Sail Number: W37/US 1
Type: Spirit of Tradition Sloop
Stephens / Waring & White RACE HORSE Specifications:
LOA: 43ft 5in / 13.25m – LOA: 43ft 5in / 13.25m – LWL: 33’3″ / 10.13m – Beam 11’8″ / 3.56m – Draft 8’0” / 2.44m – Designer: Stephens / Waring & White Yacht Design – Original Owner: Donald Tofias – W-Class president – Current Owner: Donald Tofias – W-Class president – Year Built: 2010 – Built By: Brooklin Boat Yard (Brooklin, Maine) – Hull Material: Cold-Molded – Displacement: 8,520lbs (3,865Kg) – Sail Area: 886sq ft (82.3sq m) – SA/D: 38.7
Historical:
W-Class Yachts and Stephens / Waring & White Yacht Design have a relationship that extends back more than a decade, when W-Class president Donald Tofias asked Joel White in 1997 to design a fleet of 76′ world-class yachts to bring back big-boat one-design racing to the Eastern Seaboard. The W-76 was followed by smaller sister W-46 designed by White’s protege Robert Stephens following Joel White’s death.
Like today’s current crop of cutting-edge race boats, the W-37 is lightweight, relatively beamy, with a plumb stem and near-vertical transom. But where out-and-out race boats sacrifice grace and beauty in the name of performance, designer Stephens Waring and White have carefully crafted the bow and stern to show subtle curves and attractive camber.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner/Guardian: (2010) Donald Tofias – W-Class President, Sparkman & Stephens President.