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
LOA: 21’2″ / 6.45m – LOD: 21’2″ / 6.45m – LWL: 16’2″ / 4.93m – Beam: 6’5 / 1.96m – Draft: 1’6 / 0.46m – Ballast: 400 lbs – Displacement: – Sail Area: 222 sq ft – Design Number: 398 – Hull material: Wood construction – Rig: Jibheaded Sloop – Designer: Alden – Built by: George L. Chaisson, Swampscott, Massachusetts – Year Designed: 1929 – Restored By: – Current Name: – Original Owner: – Contract Cost: $750.00
Historical:
Conceived by Buell P. Mills, and other members of the Nantucket Yacht Club. Designed for use on Nantucket Sound and Kennebunkport, Maine. As many as 22 boats were built for Nantucket, 5 plus or minus remaining today.
Comments
Kenneth Rolt – August 1, 2020
The Alden plans for a Swampscott Dory, later known as an Indian, as based on the formal Massachusetts Bay Indian Class formed in 1926 and first raced in 1927, are at MIT Museum, the custodian for them after Alden’s firm closed: http://www.aldendesigns.com/ AND they are available through Wooden Boat: https://www.woodenboatstore.com/coll…aysailer-plans The Wooden Boat source might be more reliable due to COVID-19, nevermind that the MIT Museum was in the process of moving into a new building.
I have also read that it was Crocker that actuallly drew the plan(s) but I don’t have them yet so I cannot confirm that.
There are several versions. Alden Indian design #148 which a centerboard (CB) lapstrake design using a depth-tapering skeg that leads gradually into a vertical-shaft rudder. Another variation was #293 using a full keel, 9″ longer and 3’10” draft (up from 1’6″). A third version was #398 for the Nantucket Indians — I have read that these were carvel-planked but were otherwise dimensionally the same and also used a CB. So the “yard number” listed isn’t correct, but these design numbers are.
Gaff-rigging on “new” Indian builds were probably extinct by 1927. I know my grandfather (and dad) built spars for Indians but I don’t recall them ever working on a gaff design. It was always Marconi. I believe some of the original drawings did have a gaff rig. HTH.
LOA: 81.85′ / 24.94m – LOD: 63.15′ / 19.24 – LWL: 44.19′ / 13.46m – Beam: 11.58′ / 3.52m – Draft: 8.53′ / 2.59m – Displacement: – Hull Number: – Rig: Gaff Cutter – Designer: William Fife III – Built by: William Fife & Son – Built for: Thomas Burrowes – Current owner: Philippe Menhinick (1998) – Year Built: 1896 – Homeport: Cannes
Historical
“Nan” is the oldest William Fife designed yacht still sailing today.
Launched in 1896, two years before the famous “Pen Duick” by Eric Tabarly, “Nan” is one of the many yachts built by the FIFE family.
The 28 year old William Fife III, known as FIFE Junior (1857-1944), who, as the head of the family business in 1885, designed and built “Nan” in Fairlie, a small Scottish port located some 40 km from Glasgow.
“Nan” was commissioned by Thomas Burrowes, an Irishman who already owned several sailboats. “Nan” is the older brother of the fabulous yachts designed by William Fife Junior and the oldest Fife plan sailing to date.
In 1998, Philippe Menhinick found “Nan”, his grandfather’s boat and began restoration in September 1999. It was then that a difficult but enthusiastic adventure began: to revive this large classic yacht of over 100 years
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner: (1896) – Thomas Burrowes Owner: (1948-1952) – G.H.Menhinick Owner: (1998) – Philippe Menhinick
LOA: 54’4″ / 16.60m – LWL: 38’3″ / 11.70m – Beam: 11’9″ / 3.65m – Draft: 7’5” / 2.30m – Hull Number: – Designer: François Camatte – Original Owner: – Current Owner: – Year Built: October 20, 1950 – Built By: Attilio Chiesa & Fils, Cannes, France – Hull Material: – Gross Displacement: 17 Tonnes – Sail Number: – Sail Area: 1,291 sq ft / 120 sq m
Historical:
Built by Attilio Chiesa & Fils, Cannes, France to Lloyds earning highest A rating.
The Bermuda cutter Nagaïna was launched in Cannes on October 20, 1950. This fine racer was designed by François Camatte, naval architect who produced more than sixty international tonnage for French and foreign yachtmen. A French architect, a French construction site, a French pavilion. The greatest care was taken in its construction and it was made with first choice materials: bordered in 30 mm Gran Bassam mahogany, Burmese teak deck, mast and boom in spruce without a blemish.
AND TODAY ? Nagaïna participates each year in the circuit of the French Association of Traditional Yachts (AFYT): Imperial Regattas (Ajaccio), Voiles d’Antibes, Porquerolles Classic, Voiles du Vieux-Port (Marseille), Bailly de Suffren Trophy (Saint-Tropez / Malta), André Mauric Trophy (Marseille), Royal Regattas (Cannes), Voiles de Saint-Tropez.
LOA: 127′ 11″ / 39.00m – LOD: 116′ 6″ / 35.50m – LWL: 82′ 0″ / 25.00m – Beam: 22′ 4″ / 6.80m – Draft: 13′ 11″ / 4.24m – Displacement: 104 tons – Year Launched: 2013 – Designed by: Olivier F. van Meer – inspired by the 1938 Alfred Mylne design Panda. (Design number 387) – Original Owner: Built by: Graafship, Bodrum Shipyard, Turkey – Hull Material: Steel – Former name(s): NOELANI – Flag: Cayman Isands Club: NYYC (New York Yacht Club) – Location: MarineTraffic
Historical:
Naema was inspired by the Alfred Mylne design no. 387 Panda, which was built by Camper and Nicholson, Gosport, Portsmouth in 1938.
Panda was 35.48m long on deck, with a waterline of 22.99m, beam 6.78m, draft 4.19m, and displacement of 152 long tons. Unfortunately after a long career she met her demise in 1983, after a 2-year circumnavigation. She sank while unattended. at her mooring in Martinique, because of a fire onboard that ravaged her to her waterline. She was salvaged and towed to Ft. Lauderdale Florida, where it was determined that she was to far gone, having twisted under the extreme heat of the fire. She now resides further up the coast as a reef off Pompano Beach, Florida
The new schooner Naema was built by Graafship, Bodrum Shipyard, Turkey, and delivered to her first owner in 2013 as Noelani, Hawaiian word meaning “mist of heaven.”)
Refit
Hodgdon Yachts (2014) – Noelani renamed Naema underwent a significant refit in East Boothbay in order to improve the overall reliability and functionality of this recently built vessel. Work included removing all engines, generators, mechanicals, and plumbing from the engine room, reinsulating the engine room, upsizing one of the generators, installing new plumbing, reinstalling some of the sail handling systems, and rewiring the galley and crew area.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Notable Guest, and Reunion Information):
