Sail Number: IAC-2
Vessel Type: Adams Interclub Class
LOA: 24’6″ / 7.47m – LOD: 24’6″ / 7.47m – LWL: 17’0″ / 5.18m – Beam: 6’0″ / 1.82m – Draft: 4’0″ / 1.22m – Displacement: 27,000 lbs / 12,246.99kg – Ballast: 1,000 lbs / 453.59kg – Built By: Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Quincy MA (formerly F. D. Lawley, Inc.) – Sail Area: 253 ft² / 23.50 m² – Designed by: Fred Goeller – Original Owner: Hosea D. White – Original Name: Peanut II – Launched: May 1938 – Hull Material: Wood – Hull Number: Hull number 2
Historical:
Motor Boating – February 1938 – A NEW INTERCLUB CLASS
At the Quincy Adams Yacht Yard in Quincy, Mass., work on a new series of Interclub sloops is rapidly going forward. The design for these was prepared by Fred Goeller and they have been named after Charles Francis Adams, former Secretary of the Navy, and yacht racing skipper of long standing. The first boat to be completed will be delivered to the Mayor of Quincy and four others of the initial lot will go to prominent sailors in Massachusetts. Local yachtsman on Massachusetts Bay have gotten behind this new boat will all possible enthusiasm.
The Adams Interclub class promises to be one of the liveliest in those parts during the upcoming season. These new boats are being built to an overall length of 24 1/2 feet. The waterline length is 17 feet, and they have an overall beam of 6 feet and carry 4 feet draft. They carry 1,000 pounds of lead in their keel and have a displacement of about 27,000 pounds. Rigged as sloops, they carry a total of 253 square feet of sail, of which 165 feet is in the mainsail and 88 feet in the jib. The sail plan further indicates a spinnaker of liberal size for the boats.
In appearance the boats are attractive and have a little cabin which will serve as shelter at times, or also as a place to stow sails or other gear when not needed. The hull more construction is simple and sturdy. Plans are underway at Quincy Adams Yacht Yard to standardize this boat. Should this come about many more would undoubtedly be sold, resulting in a much larger class of boats to engage in racing and similar class activities. It’s believe that 15 or 16 boats were built and only hull #1 and hull #2 are still in existence.
Restoration
04/25/05 – Full restoration replacing all 72 frames, 19 floors, cabin, transom and all planking except 18 planks.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner: (1938) – Hosea D. White of the Savin Hill Yacht Club, Dorchester Boston MA.
Owner: (1980) – Donald Salisbury, Mast Head Marina, East Greenwich Rhode Island.
Comments
Kenneth D Rolt – August 18, 2021
The sail number for Peanut II, and therefore Adamant, is IAC-2, not 36. IAC means Adams InterClub, and IAC is the way the class & builder is affiliated by the rhombus logo. I am the grandson of the 1938 skipper of Peanut II. The owner was Hosea D. White, the skipper was George Rolt and the crew was Al “Suitcase” Woodman. The same trio raced in White’s Mass Bay 18-footer Oriental from 1935 to 1938. I provided most of the photos and details here, and I was the one that connected Adamant to its original name. – Ken Rolt