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Sail Number:

Type: Cutter

LOA: 50’6″ / 15.54m – LWL: 31’8″ / 9.70m – Beam: 10’8″ / 3.25m – Draft: 5’7” / 1.74m – Build Number: 163 – Designer: Ingenieur Lomakin – Design Number: 1801935 – Original Owner: Monsieur L. Babin, Nantes – Current Owner: – Year Launched: 2.8.1935 – Built By: Chantier de la Liane, Boulogne France (near Calais) – Hull Material: Wood – Gross Displacement: 13.5 tons – Ballast: – Sail Area: 797 ft² / 74 m² – Engine:

 

Historical:

Rafale was designed by Ingenieur Lomakin and built by Chantier de la Liane in Boulogne France (near Calais) in 1935 for Monsieur L. Babin from Nantes under Lloyds requirements.

Current Owner – From what I know she was kept in the Mediterranean with home port Sanary until the seventies. Also as a charter yacht. Then she stayed in the Golfe de Morbihan up until the eighties when a boatbuilder from England bought her and restored her.

She still spend the years in Cornwall and Bretagne until we sailed her to Germany. She at least crossed the Atlantic once, and participated at the Brest Festival in 2000 as well as the 2001 Americas Cup Jubilee.

What sets her apart from other yachts of her time and size is that she is almost flush decked, but has a full cruising interior. Kept over the years and not ripped out in the seventies to be replaced by plywood-teak-application wonders.

 

 

Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):

Owner: (1935) – Monsieur L. Babin, Nantes

 

Sail Number: W37/US 1

Type: Spirit of Tradition Sloop

Stephens / Waring & White RACE HORSE Specifications:

LOA: 43ft 5in / 13.25m – LOA: 43ft 5in / 13.25m – LWL: 33’3″ / 10.13m – Beam 11’8″ / 3.56m – Draft 8’0” / 2.44m – Designer: Stephens / Waring & White Yacht Design – Original Owner: Donald Tofias – W-Class president – Current Owner: Donald Tofias – W-Class president – Year Built: 2010 – Built By: Brooklin Boat Yard (Brooklin, Maine) – Hull Material: Cold-Molded – Displacement: 8,520lbs (3,865Kg) – Sail Area: 886sq ft (82.3sq m) – SA/D: 38.7

 

Historical:

W-Class Yachts and Stephens / Waring & White Yacht Design have a relationship that extends back more than a decade, when W-Class president Donald Tofias asked Joel White in 1997 to design a fleet of 76′ world-class yachts to bring back big-boat one-design racing to the Eastern Seaboard. The W-76 was followed by smaller sister W-46 designed by White’s protege Robert Stephens following Joel White’s death.

Like today’s current crop of cutting-edge race boats, the W-37 is lightweight, relatively beamy, with a plumb stem and near-vertical transom. But where out-and-out race boats sacrifice grace and beauty in the name of performance, designer Stephens Waring and White have carefully crafted the bow and stern to show subtle curves and attractive camber.

 

Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):

Owner/Guardian: (2010) Donald Tofias – W-Class President, Sparkman & Stephens President.

 

Sail Number: T29

Type: Rhodes 29 (633-S1)

LOA: 42’3” / 12.88m – LOD: 42’3” / 12.88m – LWL: 29’0” / 8.84m – Beam: 11’3” / 3.35m – Draft: 4’7” / 1.40m – Displacement: 16 Net Tons – Ballast: – Hull material: Double planked teak / oak frames – Sail Area: – Designer: Philip A. Rhodes – Built by: Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany – Year Launched: 1955 – Current Name: Thor – Original Owner: A. Edward Thurber, Jr. – FLAG: USA (US) – Location: Oyster Bay, NY

 

Historical:

Thor was commissioned from Philip Rhodes by Edward Thurber in 1955. Her homeport was Oyster Bay, NY and her home club was Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club. The Thurber family spent each entire summers onboard cruising to Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and Newport. Upon Edward’s death Thor was sold to a partnership in Connecticut. Much of her ownership history during the time is unknown, but Thor remained in New England.

For a time Thor was owned by Charles Dana, New York Yacht Club Commodore and Newport Shipyard owner. Mr. Dana donated Thor to Sail Martha’s Vineyard in 2016, making his announcement that year during the Vineyard Cup awards ceremony. Telling the crowd his family had many happy summers of sailing aboard Thor. “She’s a very special boat,” he said. “We salute what you all do here. We love what you’re doing.”

In 2019, Sail MV listed Thor for sale at which time Priscilla Thurber Constants, daughter of A. Edward Thurber, Jr., was alerted to Thor’s listing by Ian McCurdy. In August of 2019 Priscilla took ownership of Thor, bringing in a partner in George J. Ellis. After 37 years Thor was back in Thurber ownership and back in Oyster Bay.

 

Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):

Owner/Guardian: (1955-1982) – A. Edward Thurber, Jr., Oyster Bay, N.Y., Indian Harbor Yacht Club.
Owner/Guardian: (1997-2006) – Alan Pesh, CEO and President of Ship Analytics, North Stonington, Connecticut.
Owner/Guardian: (2006-2016) – Charles & Posie Dana III, New York Yacht Club Commodore, Newport Shipyard owner (1998-2019) Donates Thor to (SMV)
Owner/Guardian: (2016-2019) – Sail Martha’s Vineyard (SMV)
Owner/Guardian: (2019) – Priscilla Thurber Constants & George J. Ellis, Oyster Bay, N.Y.

 

Resources

George J. Ellis
Vineyard Gazette
Philip L. Rhodes and His Yacht Designs
Lloyd’s Register of American Yachts

 

 

Sail Number:

Type: Ketch

Quiete Tune Specifications:

LOA: 29′ 6″ / 8.99m – LOD: 29′ 6″ / 8.99m – LWL: 25′ 0″ / 7.62m – Beam: 7′ 10″ / 2.38m – Draft: 4′ 6″ / 1.37m – Displacement: 8015.00 lbs / 3635.54kgs – Design Number: 82 – Designer: L.F. Herreshoff – Built by: Hodgson Bros., East Boothbay, Maine – Year Built: 1945 – Current Name: Quiet Tune – Current Owner: – Original Owner Edwin M. Hill – Sail Area: 343 sq ft / 31.87m2

 

Historical:

An L. Francis Herreshoff trademark ketch designed for Edwin M. Hill who wanted a light displacement daysailer, not interested in cruising, but capable of providing adequate overnight shelter. Both owner and designer wanted a versatile rig, choosing the same sailplan as the H-28. Predecessor to Edwin M. Hill’s “Araminta,” a slightly larger version with a clipper bow.

 

Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):

Owner/Guardian: (1945) Edwin M. Hill

 

 

Sail Number:

ex Catspaw, ex Kevin, ex Turkan, Footpad

Buzzards Bay 30 “Quakeress III” Specifications:

LOA: 46′7″ – LWL: 30′3″ – Beam: 10′10″ – Draft: 5′3″ – Hull Number: 565 – Rig: Gaff-Rigged Sloop – Displacement: 20,160 lbs – Sail Area: 1,400 – Designer: N.G. Herreshoff – Built By: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, RI – Original Owner: A. C. Harrison – Current Owner: NGH Restoration LLC – Built: 1902 – Official Number: 20636 – Engine Model: Volvo D2-40 (35 hp)

 

Historical:

Ordered by the Beverly, Massachusetts, Yacht Club and were raced as a class. Three 30s (Young Miss, Lady M, and Quakeress III) were restored by French and Webb in Belfast, Maine, and all three were launched in time for the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta in 2008.

 

Restoration:

2008 – French & Webb, Belfast, Maine

 

Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Notable Guest, and Reunion Information):

Owner/Guardian: (1902) A. C. Harrison
Owner/Guardian: NGH Restoration LLC