Herreshoff Bull's Eye

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Herreshoff Bull's Eye
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Class symbol
Development
Designer Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
Location United States
Year1914
No. built2,000 wood, 800 fiberglass (1994)
Builder(s) Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Quincy Adams Yacht Yard
Cape Cod Shipbuilding
NameHerreshoff Bull's Eye
Boat
Displacement 1,350 lb (612 kg)
Draft 2.42 ft (0.74 m)
Hull
Type Monohull
Constructionwood and later fiberglass
LOA 15.71 ft (4.79 m)
LWL 12.52 ft (3.82 m)
Beam 5.83 ft (1.78 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board typelong keel
Ballast750 lb (340 kg)
Rudder(s) keel-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height17.00 ft (5.18 m)
J foretriangle base6.00 ft (1.83 m)
P mainsail luff19.25 ft (5.87 m)
E mainsail foot10.83 ft (3.30 m)
Sails
Sailplan Fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area104.24 sq ft (9.684 m2)
Jib/genoa area51.00 sq ft (4.738 m2)
Spinnaker area100.00 sq ft (9.290 m2)
Total sail area155.24 sq ft (14.422 m2)

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The Herreshoff Bull's Eye or Bullseye, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and first built in 1914. [1] [2] [3]

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The design is derived from the Herreshoff 12½ and was later developed into the Herreshoff Goldeneye. [4] [5]

Production

The design was originally built out of wood by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in the United States. In 1938 the design was given an above-transom tiller and renamed the Fishers Island Sound Bull's Eye. It was also built at the Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, in Quincy, Massachusetts. In 1947 the rights were purchased by Cape Cod Shipbuilding and a new fiberglass version, called the Cape Cod Bull's Eye, was created by the original designer's son, A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff. This model includes a cuddy cabin and a modern marconi rig with aluminum spars. [1] [3] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9]

While the deck and rigging has changed over the production run of more than 100 years, the hull design has remained the same. [1]

By 1994, 2,000 wooden boats had been built, plus 800 from fiberglass. The design remains in production. [3] [4]

Design

The Bull's Eye is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of wood and later of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, a raked transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel. It displaces 1,350 lb (612 kg) and carries 750 lb (340 kg) of lead ballast. [1] [3]

The boat has a draft of 2.42 ft (0.74 m) with the standard keel. Buoyancy tanks are installed in the bow and under the cockpit floor for safety. In post 1947 models a cuddy cabin is provided for stowage, in addition to the lazarette, which is accessed via a teak hatch. [1]

For sailing the design is equipped with a self-tending 30 sq ft (2.8 m2) jib, or a 60 sq ft (5.6 m2) genoa and may use a 100.00 sq ft (9.290 m2) spinnaker. [1] [3]

The boat has a factory option of a trailer that may be used for ground transportation. [4]

Operational history

The design is supported by an active class club, the Bullseye Class Association and is raced in Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, as well as on the waters of Long Island Sound. [3] [10]

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood described the boat as, "a New England classic, designed stiff and heavy for the short, choppy seas of Buzzards Bay." [3]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Bullseye sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Nathaniel G. Herreshoff 1848 - 1938". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 60-61. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN   0-395-65239-1
  4. 1 2 3 4 Cape Cod Shipbuilding (2020). "Bull's Eye". capecodshipbuilding.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Cape Cod Shipbuilding (2022). "Goldeneye". capecodshipbuilding.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  6. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Herreshoff Mfg. Co. 1878 - 1943". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  7. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Quincy Adams Yacht Yard 1932 - 1968". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  8. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff 1886 - 1977". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  9. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Cape Cod Shipbuilding 1899 -". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  10. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Bullseye Class Association". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
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