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The Classic Yacht Register of Heritage is a database of the worlds Vintage, Classic and Grand Prix (Spirit of Tradition) sailboats. The Registry includes surviving, and destroyed vessels, and inclusion is either by vessel’s historical significance, invitation or request.
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There are currently 16 names in this directory beginning with the letter D.
Dagger
Dagger - Type: International 225 - Class: Grand Prix - In 1936 Raymond Hunt along with engineers Bror Tamm and Gordon Munro decided to build a 36’0″ prototype at the Lawley Yard in Neponset, Masachusetts. Although there were doubts about her potential sailing abilities, she quickly proved doubters wrong. But, at the time, no one seemed to like the prototype, she was too peculiar, and slab-sided for her size. The prototype was further evolved and improved by C. Raymond Hunt and Frank C. Paine, “Egeria” was the first of the 225 class boats, known as 225/1. “Egeria” proved to be very fast, beating most of the class boats in Marblehead except the 30-Square-Metres. - LOA: 35’6″ / 10.85m * LOD: 35’6″ / 10.85m * LWL: 26′ 0″ * Beam: 5’11 / 1.55m * Draft: 5′ 00 / 1.52m * Ballast: 1,000 lbs * Displacement: * Original Sail Area: 225 * Yard Number: Prototype * Hull material: Weldwood Construction * Rig: Sloop * Designer: C. Raymond Hunt * Built by: George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts * Year First Built: 1936 * Contract Cost: $1,000
Danseuse
Danseuse - Type: 12mR - LOA: 60′ 7″ / 18.50m – LOD: – LWL: 39′ 4″ / 12.00m – Beam: 11′ 1″ / 3.38m – Draft: – Sail Area: 2,820 sq ft / 261.98 sq m – Design Number: – Rig: Sloop – Designer: Johan Anker – Built by: Anker & Jensen – Original Owner: S. Eyde – Year Built: 1911 – Boat Location: Norway – Current Name: – Current Owner: 2013 Terje & Rolf Thoresen – Sail Number: E 7
Danycan
Danycan - the name of a family of privateer shipowners from Saint-Malo, was built in 1949 on plans by Eugène Cornu at the Pierre Delmez Constructions Nautiques shipyards in Perreux-sur-Marne on behalf of Mr. Moses. This shipyard, active from 1858 to 1951, is known for its light constructions. The plan of the Danycan can be consulted at the Musée de la Marine. - Sail Number:0 - Type: class III RORC - LOA: 37’9″ / 10.40m - LOD: 37’9″ / 10.40m - LWL: 24’3″ / 7.35m - Beam: 9’2″ / 2.50m - Draft: 5’3″ / 1.55m - Displacement: 5.0 tons - Ballast: 1.50 tons - Yard Number: - Hull material: - Designer: Eugène Cornu - Built by: Pierre Delmez shipyard, Le Perreux sur Marne - Year Launched: 1949 - Original Name: DANYCAN- Original Owner: - Sail Area: Upwind 51.80 m2. - Homeport:
Daring
Daring - The Daring is a One-Design keelboat which is based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight and races throughout the season around the Solent. Its construction is GRP, with some older yachts possessing original wooden decks. - Sail Number: - Type: Fractional Sloop / Daring One-Design - LOA: 32’6” / 9.90m - LOD: 32’6” / 9.90m - LWL: 23’0” / 7.01m - Beam: 6’6” / 1.98m - Draft: 4’5” / 1.35m - Designer: Arthur Robb - Design Number: - Original Name: - Original Owner: - Current Owner: - Year First Built: 1961 - Built by: Halmatic UK (Hull # 1-16) – Island Builders (Hull # 16-25) – Souters (Hull # 26) - Hull material: (GRP)- Sail Area: 320.00 ft2 / 29.73 m2 - Displacement: 4,400 lb / 2,000kg
Dark Harbor 20
Dark Harbor 20 - Sparkman & Stephens of New York, the 75-year-old yacht design firm, is proud to announce the reintroduction of the Dark Harbor 20, the 30-foot one-design class sloop, which is to be constructed for the first time in modern fiberglass materials on a production basis at a very reasonable cost. - LOA 30'-0" 9.14 m
LWL: 20'-0" 6.10 m
BMAX: 6'- 8-1/2" 2.06 m
Draft: 4'-1-1/4" 1.24 m
Displacement: (Lightship) 5,200 lbs 3,360 kg
Ballast: 2,620 lbs 1,190 kg
Sail Area: (100% fore triangle) 357 ft2 33 m2
Design: No. 68
LWL: 20'-0" 6.10 m
BMAX: 6'- 8-1/2" 2.06 m
Draft: 4'-1-1/4" 1.24 m
Displacement: (Lightship) 5,200 lbs 3,360 kg
Ballast: 2,620 lbs 1,190 kg
Sail Area: (100% fore triangle) 357 ft2 33 m2
Design: No. 68
Darling
Darling - DARLING was designed by Knud H. Reimers and built in 1935 at the Swedish Motala Yacht Yard. After World War II, this ship remained in the former GDR. Over the last 25 years, the DARLING has been restored with great care and attention to detail. - Sail Number: G-78 - Vessel Type: SK-30 - LOA: 43′ 6″ / 13.25m - LOD: 43′ 6″ / 13.25m - LWL: 34′ 1″ / 10.40m - Beam 6′ 10″ / 2.08m - Draft 8 6″ / 1.55m - Displacement: 2.60 Tons - Hull Number: - Hull material: Wood - Year Built: 1935 - Original Owner: - Current Owner: Private - Designer: Knud H. Reimers - Built by: Motala Yacht Yard - Engine: Honda 4.5HP 2-stroke outboard engine - Flag: Germany - Location: Southern Germany
Dauntless
Dauntless - Dauntless was designed by John G. Alden (design #458). She was launched at the Dauntless Shipyard in Essex, Connecticut on the 16th of June, 1930. In that same year she participated in the Newport to Bermuda Race alongside the schooners; Rose of Sharon, Curlew and Teragram – all of which she still sails against, with the exception of Teragram. - Sail Number: 97381 - Type: Staysail Schooner - LOA: 70’0″ / 21.33m - LOD: 61’0″ / 18.54m - LWL: 43’4″ / 13.15m - Beam: 13’4″ / 4.04m - Draft: 8’4″ / 2.52m - Displacement: 64,200 lbs / 29182 kg - Ballast: 23,000 lbs / 10,455 kg - Sail Area: 2,026 sq ft / 188.30 sq.m.) - Original Owner: Horace Merwin, New York Banker - Original Home Port: - Year Launched: June, 16, 1930 - Designed by: John G. Alden - Design No. : 0458 - Built by: Dauntless Shipyard in Essex, Connecticut - Hull Material: Wood
Defiance
Defiance - was built at Digby’s own home in Victoria St Williamstown, not far up the street from the bay. It was planked in Queensland kauri pine, with a hardwood stem and a spruce pole mast. - Sail Number: 11 - Vessel Type: 8mR (3rd & last version) - LOA: 48’6″ / 14.78m - LOD: 48’6″ / 14.78m - LWL: 32’0″ / 9.75m - Beam: 9’6″ / 2.90m - Draft: 6′6″ / 1.98m - Displacement: - Sail Area: - Built By: Ernest O Digby, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia - Designed by: Ernest O Digby - Launched: 1935 - Original owner: Ernest Olney Digby ‘Old Dig’ - Original name: Defiance - Engine: - Vessel Number: HV000742 - Flag: Australia - Homeport: Sydney
Desiderata
Desiderata - was one of only five to be built to design number 0756, and one of two ketch designs to be personally raced by Alden. - LOA: 66'0" / 20.11m * LOD: * LWL: * Beam: 14'03/ 4.35m* Draft: 7'04 / 2.25m * Ballast: * Displacement: *28.94 tons Sail Area: * Yard Number: * Design No: 0756 * Hull material: Wood * Rig: Cutter Rigged Ketch * Designer: Alden * Built by: USA * Year Built: 1975 * Restored By: * Current Name: Desiderata * Original Owner: * Contract Cost: * Current Owners Website * Sail Number:
Desiree
Desiree - Very little survives of the original International 12-metre Class Sybillan, now the two-master Desirée. Built to comply with the very first version of the International Rule, she remained intact until 1922. - Type: 12mR (first version, International Rule) - Anker “Desirée” Specifications: - LOA: 64′ 1″ / 19.53m - LOD: - LWL: 41′ 10″ / 12.52m - Beam: 10′ 11″ / 3.08m - Draft: 7′ 10″ / 2.16m - Sail Area: 2,809 sq ft / 260.96 sq m - Design Number: - Rig: Sloop - Designer: Johan Anker - Built by: Anker & Jensen - Original Owner: Carl D. Danielsson - Year Built: 1913 - Boat Location: Italy - Current Name: 2013 Desiree - Current Owner: 2013 Terje & Rolf Thoresen - Sail Number:
Djinn
Djinn - Built for America’s Cup Hall of Fame honoree Henry S. Morgan, Esq. Not to be confused with the owners other commission of the same name built in 1965 design number 1791. Built alongside the sistership six-metre GOOSE in 1938 at the Henry Nevins Shipyard, NY. - LOA: 36’9″ / 11.24m - LWL: 23’9″ / 7.28m - Beam: 5′ 11″ / 1.55m - Draft: 5’7” / 1.73m - Hull Number: - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Original Owner: Henry S. Morgan - Current Owner: - Year Built: 1938 - Built By: Henry Nevins, City Island NY - Hull Material: Wood - Gross Displacement: - Sail Number: 6/US80
Dolphin
Dolphin - To replace the NY 30, in 1936 New York Yacht Club Commodore W.A.W. Stewart organized a competition for the design and construction of the Club’s new boat, calling the best naval architects: John Alder, Luders, Ford & Paine, W J Roue, Belkar & Paine and Sparkman & Stephens. The instructions were a waterline no less than 30 feet, accommodation for 4 guests and one crew and the Scantling Rules of Lloyds. Olin Stephens was chosen and Henry B. Nevins Shipyard of City Island offered to deliver all the boats within 1 year – on completion of the 20 boats the tooling was destroyed as established by the NYYC. According to the magazine, The Rudder, “ ….the club did not want a crowd on the starting line and, above all, if the class were enlarged, the boats could end up in undesirable hands.” - LOA: 45′ 4″
LWL: 32′ 0″ - Beam: 10′ 7″ - Draft: 6′ 6″ - Design Number: - Rig: Sloop - Displacement: 40,000 lbs - Sail Area: 1,332 sq ft - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Built By: Henry Nevins, City Island N.Y. - Original Owner: - Current Owner: Paolo Zannoni - Launched: 1936 - Sail Number: NY 19
LWL: 32′ 0″ - Beam: 10′ 7″ - Draft: 6′ 6″ - Design Number: - Rig: Sloop - Displacement: 40,000 lbs - Sail Area: 1,332 sq ft - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Built By: Henry Nevins, City Island N.Y. - Original Owner: - Current Owner: Paolo Zannoni - Launched: 1936 - Sail Number: NY 19
Doomernik Dragon
Doomernik Dragon - A unique ‘day-sailor’ based on the hull of a competition Dragon. With this touring boat, Doomernik Dragons, the only Dragon builder in the Netherlands, is fulfilling the dream of many touring yachts people. -
Dorade
Dorade - Class: Vintage - Built in 1930 for a total of $28,000, DORADE was originally regarded as something of an anomaly because of her narrow proportions and sharp ends. However, she soon astonished the yachting world with her ability to stand up to any amount of hard driving on all points of sailing. - LOA: 52.56' / 16.02m * LOD: * LWL: 38.90' / 11.85m * Beam: 10.33' / 3.13m * Draft: 8.27' / 2.52m * Displacement: 37,020 lbs / 16,790 kg * Ballast: 18,000 lbs * Sail Area Upwind: 1549 sq.ft. / 144 sqm ((Main, 148% Jib & Mizzen) * Design Number: 7 * Yard Number: * Rig: Yawl * Designer: Sparkman & Stephens * Built by: Minneford Yacht Yard, City Island, New York * Original Owner: Roderick Stephens, Sr * Year Built: 1929 – 1930 * Year Launched: 1930 * Restored By: 1997 Cantierre Navale Dell’Argentario in Italy * Boat Location: * Current Name: Dorade * Current Owner: Matt Brooks * Sail Number: 16
Dorello
Dorello - Type: M-class - Was one of Owens most innovative and successful designs. Owens introduced a high aspect ratio stem head rig on “Dorello” which was later adapted by Herreshoff on the NYYC 50s And 40s.
In 1908, Yachting magazine voted “Dorello” Boat of the Year. And while at the helm of “Dorello” Owens won 58 of 62 races. - LOA: 73′ 0″ / 22.25m * LOD: 73″ 0″ / 22.25m * LWL: 48′ 0″ / 14.63m * Beam: 13′ 9″ / 4.23m * Draft: 8′ 9″ / 2.7m * Ballast: * Displacement: * Sail Area Original: * Design Number: 62 * Hull material: * Rig: * Mast: * Designer: George Owen * Type: * Built by: * Year Built: 1912 * Restored By: * Current Name: * Original Owner: * Current Owner: * Sail Number:
In 1908, Yachting magazine voted “Dorello” Boat of the Year. And while at the helm of “Dorello” Owens won 58 of 62 races. - LOA: 73′ 0″ / 22.25m * LOD: 73″ 0″ / 22.25m * LWL: 48′ 0″ / 14.63m * Beam: 13′ 9″ / 4.23m * Draft: 8′ 9″ / 2.7m * Ballast: * Displacement: * Sail Area Original: * Design Number: 62 * Hull material: * Rig: * Mast: * Designer: George Owen * Type: * Built by: * Year Built: 1912 * Restored By: * Current Name: * Original Owner: * Current Owner: * Sail Number:
Doris
Doris - was fashioned after HMCo. hull number 510 Petrel, originally rigged as a gaff-sloop/cutter, was one of the first yachts of any consequence built under the Universal Rule of yacht design. - Doris Specifications: - LOA: 77’6″ / 23.62m - LWL: 56’7″ / 17.24m - Beam: 15’2″ / 4.62m - Draft: 9’2” / 2.79m - Hull Number: 625 - Designer: Nathanael Greene Herreshoff - Original Owner: S. Reed Anthony, Boston (founding partner of the investment firm Tucker, Anthony & Co.) - Current Owner: - Year Launched: 1905 - Built By: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company Bristol, Rhode Island - Hull Material: Wood ( 2 7/8″ x 3″ steam-bent white oak frames spaced 15″ apart, 1 3/4″ longleaf yellow pine planking below the waterline and 1 5/8″ double planked topsides.) - Gross Displacement: 97,650 lbs - Doc Number: 201963 - Sail Area: 3,780 sq ft - Sail Number:
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