Boats to be Restored
Frequently, many of the boats IYRS restores in the educational programs are purchased immediately after they have been restored. Since returning these boats to the water is part of the IYRS mission, the school regularly advertises boats for sale. The following boats are currently in need of restoration and will be sold. To find out about these and other boats that may become available in the near future, contact Terry Nathan or call 401-848-5777 x211.
Eleanor (1903)
Type: Raceabout Class; Designer: Clinton H. Crane; Builder: Woods, City Island, NY
Noted yacht designer Clinton H. Crane designed a boat called Lanai in the Raceabout class for Newport’s Arthur Curtiss James, who also owned the IYRS schooner yacht Coronet from 1893 to 1898. Eleanor was designed after Lanai and resembled her closely. Eleanor was built to race under the so-called “length and sail area” rule, which produced boats with short waterlines and long overhangs. Her large sail area, contained in a powerful gaff sloop rig, together with her cut-away keep, make her a very fast boat. LOA: 36' 2"; Beam: 9' 6"
Ruweida V (1926)
Type: R Boat; Designers: Burgess, Swasey and Pine; Builder: George Lawley and Son
Developed by Nathanael Herreshoff, and adopted by US yacht clubs in 1903/4, the Universal Rule produced a series of letter classes, including: J boats, M boats, P boats, Q boats, R boats and S boats. The Universal Rule was most common in the US and the International Rule (which produced the metre classes) was associated more with the UK and Europe. With her cutaway forefoot, long bow and stern overhangs and deep draft, heavily-ballasted hull Ruweida V looks like a miniature J boat. LOA: 38' 10"; Beam: 7'
Norma B (1934)
Type: Herreshoff Fishers Island 23; Designer: A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff: Builder: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.
This one design sailing class is another of a long line of classes designed and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. The design provided a fast, comfortable day sailor with overnight potential. Built to the highest standards of the day and with the finest materials available, the boats were fully fitted out and ready to take to the water. LOA: 34'; Beam: 7'
Impatience (c. 1936)
Type: International 14, Hull #41; Designer: Uffa Fox; Builder: Bruce Moulton
The class was born in England. The boats were standardized to 14 feet in length. The bow and stern are vertical in order to maximize the waterline length. For its time, the International 14 was a lightweight, high-performance boat with a very tall mast relative to the hull. LOA: 14'; Beam: 4' 10"
Malay (1939)
Type: Concordoa Yawl; Designer: C. Raymond Hunt; Builder: George Lawley and Son
The brief for what became the renowned Concordia yawl was to create "a forty-foot boat which would sail on her bottom, not on her side, and could approach the speed limit of her length under the wildest range of weather conditions." The resulting yacht was such a beautiful, sweet, fast boat that an additional 102 were built to the same design. Malay is the second Concordia yawl built, and a sistership to Java, hull #1, restored by IYRS in 2003. LOA: 39' 10"; Beam: 10'
Carina (1940)
Type: Yawl; Designer: Phillip Rhodes; Builder: Herman Lund, Lund Boatworks
Carina won the 1946 Detroit to Mackinac race for her first owner. She then went on to a very successful ocean racing career under her second owners, the father and son team of Richard S. and Richard B. Nye. Carina won the 1952 Bermuda Race and the 1953 Block Island Race. She then sailed to England in the fast time of 18 ½ days and finished second in the 1953 Fastnet Race. She was still racing as late as 1970, when she finished first in the St. Petersburg to Ft. Lauderdale Race. LOA: 46' 4"; Beam: 11' 5"
Complex II (1952)
Type: International 5.5 Meter; Designer: Arvid Laurin; Builder: Trickson and Motala, Sweden
Complex II was designed and built to compete in the Olympics during the era when 5.5 Metres were an Olympic class. She won a gold medal for the U.S. in the 1952 Games with Britton Chance at the helm. She is built of edge-glued mahogany planking on steam-bent oak frames, fastened with copper rivets. Her vertical plank scarphs are a distinctive and unusual feature of her construction. LOA: 32' Beam: 6' 1"
Watch Hill 15 (1950s)
Type: Herreshoff 15; Designer: Nathanael Herreshoff; Builder: Alan Vaites, Mattapoisett, MA
The Herreshoff 15 was a popular class along Narragansett Bay and out into Buzzards Bay with nearly 100 boats built between 1889 and 1927. There were three models, including this full keel version with a Marconi sailing rig. This boat was built in the 1950s by the respected Mattapoisett boatbuilder, Alan Vaites. There is still a strong fleet of 15s sailing out of Watch Hill, including fiberglass models. LOA: 24' 6"; Beam: 6' 1"
Maria (1946)
Type: Alden One-Design; Designers: Carl Alberg, John Alden; Builder: Quincy Adams Yacht Yard
John Alden design #757 came off the drawing board of Carl Alberg during World War II. Thirty boats were built in 1946 and 1947 to the highest standards of the day by Quincy Adams Yacht Yard at Quincy, MA. The boats were available with or without a cabin trunk and a minimum of accommodations below deck. The hull form’s short keep and narrow waterlines reduce wetted surface while the long overhangs increase her sailing length dramatically as she heels in a breeze. Her well-balanced long ends give her a stunning look. LOA: 37' 9"; Beam: 7'
Patrol (1939)
Type: Harbor Launch; Designer: Bigelow; Builder: Bigelow
Bigelow, a well-known Cape boat builder, built Patrol for the Edgartown Yacht Club. She was used as a harbor launch to ferry club members to and from their boats moored in the harbor. Patrol has seen some heavy use in her life and has been repaired several times. LOA: 28'; Beam: 8' 6"
Dominique (1937)
Type: International One Design; Designer: Bjarne Aas; Builder: Bjarne Aas, Frederikstad, Norway
Cornelius Shields brought the International One Design class to fruition after seeing one of Bjarne Aas' 6-meter boats in Bermuda. Shields wanted a one-design class to replace the smaller Sound Interclub class on Long Island Sound. With two partners, the first 25 boats were ordered and began arriving in the US in December 1936. The class has a remarkable reputation and has attracted some of the ablest sailors in more than five countries. LOA: 33' 5"; Beam: 4' 8"