S&S “Dolphin” Specifications:
LOA: 45′ 4″ * LOD: 45′ 4″ * LWL: 32′ 0″ * Beam: 10′ 7″ * Draft: 6′ 6″ * Ballast: * Displacement: 40,000 lbs
Sail Area: 1,332 sq ft * Yard Number: * Hull material: Mahogany on white oak frames, with Everdur fastenings, steam-bent oak frames on 8 inch centers. * Rig: Sloop * Designer: S&S * Built by: Henry Nevins, City Island N.Y. * Year Built: 1936 * Restored By: Cantiere Navale dell’Argentario * Current Name: Sirius * Original Owner: * Current Owner: Paolo Zannoni * Sail Number: NY 19
Known Racing History: ?
Known Restoration History:
2006 – Cantiere Navale dell’Argentario
Historical:
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.”