: Wood – Rig: Sloop – Gross Displacement: – Sail Area: 550 ft² / 51.09 m² – Home Port: Mystic, CT
Historical:
BAGATELLE was designed and built in 1914 by Herreshoff Mfg. Co., as a ballasted keel centerboarder, designed for the shallow, shoal ridden, choppy waters of Buzzards Bay. Affectionately know as “Bags” and recently restored by MP&G with the original gaff rig of one of her sisters. Sails by Nat Wilson. and regularly raced in regattas in New England.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner/Guardian: (1914) – F.L. Dabney, Wareham, MA
Owner/Guardian: (1958) – Dave Cabot, Avondale, RI
Owner/Guardian: (1998) – John Hall, Avondale, RI
Owner/Guardian: (1998-Current) – G.V. Kim