Herreshoff 6 Meter

Wooden Ships Comments on this Herreshoff 6 Meter

Designed by Starling Burgess to the Six Metre rule and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in 1921.  She was part of the first ever team of American 6m yachts to be campaigned in England and she carried sail number US4.

After the racing she remained in the UK and her well documented history took her cruising around Scotland, Ireland and over to Norway with various owners who have written books and memoirs about their time with the boat.

A major 2015 refit included refastening of the hull and plenty of structural repairs, but also gave her a new gaff sloop rig to replace her original Bermudan rig design.  Although her original rig and spars are with the boat still, she has been raced very successfully in recent years as a gaffer and won a lot of silverware.

When purchased by the current owner in 2020 a lot of time and money was put into the boat to optimise her for racing.  The hull was strengthened and the rig design looked at carefully, replacing all hardware with modern equipment such as Harken CarboAir and Black Magic Air blocks.  She has a complete integrated B&G system with 4 x H5000 displays.

The boat is engineless as she was originally and the interior has been stripped out for racing.

She has proved to be a very competitive boat, winning Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic regatta and has consistently been at the head of the fleet in other regattas and local races.  In recent years she has won at Fowey Classics, Dartmouth Classics, Cowes Classic Week and Hamble Classics twice.  She was overall winner of the West Country Classics series.  She has the potential to do extremely well in classic events both here and in the Mediterranean and could be a cost effective yacht in which to enjoy these regattas with a good chance of winning some silverware.

Length Overall                           27’4″

Length on Deck                          27’4″

Beam                                             7′

Draft                                              5’6″

Thames Tonnage                       5TM