Design 17 Nancy

Here we have Nancy (US60), one of the truly great S&S 6-meter racing yachts. Nancy was designed to compete in the 1932 British-American Cup. Thats Olin at the helm during that series, racing on the Solent. I am also pretty sure that is Rod in the pit.

The boat was built by Henry B. Nevins of City Island, New York. Her construction was very unusual: 1/2" mahogany planking outside, 1/4" spruce inside, both laid longitudinally and screwed together from the inside.

She makes her home in England and is still very actively racing today, 80 years after her original launch date.

Here is the sail plan.

Principal Dimensions
LOA 36-9"
LWL 23-3"
Beam 6-8"
Draft 5-5"

Weve got a great magazine article about this boat, too long to post here. If interested please just email me and I would be happy to shoot you a digital copy. Simply email me at bjohnson@sparkmanstephens.com.

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Design 1880 Glasspar 17 Dinghy

In 1966 we were commissioned to design 3 sizes of fiberglass dinghies for the Glasspar boatbuilding company of Costa Mesa, California. Here is the second with a length overall of 17.

Here is the general arrangement plan.

None of the 3 models ever went into production.  As I stated in our previous posting, please note the draftsman for these plans was the very talented Germán Frers, Jr.

Principal Dimensions

LOA 17-0"

LWL 15-3"

Beam 6-6"

Draft 0-8" (board up) 4-7" (board down)

Sail Area 159 sq ft

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