2008 3 47′ Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 30 Class Sloops Totally Restored and Relaunched.

Buzzards Bay 30s were originally built in 1902 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. of Bristol, R.I.The 47-foot yachts were ordered by the Beverly, Mass., Yacht Club and were raced as a class. French & Webb has been selected to restore three of these 30-foot class sloops. These yachts, in varying stages of disrepair, will be brought back to their original Bristol condition using materials, hardware & details specified in their Herreshoff plans. Where possible, the same species of woods will be used as on the original boats, including double planking of cypress and fir with a bedding of thickened shellac between them. The new BB 30s are living testament to last century’s golden age of yachting.

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2007 30′ Daysailing Sloop “Spitfire”

A 30′ cold-molded daysailor/racer designed in the “Spirit of Tradition”, blending modern sailing characteristics with an aesthetic influenced by yachts designed to the Universal, International, and CCA rules by Martin S. Silverman of Washington. Construction started in January 2007, and the boat was launched in July 2007 — in time for the boat show season.

Hull construction is double diagonal cedar veneers vacuum bagged over fore and aft fir strip planking. Fiberglass sheaths the outside, and the inside hull is sealed with epoxy. The hull frame is laminated Sapele ring frames and stem with a laminated fir backbone.