Herreshoff Design 1903 – LOD 29′ – WL 18′ – 4,430lbs – Sail Area 472ft2 Artisan Boatworks recent launching of the recreated Buzzards Bay 18. Alex Brainerd talks about the Herreshoff design from an except of his blog. “The Buzzards Bay 18 is yet another design, of which no original example survives. Herreshoff designed the …
White Dolphin wins trans-Atlantic boat race 12/24/2012 White Dolphin and its seven-member crew sailed away as champions of the prestigious Panerai Transat Classique, ending their 20-day sail across the Atlantic on Saturday in the Bridgetown Careenage. White Dolphin had passed the finish line, just off the south-coast, at 3:49 p.m., and sailed into the inner …
2012 Panerai Classic Yacht Challenge The 1929 Fife 8 meter sloop Quest had successes at the 2012 Classic Yachts Challenge events, winning the Opera House Cup, and the MoY Classic Yacht Regatta. However, the overall winner of the North American Circuit was 12 Meter Valiant. 40th Opera House Cup Overall Winner “Quest” Winds: 050 at …
In the early nineteen thirties, the Fishers Island Yacht Club was casting about for a class to use for the junior sailors. A. E. Luders, Sr. and Jr. were chosen to design and build this new one-design class. The “Luders Gang” was well known as active racers and innovative designers of racing boats (they even …
Woodwind II Specifications: LOA: 74′ Length on deck: 61.5′ Beam: 16′ Draft: 7′ Displacement: 52,000 lbs Designer: John Scarano Construction: West System, with fiberglass exterior, port orford cedar laminated frames, and strip planks, Alaskan cedar beams, and Douglas fir deck and sole. Year Built: 1998 “Woodwind II” was selected to be the sailing yacht of …