Ice boats for the Arctic and for home, eighteen New York 30s, dispatches from Cocoanut Grove and a report from the local chapter of the Girl Scout Mariners
Author: Bill Lynn
Introducing “The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats”
A series of papers on bringing innovation to the “New Navy”
This Week in Herreshoff History: February 18
Schooners and fishing boats, some geographical confusion, a very busy winter and spring, and quite a few steam yachts
This Week in Herreshoff History: February 11
Several swampings and a lot of lost carrots, runaway horses and torpedo boat castings, proposals for a new rule, a company reorganized and a whole fleet of dinghies on order
This Week in Herreshoff History: February 4
Cup Defenders keep the shops busy through the winter, steam yachts launched and hauled, big pours and employee perks
Herreshoff Encounters
The first time I really became aware of name “Herreshoff” was when I was thirteen our fourteen and had just started volunteering for the summer at the Mystic Seaport Museum’s […]
This Week in Herreshoff History: January 28
Bristol industrialists and neighboring mansions, the launch of a sea-going torpedo boat, gossip from the only reliable source, and an unfortunate iceboating accident
This Week in Herreshoff History: January 21
A steam yacht, a schooner and a Cup defender under construction, HMCo. builds a boat to beat its own (again), an especially fishy Fish fleet, and a valued employee leaves the firm
This Week in Herreshoff History: January 14
A Cup defender makes the calendar, HMCo. gets a new sail loft and stockroom, a death in the family and two substantial contracts under way
From the Vault: A Portrait of Lady Sopwith
A short history of one of the most glamorous members of any America’s Cup challenger afterguards