Buzzards Bay 14

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Buzzards Bay 14
Development
Designer L. Francis Herreshoff
Location United States
Year1940
NameBuzzards Bay 14
Boat
Boat weight 1,700 lb (771 kg)
Draft 2.50 ft (0.76 m)
Hull
Type Monohull
Construction Wood
LOA 17.25 ft (5.26 m)
LWL 14.00 ft (4.27 m)
Beam 5.83 ft (1.78 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board typelong keel
Ballast800 lb (363 kg)
Rudder(s)keel-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type Marconi rig
Sails
Sailplan Fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area103 sq ft (9.6 m2)
Jib/genoa area35 sq ft (3.3 m2)
Spinnaker area140 sq ft (13 m2)
Total sail area138 sq ft (12.8 m2)

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The Buzzards Bay 14 is an American sailboat that was designed by L. Francis Herreshoff and first built in 1940. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The Buzzards Bay 14 is a scaled-up development of the Herreshoff 12½, which was designed by L. Francis Herreshoff's father, Nathanael Greene Herreshoff. [1] [3]

Production

The design was commissioned by Llewllyn Howland and was intended to be built by the Concordia Company in the United States out of wood, but few were completed as the company concentrated on the Beetle Cat instead. In the mid-1980s production was commenced in fiberglass, with 17 boats completed by 1994. [1] [3] [4]

Today the design is built in fiberglass by the Buzzards Bay Boat Shop of North Falmouth, Massachusetts and from wood by Artisan Boatworks in Rockport, Maine. [5] [6]

Design

The Buzzards Bay 14 is an open recreational keelboat with a foredeck. It has been built of wood or, more recently, of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional rig with wooden or aluminum spars. The hull has a spooned raked stem, an angled transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel, with a slightly cutaway forefoot. The wooden version displaces 1,700 lb (771 kg) and carries 800 lb (363 kg) of encapsulated lead ballast, while the fiberglass version displaces 2,000 lb (907 kg). [1] [3]

The boat has a draft of 2.50 ft (0.76 m) with the standard keel. [1]

For sailing the design has a boom-mounted jib and may be equipped with a spinnaker of 140 sq ft (13 m2). [3]

Operational history

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote about the fiberglass version, "there is a wood “feel” to the boat, as all seats, seat backs and other trim are teak, and fittings are either wood or bronze. Wood spars are an option to the standard painted aluminum. Sails include the main, with one set of reef points. The jib is club-footed, and optional sails are available. There are two locking compartments, and storage under hinged seats is available as an option." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Buzzards Bay 14 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "L. Francis Herreshoff". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 88-89. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN   0-395-65239-1
  4. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Concordia Company". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. ↑ Buzzards Bay Boat Shop. "The Boat: Buzzards Bay 14". buzzardsbayboatshop.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Artisan Boatworks. "Buzzards Bay 14 by L. F. Herreshoff". artisanboatworks.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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