Seller's Description
This is a wonderful little boat for Tomales Bay, where I’ve kept her the past couple years. She’s 16 feet overall, but with a full keel and a wide open cockpit, but she feels like a 30 footer out on the water. Six people can fit comfortably in the cockpit and the boat doesn’t notice a bit.
Her construction is strip plank wood of a specific type known as the Cutts method, developed by boat builder Ed Cutts on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The hull consist of an inner and an outer layer of wood planking, and in between a channel was routed and Kevlar cord set in epoxy was laid in those grooves. The result is a boat that sounds like a wooden hull going through the water, but doesn’t need any frames or caulking of planks, and sits happily on a trailer without having to have the usual maintenance that a wooden boat does.
The sails are in decent shape, Egyptian Cotton color, not going to win any races but that’s not what this boat is about. My favorite day was to sail up from Inverness to Marshall, tie off the boat at the dock and go for oysters, and then sail back down the bay with the wind at my back and the sun on my face. It’s the perfect boat for that kind of day.
She has a custom cockpit cover and cockpit cushions. She comes with a 50lb thrust Minn Kota trolling motor and a Minn Kota battery box. I have a 100ah Battle Borne Lithium battery for an extra $500, but that battery is honestly overkill. Half that size would be more than enough.
She has an Aluminum Fortress anchor, lots of extra lines, two tillers, an automatic bilge pump, gin pole for the jib, custom cockpit cushions, and more bits and bobs. For her mooring, I used a 35lb CQR and an large Danforth with some massive chain and a 100 rode that Im selling separately but could include.
She also comes with a Custom Triad galvanized trailer specifically built for this boat. The trailer has an extendable tongue to make launching easier.
Needs basic spring commissioning touchups, bottom paint.
Equipment: Fortress anchor, 50lb thrust trolling motor, cockpit cushions, mooring cover, extra lines & misc gear
Specs
- Designer
- L. Francis Herreshoff
- Builders
- ?
- Association
- Herreshoff Marine Museum
- # Built
- ?
- Hull
- Monohull
- Keel
- Long
- Rudder
- Transom hung
- Construction
- Wood
Dimensions
- Length Overall
- 16′ 11″ / 5.2 m
- Waterline Length
- 14′ 0″ / 4.3 m
- Beam
- 5′ 8″ / 1.7 m
- Draft
- 2′ 5″ / 0.8 m
- Displacement
- 1,700 lb / 771 kg
- Ballast
- 800 lb / 363 kg
Rig and Sails
- Type
- Gaff-Sloop
- Reported Sail Area
- 160′² / 14.9 m²
- Total Sail Area
- ?
Mainsail
- Sail Area
- ?
- P
- ?
- E
- ?
- Air Draft
- ?
Foresail
- Sail Area
- ?
- I
- ?
- J
- ?
- Forestay Length
- ?
Auxilary Power
- Make
- ?
- Model
- ?
- HP
- ?
- Fuel Type
- ?
- Fuel Capacity
- ?
- Engine Hours
- ?
Accomodations
- Water Capacity
- ?
- Holding Tank Capacity
- ?
- Headroom
- ?
- Cabins
- 0
Calculations
- Hull Speed
-
5.4 kn
Classic: 5.02 kn
Hull Speed
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Formula
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
- Sail Area/Displacement
-
18.0
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
Formula
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
- SA: Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D: Displacement in pounds.
- Ballast/Displacement
-
47.1
>40: stiffer, more powerful
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Formula
Ballast / Displacement * 100
- Displacement/Length
-
276.0
200-300: moderate
Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
Formula
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- Comfort Ratio
-
16.6
<20: lightweight racing boat
Comfort Ratio
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Formula
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- Capsize Screening
-
2.0
<2.0: better suited for ocean passages
Capsize Screening Formula
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
Formula
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
Notes
The Buzzards Bay 14 is a scaled up version of the Herreshoff 12.5 designed by Nathanial Herreshoffs son, L. Francis Herreshoff. Thanks to Adam Albino for supplying additional information on this as well as other Herreshoff designs.
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