Sail Number: NS
Type: Nantucket Splinter Class
ex; Corvalis ex; Wind Flower ex; Marin ex; Fun
LOA: 38’6″ / 11.73m – LOD: 38’6″ / 11.73m – LWL: 27’6″ / 8.38m – Beam: 6’7″ / 2.00m – Draft: 6’6” / 1.98m – Hull Number: XRAN001F989 – Designer: Bruce King – Original Owner: Robert Sarvis – Year Built: 1989 – Built By: Able Marine, Trenton, ME – Hull Weight: 1,105 lbs – Gross Displacement: 6,500 lbs – Ballast: 6,500 – Sail Area: sq ft
Historical:
The first and only boat built as a one design class boat for Bob Sarvis of Nantucket, Massachusetts. On August 20, 1989, while in the final leg of her first race (the Opera House Cup), the Splinter’s ballast keel parted from her hull. The yacht capsized and slowly turned upside down. It was later found that a failure to install floor timber bolts during the construction of the yacht caused the Splinter’s ballast keel to separate from her hull.
Restoration:
Doug Beebe at Renaissance Yachts in Thomaston, Maine