Sail Number: N1
Vessel Type: New York 40
“Rugosa II” Specifications:
LOA: 59′0″ / 17.98m – LWL: 40′0″ / 12.19m – Beam: 14′6″ / 4.41m – Draft: 8′2″ / 2.48m – Original Rig: Marconi Yawl – Hull Number: 983 – Designer: N.G. Herreshoff – Original Owner: Russell Grinnell – Built: 1926 – Original Price: $32,500 – Boat Location: Bristol, RI – Current Name: Rugosa – Current Owner: Halsey Herreshoff – Sail Number: N1
Rugosa Listing
Historical:
“If only my grandfather knew that 90 years after he built this boat, his grandson would be racing it.”
Halsey Herreshoff comments – RUGOSA was built yawl rigged in 1926, and is the most original preserved of all NY 40s with original spars, deck houses and below arrangement. She enjoys a remarkable chain of racing success and very outstanding extensive cruising of the entire East Coast of the USA, Caribbean, Sweden and much of the Baltic, western European coast, Mediterranean and many transatlantic crossings.
I have owned and sailed RUGOSA for 30 years, deriving incredible pleasure in cruising and sharing distinct satisfaction along with my entirely amateur crew for racing successes. Most significant was the victory of RUGOSA over 57 other classic yachts, largely from Europe, in the 2001 America’s Cub Jubilee week-long regatta at Cowes, Isle of Wight, England.
New York 40 Class
Rugosa II one of the famous Herreshoff New York Yacht Club 40’s known as the “Fighting Forties.” Casper Whitney, in the August 1901 issue of Outing magazine referred to “That Herreshoff Characteristic of Passing Unperturbed Through Agitated Waters” – summing up the sentiment of most who have either seen or sailed these aristocratic thoroughbreds. Edwin J. Schoettle described the New York 40’s as “excellent, heavy-weather boats, having an ability to withstand all kinds of rough handling, both by men and weather.” Mr. Schoettle further commented, “I have been told that a 40 has never been seen reefed.”