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There are currently 59 names in this directory beginning with the letter S.
S&S 34
S&S 34 - British yachtsman, and PR agent Michael Winfield commissioned Olin Stephens to design a 34' production racer-cruiser, the resulting design was established as a new class in 1968 and quickly achieved great racing success.
One of Mr. Winfield's first customers was former Conservative Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath. A novice sailor with a keen eye and after seeing one at the 1969 London Boat Show, so impressed with the design he order one. The same year Sir Edward Heath entered and won the 1969 Sydney Hobart race, the second Brit to win this prestigious race in its history. So began the distinguished racing career and dominance on racing podiums throughout the world. - LOA: 33' 6" / 10.2m
LWL: 24' 2" / 7.4m - Beam: 10' 1" / 3.1m - Draft: 5' 10" / 1.8m - Design Number: - Rig: Bermudan Sloop - Displacement: 11,000 - 13,000 lbs / 4,900kg - 5,900kg - Sail Area: 592 - 700 sq ft / 55 - 65m2 - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Built By: - Original Owner: - Current Owner:
Designed: 1968
One of Mr. Winfield's first customers was former Conservative Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath. A novice sailor with a keen eye and after seeing one at the 1969 London Boat Show, so impressed with the design he order one. The same year Sir Edward Heath entered and won the 1969 Sydney Hobart race, the second Brit to win this prestigious race in its history. So began the distinguished racing career and dominance on racing podiums throughout the world. - LOA: 33' 6" / 10.2m
LWL: 24' 2" / 7.4m - Beam: 10' 1" / 3.1m - Draft: 5' 10" / 1.8m - Design Number: - Rig: Bermudan Sloop - Displacement: 11,000 - 13,000 lbs / 4,900kg - 5,900kg - Sail Area: 592 - 700 sq ft / 55 - 65m2 - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Built By: - Original Owner: - Current Owner:
Designed: 1968
Sadie
Sadie - In 1914 hull number of 732 was commissioned by E.C. Benedict, and was a further improved Alerion design. In order to make her less tender and wet in choppy conditions, Sadie was designed with more length, beam, flair, and internal ballast than her predecessor. - LOA: 27′ 0″ – LWL: 21′ 9″ – Beam: 8′ 0″ – Draft: 2′ 8″ – Hull Number: 732 – Contract Date: 3/17/1914 – Contracted By: Elias Cornelius Benedict (Wall Street investor and former Seawanka Corinthian Yacht Club Commodore) – Original Price: $1,850 – Designer: N.G. Herreshoff
Sagacious
Sagacious - Designed after Bjarne Aas Bermudian 6-Meter, Saga, but reduced in size, and displacement, with a greater beam of 6′ 9″ and with an increased sailplan. - Type: International One Design - LOA: 33’2″ / 10.19m - LWL: 21’8″ / 6.60m - Beam: 6’9″ / 2.06m - Draft: 5’4” / 1.62m - Hull Number: - Designer: Bjarne Aas - Original Owner: - Current Owner: Timothy Dittrich - Year Built: 1938 - Contract Cost: $2,670 - Built By: - Hull Material: Carvel pitch pine planking on oak ribs - Gross Displacement: 7,100 lbs - Ballast: 4,100 lbs - Sail Area: 437.82 sq ft - Sail Number: US 51
Sagittarius
Sagittarius - Type: IOR - is the sister ship of the second Morning Cloud, and one of the very first IOR boats designed by S&S, with the lines being drawn by the young German Frers. - LOA: 40′ 7″ - LWL: 32′ 8″ - Beam: 12′ 6″ - Draft: 6′ 8″ - Design Number: 2058 - Rig: Marconi Sloop - - Displacement: 10,5 tons - Sail Area: 110 m² - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - - Built By: Cantiere Navale Carlini, Italy - Original Owner: Giorgio Carriero - Current Owner: Thierry and Frederic Lafitte - Launched: 1971 - Sail Number: FRA 6065
Sakonnet One Design
Sakonnet One Design - The Sakonnet One Design was designed for the Sakonnet Yacht Club, Little Compton, Rhode Island, where John Alden learned how to sail. - LOA: 18′ 04″ / 5.58m - LOD: 18′ 04″ / 5.58m - LWL: 14′ 05″ / 4.39m - Beam: 6′ 03″ / 1.90m - Draft: 3′ 07″ / 1.09m - Ballast: 700 lbs / 317kg - Displacement: 2,275 lbs / 1,032kg - Sail Area: 183 sq ft - Yard Number: 662 / 694 - Hull material: Wood construction - Rig: Fractional Sloop Rig - Designer: John G. Alden - Built by: Casey Boat Building Co., Fairhaven, Massachusetts - Year First Built: 1937 - Original Number Built: 1937 (3) 1939 (10)
Santana
Santana - Santana was named after the infamous Santa Ana Winds of California, and was originally conceived as a yawl by Olin Stephens, but Mr. Stewart insisted on a luxury staysail schooner built with racing in mind. - Sail Number: X9 - Type: Staysail Schooner - Santana Specifications: - LOA: 55’2″ / 16.81m - LWL: 40’6″ / 12.34m - Beam: 12’6″ / 3.81m - Draft: 7’11” / 2.41m - Design Number: 59 - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Original Owner: William Lyman Stewart, Jr - Current Owner: Private - Year Launched: 1935 - Built By: Wilmington Boat Works, CA - Hull Material: Wood - Displacement: 50,000 pounds
Saskia
Saskia - was designed in 1930 and built by William Fife III as a Royal Northern Yacht Club challenge for the Seawanhaka Cup so very hotly contested at the time. She was shipped to Oyster Bay, New York in 1931 and she won. - Sail Number: K26 - Type: International 8 Metre - LOA: 48′ 0″ / 14.63mm - LOD: 48′ 0″ / 14.63mm
LWL: - Beam: 8′ 6″ / 2.59 m - Draft: 6′ 6″ / 2.01m - Ballast: - Displacement: 8.91 Tons - Hull material: Wood - Sail Area: - Designer: William Fife III - Built by: William Fife and Son, Fairlie, United Kingdom - Year Built: 1930 - Current Name: Saskia - Current Owner: Murdoch McKillop - Rating: 1.003 - Yacht Club: Royal Northern and Clyde YC
LWL: - Beam: 8′ 6″ / 2.59 m - Draft: 6′ 6″ / 2.01m - Ballast: - Displacement: 8.91 Tons - Hull material: Wood - Sail Area: - Designer: William Fife III - Built by: William Fife and Son, Fairlie, United Kingdom - Year Built: 1930 - Current Name: Saskia - Current Owner: Murdoch McKillop - Rating: 1.003 - Yacht Club: Royal Northern and Clyde YC
Savannah
Savannah - In 1995, Randolph Watkins hired Elizabeth Meyer’s J Class management to help him create a modern classic. He was inspired by the J Class sloops, William Fife and a number of other beautiful old yachts, but wanted a boat under 100′ long. - LOA: 90.0′ / 27.43m - LWL: 58.4′ / 17.80m - Beam: 17.0′ / 5.18m - Draft: 11.5′ / 3.50m - Hull Number: - Designer: Pedrick Yacht Designs - Original Owner: - Current Owner: - Year Built: 1997 - Built By: - Hull Material: Carbon - Gross Displacement: 96,100 lbs / 43,600kg - Sail Number: - Sail Area: 3,353 sq ft / 311.60 sq m
Sayonara
Sayonara - Japanese for goodbye, was built by Mr G F Garrard, then commodore of the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria (RYCV) at a time when the largest yacht in Australia were to be seen on Port Phillip Bay. Designed as a fast cruising yawl with high bulwarks by W Fife of Scotland, being a sister ship to his own champion Cirego, she was built by Mr A McFarlane of Birkinhead, Adelaide, and launched Novemeber 1897. She then cruised around to Melbourne in record time. - LOD: 57’7″ / 17.58 - LWL: 38’2″ / 11.64 - Beam 10’6″ / 3.23 - Draft - Hull Number: - Designer: William Fife III - Original Owner: G.F. Garrard - Current Owner: Sayonara Syndicate - Built: 1897 - Sail Number: R6 - ARHV Number: HV000367
Scarlett O’hara
Scarlett O’hara - Type: SK 30 - Jonas Brundin is the Swede who came to Australia in 1992 as a business migrant bringing with him the plug for the 30-square-metre yachts, a Harry Becker design. He joined up with Garth Stewart and John Taylor with the view of building 30-square-metre yachts in Australia. - LOA: 12.70m * LWL: 9.5m * Beam: 2.23m * Draught: 1.48m * Displacement: 2.72tonnes
Scheherazade
Scheherazade - The yacht “Scheherazade” was named after the clever and exotic heroine of The 1,001 Arabian Nights, ” (a collection of West and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age.” With a staff of up to one-hundred people working on Scheherazade at one point during the build, the project took approximately four years to complete. On a foggy morning on September 27 in East Boothbay, ME, 3000 people showed up for the launch of Scheherazade. The 154’ ketch is the largest private yacht built in the US as of 2003. - LOA: 154’8″ / 47.15m * LOD: * LWL: 118’05 / 36.10m * Beam: 28’06 / 8.69m * Draft: 13′ 00 / 3.96m * Ballast: 153,000lbs * Bare Hull Weight: 110,000 lb * Sail Area: 9,940 sq ft * Main Mast Above Deck: 174′ * Mizzen Mast Above Deck: 110′ * Yard Number: 404 * Hull material: Wood construction * Rig: Ketch * Designer: Exterior Bruce King / Interior Andrew Winch * Built by: Hodgdon Yachts, Maine* Year Launched: September 27, 2003 * Restored By: * Current Name: ASOLARE * Original Owner: Bill and Barbara Stewart * Contract Cost: * Current Owner: * Sail Number:
Seabird
Seabird - The Seabird plan dates from William Fife III 1889, but this example was built by Stagnol Yard in 2001 respecting the original plans as closely as possible. - Fife “Seabird” Specifications: - LOA: 35' 7" / 10.85m - LOD: 27′ 4″ / 8.33m - LWL: 18′ 5″ / 5.61m - Beam: 6′ 10″ / 2.08m - Draft: 4′ 1″ / 1.24m - Displacement: 5,953.5lbs / 2,700kg - Hull: Wood Laminate - Rig: Gaff Cutter - Sail Area: - Designer: William Fife III - Built by: Hubert Stagnol at Benodet, France - Year Built: 2001 - Designed: 1889 - Engine: 1 x diesel 11hp, vetus (2001) - Fuel capacity: 45.0 ltr (9.9 USG) Total - 1 Tanks - Water capacity: 20.0 ltr (4.4 USG) Total - 1 Tanks
Seaward
Seaward - was built by the Adams Company, East Boothbay, Maine, in 1920. She was acquired by the Navy on 31 January 1942 from Cecil B. DeMille Productions, Los Angeles, California. Sold in April 1945 to Charles A. Williams of San Pedro, Calif., and resumed service as the yacht SEAWARD. Transferred to French registry 1951.- Wartime designation: (IX-60) - Sail Number: - Type: Auxiliary schooner - LOA: 106’0″ / 32.00m - LWL: 82’0″ / - Beam: 21’8″ / 6.58m - Draft: 11’4″ / 3.45m - Displacement: 96 long tons - Ballast: - Original Owner: L.A.Norris Co. San Francisco, Ca. - Homeport: San Pedro, California - Original Name: Seaward - Year Launched: 1920 - Designed by: John G. Alden - Built by: Adams Company, East Boothbay, Maine - Hull Material: Wood - Design No.: 115
Serenade
Serenade - was designed by American West Coast sailboat designer Nicholas Potter, who working from the late 1920s through the late \’40s; is often known as the \’Herreshoff of the West. Commissioned by the famous Lithuanian violinist Jascha Heifetz, she built by Wilmington Boatworks California for the 1938 Trans Pacific Yacht Race (Los Angeles to Honolulu) the longest of the two oldest ocean races in the world. - Sail Number: N-11 - Type: N-Class - Boyd “Serenade” Specifications: - LOA: 62′0″/ 18.90m - LOD: 62′0″/ 18.90m - LWL: 40′0″/ 12.20m - Beam: 13′1″/ 4.00m - Draft: 8’4″ / 2.54m - Displacement: 23 tons - Sail Area: ft² / m² - Designer: Nicholas Potter - Built by: Wilmington Boatworks, CA (Wilbo) - Original Owner: Jascha Heifetz - Current Owner: Glenn and Anna Kim - Original Name: SERENADE - Year Built: 1938 - Boat Location:
Shaker
Shaker - Beautifully and lightly constructed by Tucker Brown with a successful East Coat racing record and wide reporting in UK magazines. Still in excellent and original condition with several quirks in design and layout. Descride by Kim Holman as his favourite ever yacht. - Sail Number: 308129 - Type: Cutter - LOA: 33’10“ / 10.31m - LOD: 33’10“ / 10.31m - LWL: 24’0” / 7.31m - Beam: 9’0” / 2.74m - Draft: 5’10” / 1.77m - Displacement: 14,000lbs - Ballast: 6,000 lbs - Hull material: - Sail Area: 450 - Designer: CR ‘Kim’ Holman (no. 66) - Built by: Tucker Brown Ltd. Burnham on Crouch - Year Launched: 1965 - Current Name: Shaker - Original Owner: CR ‘Kim’ Holman - FLAG: UK - Location: London
Shamrock V
Shamrock V - Shamrock V was the first British yacht to be built to the new J-Class rule. She was commissioned by Sir Thomas Lipton for his fifth America’s Cup challenge. Although refitted several times, Shamrock is the only J-class never to have fallen into dereliction - Sail Number: J/K7 - Vessel Type: J Class - LOA: 120′0″ / 36.58m - LOD: 120′0″ / 36.58m - LWL: 87’0″ / 26.52m - Beam: 19′2″ / 5.85m - Draft: 15’9″ / 4.81m - Displacement: 146 tons - Sail Area: - Original Name: Shamrock V - Original Owner: Sir Thomas Lipton - Current Owner: - Year Launched: 14 April 1930 - Designed by: Charles E. Nicholson - Built by: Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, United Kingdom - Hull Material: Wood - Yacht Club: Royal Ulster Yacht Club - Flag: United Kingdom
Sibyl of Cumae
Sibyl of Cumae - Designed by William Fife III and built by Fife & Son, Fairlie, Scotland in 1902 to the 36 ft Linear Rating Rule of 1900, as ENSAY for J. Stewart Clark and was as far as is known, one of only four such on the Clyde.. - Sail Number: - Type: Cutter - LOA: 51’6″ / 15.73m - LOD: 51’6″ / 15.73m - LWL: 34’0″/ 10.36m - Beam: 9’6″/ 2.90 - Draft: 6’6″/ 1.98m - Displacement: 12 Tonnes - Engine: Thornycroft 36 H.P Diesel engine - Hull material: cedar & mahogany on oak frames - Designer: William Fife III - Built by: William Fife & Son, Fairlie, Scotland - Year Launched: 1902 - Original Name: ENSA - Original Owner: J Stewart Clark - Current Name: Sybil of Cumae - National Historic Ships UK: Certificate no. 674 - Location: Spain
Sibyllan
Sibyllan - Type: Original 12mR - 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. - 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:
Siena
Siena - Siena is an International Dragon Class Keelboat, built in Denmark in 1967 by the renowned Borrensen Boatyard. She is named for the beautiful red brown colour of her Honduras Mahogany varnished hull. - Sail Number: 118 - Type: International Dragon Class - Siena Specifications: - LOA: 29’2″ / 8.90m - LWL: 21’7″ / 6.57m - Beam: 6’5″ / 1.95m - Draft: 3’11” / 1.20m - Hull Number: - Designer: Knud Reimers - Original Owner: - Current Owner: - Year Launched: 1967 - Built By: Borrensen Boatyard - Hull Material: Honduras Mahogany planks, oak ribs - Displacement: 3700 lbs./ 1700 kgs. - Ballast: - Sail Area: 298 ft2 / 27.7 m2
Signe
Signe - LOA: 112’0″ / 34.01m * LOD: 100’0″ / 30.48m * LWL: 87’06 / 26.70m * Beam: 22’00 / 6.70m * Draft: 8′ 00 – 22’00 / 2.43m – 6.70m * Ballast: 93,000lb / 42185kg. * Displacement: 230,000lbs * Sail Area: 5,230 sq ft. * Yard Number: * Hull material: Wood construction * Rig: Sloop * Designer: King * Built by: Renaissance Yachts, Thomaston, Maine * Year Built: 1990 * Restored By: * Current Name: Signe * Original Owner: * Contract Cost: * Current Owner: * Sail Number:
Silver Blade
Silver Blade - SWE 31, Silvervingen, Designed by Tore Holm in 1939 and built at Hägerstensvarvet. Owned by Rickard Siewertz, Silvervingen ( Silver Wing ) - Sail Number: SWE-31 - Type: 6mR - Holm “Silvervingen (Silver Blade)” Specifications: - LOA: 37.17′ / 11.33m - LWL: 23.45′ / 7.15m - Beam: 6.00′ / 1.83m - Draft: 5.34′ / 1.63m - Ballast: 6724.099 / 3050 - Displacement: 9149.184 / 4150 kg - Sail Area Original: 43 m2 - Hull material: Wood - Designer: Tore Holm - Built by: Helmer Gustavsson on Rotholmen - Year Built: 1939 - Current Name: Silver Blade - Original Owner: Nils Gäbel - Current Owner: Ägare Fredrik Lindqvist
Silvervingen
Silvervingen - LOA: 37.17' / 11.33m * LOD: 37.17' / 11.33m * LWL: 23.45' / 7.15m * Beam: 6.00' / 1.83m * Draft: 5.34' / 1.63m * Ballast: * Displacement: * Sail Area Original: 43 m2 * Yard Number: * Hull material: Wood * Rig: Sloop * Mast: * Designer: Tore Holm * Type: 6mR * Built by: Helmer Gustavsson on Rotholmen * Year Built: 1939 * Restored By: * Current Name: Silver Blade * Original Owner: Nils Gäbel * Current Owner: Ägare Fredrik Lindqvist * Sail Number: S31
Singoalla
Singoalla - Singoalla, the largest and perhaps fastest of all archipelago cruisers. The impressive 150 m2 archipelago cruiser “Singoalla”, was designed by Gustaf and built by the Hästholmsvarvet in 1919. - Sail Number: 150/6 - Type: SK-150 (skärgårdskryssare) - LOA: 78′ 7″ / 23.94m - LOD: 78′ 7″ / 23.94m - LWL: 53’10” / 16.40m - Beam: 10′ 12″ / 3.35m - Draft: 9’11” / 3.00m - Displacement: 16 tons - Ballast: 8 tons - Hull material: Wood - Designer: Gustaf Estlander - Type: 150 kvm skärgårdskryssare - Built by: Hästholmsvarvet, Gåshaga on Lidingö. - Year Built: 1919 - Engine: - Sail Area: 150sqm - Flag: Sweden (SE) - Locator: Destroyed, shipyard fire 1923
Siren
Siren - In 1935, when the New York Yacht Club was looking for boats to replace the “Thirties” created by Herreshoff, their requirements included blue water seaworthiness in addition to grace and quickness. - LOA: 45’4″ / 13.81m - LWL: 32’0″ / 9.75m - Beam: 10’7″ / 3.22m - Draft: 7’0” / 2.13m - Design Number: 125 - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Original Owner: - Current Owner: Peter Cassidy - Year Built: 1936 - Built By: Nevins, City Island, NY - Contract Cost: $11,000 - Hull Material: Wood - Gross Displacement: 27,000 lbs - Ballast: 12,000 lbs - Sail Area: 950 sq ft - Sail Number: 20
Sirocco
Sirocco - Formerly owned by the actor Errol Flynn as ‘Sirocco’, she hosted many famous names in the heyday of Hollywood, and more recently has been the flagship of the fashion clothing company ‘Blanc Bleu’. - Sail Number: K 55 - Type: Ketch - Ex; 1929 Karenita; 1930 Aviner; 1933 Simoon; 1934 Watchette II; 1936 Karenita; 1938 Sirocco - LOA: 75’0″ / 22.80m - LWL: 55’3″ / 16.86m - Beam: 14’9″ / 4.55m - Draft: 10’1” / 3.10m - Design Number: - Designer: John G. Alden - Current Owner: Private - Year Launched: 1929 - Built By: George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, USA - Hull Material: Wood - Displacement: 46 tons. - Ballast: - Sail Area: 6,835.08 sq ft / 635 sq.m
Skal
Skal - Designed by Philip Rhodes and built by Casey of Fairhaven in 1930. Philip Rhodes was one of the most respected prolific marine architects in the USA with many famous yacht designs still sailing today. His designs included the 12m Weatherly which won the 1962 Americas Cup, little day sailers, commercial vessels and motor vessels from launches to minesweepers for the US Navy. - Sail Number: - Type: Gaff Cutter - LOA: 48’0” / 14.63m - LWL: - Beam: 12’6” / 3.81m - Draft: 7’0” / 2.13m - Designer: Philip L. Rhodes - Original Name: - Original Owner: Private - Year Built: 1930 - Built by: Casey of Fairhaven - Hull material: Wood - Sail Area: - Spinnaker: - Displacement: 27TM - Engine: - Flag: United Kingdom (GB) - Location: Marine Traffic
Sky
Sky - LOA: 85.2′ / 26.00m - LOD: 63.9’/ 19.50m - LWL: - Beam: 13.1′ / 4.00m - Draft: 8.5′ / 2.60m - Hull Number: - Designer: Thetis Ware - Original Owner: - Current Owner: - Year Built: 1890 - Built By: Thetis Ware, Southern England - Hull Material: Oak frames with Iroko hull - Gross Displacement: 45 tons - Ballast: 15 tons
Skye
Skye - Reimers designed the Swede 55 as a cruising ocean racing square meter yacht. - LOA: 52’6″ / 16.00m - LWL: 39′ 0″ / 11.88m - Beam: 9’7″ / 2.92m - Draft: 6’5” / 1.95m - Hull Number: - Designer: Knud Reimers - Original Owner: - Current Owner: Eugene Blank - Location: Royal Cape Yacht Club, South Africa - Year Built: 1979 - Original Built By: Fiskastra Varb Shipyard, Sweden - Hull Material: Fiberglass - Gross Displacement: 16534 lbs - Ballast: 6283 lbs - Sail Area: 694 sq ft / 55m² - Sail Number:
Skylark of 1937
Skylark of 1937 - Skylark, design 146, was a further improvement of Stormy Weather (design 27), Avanti (design 85) and Sonny (design 94) In 1972 Skylark completed a 31,106 mile circumnavigation. 2013 Currently sailing and racing in the med. - LOA: 53' 0" LWL: 38' 0" - Beam: 12' 0" - Draft: 7' 7" - Design Number: 146 - Rig: Yawl - Displacement: 45,725lbs - Sail Area: 1,981 sq ft - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Built By: Pendleton Yacht Yard of Wiscasset, Me - Original Owner: - Current Owner: Tara Getty - Launched: 1937 - Sail Number:
Snow Goose
Snow Goose - Snow Goose was built by J. J. Savage after WW II to the order of Bill and David Low RYCV. There was special dispensation given due to the spruce top sides which were made thicker. In 1951-52 Snow Goose won the Victorian State Championships skippered by David Low. - Sail Number: 309 - Type: Tumlaren Fractional 3/4 Sloop - Snow Goose Specifications: - LOA: 27’6″ / 8.38m - LWL: 21’7″ / 6.57m - Beam: 6’3″ / 1.90m - Draft: 4’6” / 1.37m - Hull Number: - Designer: Knud Reimers - Original Owner: Bill and David Low, RYCV - Current Owner: - Year Launched: 1949 - Built By: J. J. Savage - Hull Material: Wood - Gross Displacement: 3970 lbs./ 1801 kgs. - Ballast: 2040 lbs. / 925 kgs. - Sail Area: 215 ft2 / 19.97 m2
Snow Star
Snow Star - was designed by K. Aage Nielsen and built by A. Walsted for C.M. Wells and has been in the same. family for since 1968. - Sail Number: 2240 - Vessel Type: Custom sloop - LOA: 36′9″ / 11.20m - LOD: 36′9″ / 11.20m - LWL: 28’6″ / 8.68m - Beam: 11′2″ / 3.40m - Draft: 5’7″ / 1.70m - Displacement: 19,250 lbs / 8731.65 kg - Sail Area: 660 sq ft / 61.31 m² - Original Name: - Original Owner: C.M. Wells - Current Owner: Thomas Kiley - Year Launched: 1968 - Designed by: K. Aage Nielsen - Built by: A. Walsted - Hull Material: Wood - Bridge Clearance: - Homeport: Rockport, ME
Solaris
Solaris - Bill Tripp began his design work with Philip Rhodes, then after service in WW2, joined Sparkman & Stephens until 1952, whereby he opened his own design firm, and was one of the early pioneers in the use of fiberglass. The first Block Island 40s were said to have been built like “Sherman Tanks” with Tripp’s fiberglass layup schedule calling for up to two inches thickness in the hulls. - Type: Block Island 40 (Series 1) - LOA: 40’8″ / 12.39m - LWL: 27’6″ / 8.38m - Beam: 11’9″ / 3.58m - Draft: 3’11” / 1.19m / 8’5″ / 2.56m - Hull Number: 19 - Designer: Bill Tripp - Current Owner: Paul Tetreault - Year Built: 1961 - Built By: American Boat Building Company, East Greewich, RI - Hull Material: GRP - Gross Displacement: 20,000 LBS - Ballast: 7,800 lbs - Sail Number: BI-40 / 471
Solveig IV
Solveig IV - was built at Lars Halvorsen Sons Ryde, is the only Halvorsen yacht to have achieved a Sydney Hobart line honours win, doing so in 1953. She is the third smallest yacht to have achieved this result. “Solveig” won the Sydney Hobart overall the following year. - Sail Number: A50 - Type: Halvorsen 36 - LOA: 36’0” / 10.97m - LOD: 36’0” / 10.97m - LWL: - Beam: 8’10” / 2.67m - Draft: 5’6” / 1.68m - Displacement: - Ballast: - Hull material: Wood - Sail Area: - Designer: Trygve Halvorsen - Built by: Lars Halvorsen Sons - Year Launched: 1950 - Current Name: Solveig - Original Owner: - FLAG: Australia (AU) - Club: RANSA
Solway Maid
Solway Maid - Design influenced by the Metre Classes, built on spec 1938, sold in 1940, and laid up for the duration of WWII. The last of the Fife’s to leave the Fairlie yard - LOA: 52′ 7″ - LWL: 35′ 0″ - Beam 10′ 9″ - Draft 7′ 6″ - Hull Number: 825 - Rig: Bermudian Cutter - Designer: William Fife III - Built by: William Fife & Son, Fairlie, Scotland - Year Built: 1938
Sonny
“Sonny” Specifications: - LOA: 53′ 6″ - LWL: 39′ 0″ - Beam: 12′ 6″ - Draft: 7′ 7″ - Design Number: 94 - Rig: Sloop - Displacement: 46,774 lbs - Sail Area: - Sail Number: - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Built By: Jacob’s Shipyard, City Island, NY -Original Owner: - Current Owner: Joe Dockery - Launched: 1935
Sophie
Sophie - Type: Bruce King Sloop - Class: Grand Prix - Jan Stenbeck, a Swedish lifelong sailor who went to Harvard Business School and who worked at Morgan Stanley in New York, chasing the America’s Cup had been a longtime dream. In 1983, after Conner lost the Cup to Australia, Stenbeck later told friends, ”I just felt joy.” He bought the committee boat used in that race, Black Knight, and built a 90-foot replica of the America’s Cup yacht Endeavor, and named her after his daughter Sophie. - LOA: 91’0″ / 27.73m * LOD: * LWL: 60’00 / 18.28m * Beam: 16’04 / 4.99m * Max Draft: 14’0 / 4.26m * Ballast: * Displacement: * Sail Area: * Yard Number: * Hull material: Wood construction * Rig: Sloop * Designer: King * Built by: Renaissance Yachts, Maine * Year Built: 1991 * Restored By: * Current Name: Sophie * Original Owner: Jan Stenbeck * Contract Cost: * Current Owner: * Sail Number:
Southwind
Southwind - The Southwind, one of the last great two-masted schooners to grace the seven seas with her cloud of sail. Commissioned in 1929 at Boothbay, Maine by Houston’s Benjamin Clayton, the Southwind sailed into one of America’s most romantic eras. - Sail Number: - Type: Center Board (Schooner) After Cockpit - LOA: - LOD: 84’8″ / 25.81m - LWL: 64’0″ / 19.51m - Beam: 21’0” / 6.40m - Draft: 6’0” / 1.83m - Displacement: 140,000 / 63,503 - Design Number: 408 - Hull material: Wood construction - Designer: John G. Alden - Built by: Goudy & Stevens,E. Boothbay, ME - Year Built: 1929 - Former name(s): SARTARTIA - Current Name: - Original Owner: Benjamin Clayton - Current Owner: - Status: Galveston, Tx. 1970s sank in her slip
Spartan
Spartan - Type: New York 50 - Class: Vintage - CRF Rating: 53.4 - The fleet of NY50s was commissioned by the New York Yacht Club and built in the winter of 1912-1913 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol (HMCo), Rhode Island. The boats were graceful yet powerful, comfortable in heavy weather and so swift that they won the Astor Cup for sloops 9 times.
Of the 9 NY50s built, the only known remaining vessel is Spartan (though Barbara may be out there somewhere, according to legend). Originally constructed as a jack yard tops’l gaff sloop, Spartan measures 72’ LOA and 50’ LWL. She has a 14’ 7” beam and a draft of 9’ 9”, displacing about 74,000 pounds. She carries 35,500 pounds of lead ballast.
Of the 9 NY50s built, the only known remaining vessel is Spartan (though Barbara may be out there somewhere, according to legend). Originally constructed as a jack yard tops’l gaff sloop, Spartan measures 72’ LOA and 50’ LWL. She has a 14’ 7” beam and a draft of 9’ 9”, displacing about 74,000 pounds. She carries 35,500 pounds of lead ballast.
Spellbound
Spellbound - Edmund A. Cutts, friend and disciple of L.Francis Herreshoff, designed and built SPELLBOUND for Abe Oberlin of New York City. Cutts. - LOA: 47’0″ / 14.32m - LOD: 44’0″ / 13.41m - LWL: 37'0" / 11.27m - Beam 10’10” / 3.07m - Draft 3’9” / 1.18m (centerboard) - Hull Number: - Designer: Edmund A. Cutts - Original Owner: Abe Oberlin, New York, N.Y. - Current Owner: Cuts and Case, Inc - Year Launched: 1970 - Built By: Cutts and Case, Oxford, MD - Hull Material: - Vertically framed, bronze strapped - Gross Displacement: - Sail Number:
Sphinx
Sphinx - Sphinx was built in 1939 as a club boat for the Norddeutscher Regattaverein (NRV) at Abeking & Rasmussen’s. - LOA: 70′ 6″ / 21.48m – LOD: – LWL: 45′ 11″ / 13.74m – Beam: 11′ 9″ / 3.62m – Draft: 8′ 11″ / 2.47m – Sail Area: 1,937 sq ft / 179.95 sq ft – Design Number: – Rig: Sloop – Designer: Henry Rasmussen – Built by: Abeking & Rasmussen – Original Owner: NRV, Philipp Reemtsma – Year Built: 1939 – Boat Location: Flensburg, Germany – Current Name: – Current Owner: Freundeskreis Sphinx, Gorm Iver Gondesen – Sail Number: 12 G 4
Sphinx - Gustav Estlander
Sphinx - Sphinx FIN-4 was designed by Gustav Estlander, and built in 1928. Sphinx is one of the 12 8mR boats in Helsingfors Segelsällskap (HSS). - Sail Number: FIN-4 - Type: 8mR - LOA: 49′ 8″ / 15.15m - LOD: 49′ 8″ / 15.15m - LWL: - Beam: 8′ 3″ / 2.52m - Draft: - Displacement: 9 tons - Hull material: Wood - Designer: Gustav Estlander - Built by: Åbo Båtsvarv, Turku - Year Built: 1928 - Engine: - Current Name: Sphinx - Former name(s) - Flag: Finland - Locator: Turku
Spirit
Spirit - was designed by John G. Alden for R.W. Everest and built and launched in 1934 by Hodgdon Brothers, East Boothbay ME. - Type: Staysail Schooner - LOA: - LOD: 47’0″ / 14.29m - LWL: 35’9″ / 10.87m - Beam: 12’0″ / 3.65m - Draft: 6’6″ / 1.98m - Displacement: 35,600 lbs / 16,182 kg - Ballast: 13,600 lbs / 6,182 kg - Sail Area: 1,148 sq ft / 106.70 sq.m. - Original Owner: R.W. Everest - Original Home Port: NYYC - Year Launched: 1934 - Designed by: John G. Alden - Design No. : 581 - Built by: Hodgdon Brothers, East Boothbay ME - Hull Material: Wood - Documentation No.: 934669
Sprig
Sprig - Designed by Clinton H. Crane in 1930 and built by the Nevis Yacht Yard, City Island, N. Y. for Robert Smith of St. Louis, MO. - Type: 6 mR Class - LOA: 37′ - LWL: 22′ 9″ - Beam: 6′ - Draft: 5′ 6″ - Displacement: 10,000 Lbs. - Designer: Clinton Crane - Year Built: 1930 - Built to: Rule 2 - Builder: Nevis Yacht Yard, City Island, N.Y. - Original Owner: Robert Smith, St. Louis, MO - Current Owner: Greg Stewart and Mike Thomas - Home Port: San Diego, CA - Yacht Club: San Diego Yacht Club - Rig: 1934 updates to the Rule - Sail Area: - Sail Number: US-43
Squaw
Squaw - Nat Herreshoff designed the 12½ footer in 1914. It has been in continuous production since then, and is nearly universally acclaimed as one of the finest small boats of all time.. - Sail Number: H 40 - Type: Herreshoff 12½ - Squaw Specifications: - LOA: 15’10″ / 4.82mm - LWL: 12’6″ / 3.81m - Beam: 5’10” / 1.77m - Draft: 2’6” / .76mm - Hull Number: 842 - Designer: N.G. Herreshoff - Original Owner: G. Adams - Current Owner: Robert Bartro - Original Name: Jabberwock - Year Launched: 1/14/1920 - Built By: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company - Hull Material: Wood - Sail Area: 140 sq. ft.
Stanley Norman
Stanley Norman - is significant as being one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. - Sail Number: - Type: Skipjack - LOA: 48’3″ / 14.70m - LOD: 47’6″ / 14.47m - Beam: 15’4″ / 4.67m - Draft: 4’0” / 1.22m - Design Number: - Designer: Chesapeake Bay Style - Rig: Jib-headed mainsail - Current Owner: Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Year Launched: 1902 - Built By: Otis Lloyd, Salisbury, Maryland - Hull Material: Wood – Cross-planked construction - Displacement: 7 tons - Dredge Number: 60 - USCG Number: 117187 - Maryland Historical Trust: Website - Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Educational Program
Star of India
Star of India - Sail Number: - Type: Full-rigged ship (1863–1901) – Barque (1901–) - LOA: 280″0″ / 85.34m - LOD: 212″0″ / 64.61m - Beam: 35’0″ / 10.66m - Draft: 21’5” / 6.52m - Original Owner: Wakefield Nash & Company of Liverpool - Current Owner: Maritime Museum Association - Home Port: San Diego Maritime Museum - Year Launched: November 4, 1863 – British Registration No.47617 - Built By: Gibson, McDonald & Arnold, Isle of Man - Hull Material: Iron - Displacement: 1318 tons - Engine: Never fitted with auxiliary power - National Register of Historic Places: 13 November 1966 – NRHP Inventory - United States National Historic Landmark: Listing - California Historical Landmark: Reference number 1030.
Stella Polare
Stella Polare, sistership to “Corsaro II” descendant to 1953 “Baccarat” and “Ma Jong” but on a larger scale. Marginally adapted for the RORC rule; with a small amount of tumble home in the top sides, allowing for a more favorable rating. There are small differences between “Corsaro II” and “Stella Polare” although the design is numbered the same. - LOA: 69′ 4″ - LWL: 50′ 0″ - Beam: 16′ 1″ - Draft: 9′ 6″ - Design Number: 1505 - Rig: Yawl - Displacement: 104,960 lbs - Sail Area: 2,735 sq ft - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Built By: - Original Owner: Einar Hansen, Malmo Sweden - Current Owner: Marina Militare - Launched: 1961 - Sail Number:
Stormvogel
Stormvogel - Feared by ocean racers throughout the world in the 1960s was a design collaboration between 3 designers. E. G. Van de Stadt drew the hull lines, John Illingworth, the Sailplan, with Laurent Giles, construction details and general oversight. The collaboration was formed because The Van de Stadt Zaandam office, had absolutely no time available to develop the construction plan in great detail. - LOA: 74’6″ / 22.73m * LOD: 74’6″ / 22.73m * LWL: 59’04 / 18.10m * Beam: 16’00 / 4.87m * Draft: 9’06 / 2.92m * Ballast: 29,000 lbs * Displacement: 62,000 lbs * Sail Area: 2,460 sq ft * Design Number: 17 * Hull material: Bruynzeel Plywood * Rig: Yawl * Designer: Collaboration – Hull: Van de Stadt, Construction Plans: Giles, Sailplan: Illingworth * Built by: Lamtico yard, Stellenbosch SA * Year Built: 1961 * Restored By: * Current Name: Stormvogel * Original Owner: Kess Bruynzeel * Contract Cost: * Current Owner: * Sail Number:
Stormy Weather
Stormy Weather was designed to be an improved version of Dorade. - LOA: 53′ 11″ - LWL: 39′ 9″ - Beam: 12′ 0″ - Draft: 7′ 11″ - Design Number: 27 - Rig: Yawl - Displacement: 44,800 lbs - Sail Area: 1,332 sq ft - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Built By: Henry Nevins, City Island N.Y. - Original Owner: Einar Hansen, Malmo Sweden - Current Owner: Christopher Spray - Launched: 1934 - Sail Number:
Störtebeker 3
Störtebeker 3 - was designed by Henry Rasmussen and launched by Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder, Germany on June 3, 1937. - Sail Number: V 378 - Type: Yawl - LOA: 32’10″ / 10.00m - LWL: 24’7″ / 7.49m - Beam: 8’7″ / 2.61m - Draft: 5’3” / 1.60m - Displacement: 5.8 Tons / 5,892 Kilos - Hull Number: - Designer: Henry Rasmussen - Original Owner: Capt. Ludwig Schlimbach - Original Name: Störtebeker 3 - Current Owner: Private - Year Launched: June 3, 1937 - Built By: Abeking and Rasmussen, GER - Hull Material: Wood - Sail Area (cutter): 421 sq ft / 39.11 sq m (yawl) 450 sq ft / 41.80 sq m
Suhaili
Suhaili - Sir Robin Knox-Johnston first made history in 1969 when he won the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race on board his 32-foot LOD Bermudian ketch Suhaili, setting the record as the first man to sail solo, non-stop around the world, thus kicking off an incredible career during which further racing records, multiple yachtsman of the year accolades, a knighthood, patronages of sailing organisations all around the world, and twenty years of inspiring amateur sailors to follow his experience, have followed. - Sail Number: 2400Y - Type: Aux. Ketch - LOA: 44’0″ / 13.41m - LOD: 32’0″ / 9.80m - LWL: 28’0″ / 8.53m - Beam: 11’1″ / 3.37m - Draft: 5’6″ / 1.67m - Displacement: 21,772 lbs / 9,876 kg - Ballast: - Sail Area: 665 sq ft / 61.8 m2 - Current Owner: Robin Knox-Johnston - Original Owner: Robin Knox-Johnston - Year Launched: 1965 (keel was laid in 1963, finished in 1965) - Designed by: William Atkin - Built by: Bombay, India - Design Number: - Hull Material: Wood
Summertime
Summertime - The L-27 at the time, was the largest molded plywood boat built in the U.S. The vessels were devoid of joints, requiring no caulking, with smooth frameless interiors. - Sail Number: USA L-27 3 - Type: L-27 Racer-Cruising Sloop - LOA: 40’6″ / 12.34m - LWL: 27’0″ / 8.22m - Beam: 9’11” / 3.02m - Draft: 5’9” / 1.75m - Design Number: - Designer: Alfred E. “Bill” Luders, Jr - Original Owner: - Current Owner: Scott Bridge - Yacht Club: Portsmouth Yacht Club - Year Launched: 1955 - Built By: Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, CT - Hull Material: Wood - Displacement: 18,000 lbs./ 8,165 kgs - Ballast: 7,000 lbs. / 3,175 kgs. - Sail Area: 800 ft2 / 74.32 m2
Summerwind
Summerwind - The Schooner Summer Wind was launched as the Queen Tyi in 1929 from the yard of C.A. Morse (now Lyman-Morse) of Thomaston, Maine. Designed by the John G. Alden Company of Boston, Massachusetts (design no. 412), considered by many to be one of the top design firms of this type of craft, she was built for Arthur Crisp, a Wall Street banker who lost the vessel in the Market Crash of 1929. - Sail Number: 412 - Type: Schooner, Full Keel - Ex, Queen Tyi, Sea Gypsey, Sea Gypsy - LOA: 78’5″ / 23.90m - LWL: 61’9″ / 18.82m - Beam: 18’4″ / 5.59m - Draft: 10’2” / 3.10m - Design Number: 412 - Designer: John G. Alden - Original Owner: Arthur Crisp, New York, NY. - Original Name: Queen Tyi - Current Owner: USNA - Year Launched: 1929 - Built By: C.A. Morse, & Son (now Lyman-Morse) of Thomaston, Maine - Hull Material: Wood - Gross Displacement: 179,200 / 81,284 - Sail Area:
Svanehvit
Svanehvit - was built before the Archipelago Cruiser rule but is said to have been measured as SK 75. She was designed by Albert Anderson for Lieutenant Carl Silfverling, Oskarshamn.- Sail Number: S6873 - Type: SK75 - LOA: 44’3″ / 13.50m - LOD: 37’9″ / 11.50m - LWL: 24’3″ / 7.40m - Beam: 9’2″ / 2.80m - Draft: 5’3″ / 1.60m - Displacement: 5.5 tons - Ballast: - Yard Number: - Hull material: Wood (Pine) - Designer: Albert Anderson - Built by: Landskrona - Year Launched: 1904 - Original Name: SVANEHVIT - Original Owner: Lieutenant Carl Silfverling, Oskarshamn - Sail Area: 73 m2 - Homeport: Gryt
Svanevit
Svanevit - Type: 8 Metre - In 1939 consul Walter Edström comissioned Tore Holm to build Svanevit (shipyard in Gamleby, sail No. S 12). Edström, sailed the Svanevit for many years at the south coast of Sweden in the region around Göteborg. During those days the boat was intensively used by the family. – LOA: 48.06′ / 14.65m * LOD: * LWL: 29.52′ / 9,19m * Beam: 8.0′ / 2.44m * Draft: 6.23′ / 1,90m * Displacement: 8,6 tonnes * Ballast: * Sail Area: * Design Number: * Yard Number: * Rig: Sloop * Designer: Tore Holm * Hull: Mahogany on Oak Frames * Built by: Gamleby SE * Year Built: 1939 * Restored By: * Boat Location: * Current Name: * Original Owner: Walter Edström * Current Owner: * Sail Number: S12
Svea
Svea - The original drawings for Svea were made in 1937 by the renowned Swedish designer Tore Holm. They had the greatest waterline length and maximum rating allowed under the Universal Rule which determined eligibility for the America’s Cup. Svea was never built and the plans were lost for decades. Discovered by historian John Lammerts van Bueren, the construction of Svea was commissioned by an avid racer who wished to participate in the 2017 America’s Cup Superyacht Regatta and J-Class Regatta in Bermuda. - Sail Number: JS1 - Vessel Type: J-Class - LOA: 143′0″ / 43.60m - LOD: 143′0″ / 43.60m - LWL: 90’6″ / 27.6m - Beam: 21′8″ / 6.60m - Draft: 16’1″ / 4.90m - Displacement: 180000 kgs - Ballast: - Sail Area: 7,577.79 ft² / 704 m2 - Current Owner: - Year Launched: 2017 - Designed by: Hoek Design Naval Architects / Tore Holm design from 1937 - Built by: Hull Dutch yard Bloemsma / Claasen Shipyard / finished at Vitters Shipyard - Hull Material: Aluminum - Flag of Registry: Cayman Islands
Swordfish
Swordfish - Classic 1861 Singleman’s Gaff Rigged Sailing Yawl. Built in 1999 to original 1861 Edward Burgess design specifications. - Sail Number: 25 - Vessel Type: Gaff Rigged Yawl - LOA: 48′0″ / 14.63m (Bowsprit to mizzen boom) - LOD: 29′0″ / 8.83m - LWL: 24’0″ / 7.31m - Beam: 6′0″ / 1.82m - Draft: 5’0″ / 1.52m - Displacement: 5.4 tons - Ballast: 3 tons (lead) - Sail Area: 820 ft² / 76.18 m² - Current Owner: Jim Close - Current name: Swordfish - Year Launched: 1999 (recreation) - Designed by: Edward Burgess (1861) - Built by: - Hull Material: Zinc sheaved copper-pinned Ash - Propulsion: Kubota Diesel engine with two blade prop
Sybil of Cumae
Sybil of Cumae - Designed by William Fife III and built by Fife & Son, Fairlie, Scotland in 1902 to the 36 ft Linear Rating Rule of 1900, as ENSAY for J. Stewart Clark and was as far as is known, one of only four such on the Clyde. - Sail Number: - Type: Cutter - LOA: 51’6″ / 15.73m - LOD: 51’6″ / 15.73m - LWL: 34’0″/ 10.36m - Beam: 9’6″/ 2.90 - Draft: 6’6″/ 1.98m - Displacement: 12 Tonnes - Engine: Thornycroft 36 H.P Diesel engine - Hull material: cedar & mahogany on oak frames - Designer: William Fife III - Built by: William Fife & Son, Fairlie, Scotland - Year Launched: 1902 - Original Name: ENSA - Original Owner: J Stewart Clark - Current Name: Sybil of Cumae - National Historic Ships UK: Certificate no. 674 - Location: Spain
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