Sail Number: NY 19
Type: NY 32
Ex; Away, Dolphin
S&S Sirius Specifications:
LOA: 45′ 4″ / 13.8m – LWL: 32′ 0″ / 9.75m – Beam: 10′ 7″ / 3.22m – Draft: 6′ 6″ / 1.98m – Design Number: – Rig: Sloop – Displacement: 40,000 lbs – Sail Area: 1,332 sq ft – Designer: Sparkman & Stephens – Built By: Henry Nevins, City Island N.Y. – Original Owner: Henry Sturgis Morgan – Current Owner: Paolo Zannoni – Former name(s) Away, Dolphin – Launched: 1936
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.”
NY 19 was built for Henry Sturgis Morgan, founder of Morgan Stanley. He was a prominent yachtsman, Commodore of the NYYC and Chairman of the America’s Cup committee.
Known Restoration History:
2013-2014 – Cantiere Navale dell’Argentario
– New rudder
– Stripping the hull back, re caulking and fairing
– New sea cocks and skin fittings
– Full Awlgrip paint treatment
– New engine, transmission and ancillaries fitted under close supervision of S&S New York
– New fuel and water tanks
– New electrical systems, batteries etc
– New instruments
– Stripping bright work back to bare wood and full 12 coat varnish system
– Application non slip to deck and coach roof
2006 – Cantiere Navale dell’Argentario
Provenance. (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner/Guardian: (1936) Henry Sturgis Morgan
Owner/Guardian: Paolo Zannoni