Sail Number:
Vessel Type: Sloop
LOA: 38’0″ / 11.58m – LOD: 38’0″ / 11.58m – LWL: 36’0” / 10.97m – Beam: 6’6″ / 1.98m – Draft: 5’6″ / 1.67m – Displacement: 9,500 lbs – Sail Area: – Original Name: Huntress – Current Owner: (2013) Richard & Weatherly Dorris – Year Launched: 1941 – Designed by: C. Raymond Hunt – Built by: George Lawley & Son. – Hull Material: Wood – Engine Model: Palmer (30 hp) – Yacht Club: Quissett YC – Home Port: Falmouth, MA
Historical:
Liam English WoodenBoat Forum – I remember Huntress from my youth in Mass Bay. As I remember, it was kept in Marblehead where Hunt has his office and was one of maybe 2 built as the prototype of a class. I kind of remember that it was called a 310 (he had earlier designed the 110 in the late 30’s and the 210 right after the war, I believe).I was lucky enough to have met him several times; it is to him that I owe a debt of gratitude for learning what “ducks” are. and I had thought they were whales!
We had a 210 for some years. What a wonderful boat that was. I miss it! 210/#146.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner: (1941) –
Owner/Guardian: (2013) Richard & Weatherly Dorris
In the early 1960s, my father Allen Griffin acquired the Huntress from my uncle Francis “Dun” McManus, selling the boat in approximately 1967. She was moored in Marblehead. We called it either a 510 or a 610, but I don’t know if was officially either. She sailed best in good air with an enormous Genoa, similar to a 210. Our family lived on it summers and with two sets of cousins, it became known as the “floating nursery.”