Type: Buzzard Bay 25
MINK Specifications:
LOA: 32′ 0″ / 9.75m – LWL: 25′ 0″ / 7.62m – Beam: 8′ 9″ / 2.71m – Draft: 3′ 0″ / 0.91m – Hull Number: 733 – Designer: N.G. Herreshoff – Builder: Herreshoff Mfg. Co. – Original Owner: Howard Stockton, Jr. – Original Price: $2,000 – Sail Area: 550 sq ft / 51.09 sq m – Built: 1914 – Location: Mystic, CT
Restoration:
MP&G – “MINK was the last remaining unrestored boat of the 733 class. upon her completion all four boats of this class will have been restored by MP&G. MINK is due to be completed in time for the centennial celebration of her class in 2014.”
Historical:
Joy Hoffacker – My family owned the Mink in the 1950’s when we lived at Sand Hill Cove in Point Judith, RI. Although I was very young, she began my life long love affair with sailing.
Heidi Hoerman – My father owned the Mink from 1967-1980 in Milford, CT. She moved like the wind. At the time, she had the replacement Marconi rigging with a 36’8″ mast that was the tallest in Milford Harbor. Although I don’t sail as an adult, I maintain a great store of knowledge related to stripping, scraping, sanding, painting, and varnishing I learned over the years of taking care of her!
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Photo Credit: Mark Krasnow Photography