Finisterre Dimensions LOA 38′-6″ LWL 27′-6″ Beam 11′-3″ Design Number: 1054 Year Built: 1954 Builder: Seth Peterson, Old Saybrook, Connecticut Draft 3′-11″ (board up) 7′-4″ (board down) Displacement 18,640 lbs Ballast 5,860 lbs (outside) 300 lbs (inside) Sail Area 713 sq ft Original Owner: Carleton Mitchell Finisterre was built by Seth Peterson of Old Saybrook, …
ex Edlu II, ex Tabor Boy Black Watch Specifications: LOA: 68’0″ – LWL: 48’0″ – Beam: 14’7″ – Draft: 9’3″ – Hull Number: 218 – Designer: Sparkman & Stephens – Contract Date: 1938 – Built: Henry B. Nevins, City Island, NY – Displacement: 76,700 – Ballast: 33,000 lbs – Sail Area: 2,125 sq ft. …
Formally created on November 11, 1929, with five partners: Drake Sparkman and his younger brother James Sparkman, James Murray, and brothers Olin J. Stephens and Roderick Stephens. The Stephens brothers began their careers as self-taught sailors on Barnstable Bay, Massachusetts. Both entered the marine industry at an early age – Olin apprenticing in yacht design …
In 1963 Cornelius Shields, one of the foremost proponents of one-design sailing in the U.S. conceived of a modern follow up to the International One Design (IOD). The new boat would have the balance and beauty of the IOD while incorporating modern trends such as fiberglass construction. Shields commissioned Olin Stephens for the design. Over …
Dorade Specifications: LOA: 52’0″ LWL: 37′ 3″ Beam: 10′ 3″ Draft: 7′ 7″ Design Number: 7 Designer: Sparkman & Stephens Contract Date: 1929 Contract Owner: S&S flagship Built: Minneford Yacht Yard of City Island, New York Contract Price: $28,000 Stephens “With Dorade, I only had intuition to guide me,” When Dorade was launched she floated …