Type: H-28
LOA: 34′ over bowsprit and mizzen boom – LOD: 28′ 0″ – LWL: 23′ 1.5″ – Beam: 8′ 9″ – Draft: 3′ 6″ – Ballast: 2,800 lbs – Displacement: 10,500 lbs – Sail Area: 343 sq ft – Design Number: 80 – Hull material: White cedar planking over white oak framing, bronze fastened. Mahogany brightwork, pine spars. – Rig: Ketch – Designer: L.F. Herreshoff – Built by: McKie (Nick) Roth, Westport, Maine (on the Sheepscott River) – Year Launched: 1977 – Original Owner: John Cadwalader of Philadelphia – Current Owner: Roger Prichard of Riverton, NJ – Sail Number:
Historical:
Built in Westport, Maine, sailed in that area the summer of 1977, then sailed to Philadelphia outside (around Cape Cod and Long Island). Cadwalader sailed the boat from Worton Creek Marine, MD until selling her to Prichard in late 1996. Prichard restored her, replaced part of two planks and sternpost. Gwylan summers in Riverton, NJ and spends the winter at Cutts and Case Shipyard, Oxford, MD.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner/Guardian: (1977) John Cadwalader, Philadelphia, PA
Owner/Guardian: Roger Prichard of Riverton, NJ
Comments:
Curtis Betts – May 12, 2019
Pretty boat! We just purchased H-28 Holiday, sailing Narragansett Bay, and hopefully further east…
Curtis