L. Francis Herreshoff
Lewis Francis Herreshoff | |
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| Born | November 11, 1890 |
| Died | December 1, 1972 (aged 82) |
| Occupation | Ship Designer |
| Father | Nathanael Greene Herreshoff |
L. (Lewis) Francis Herreshoff (November 11, 1890 – December 1972), was an American boat designer, naval architect, editor, and author of books and magazine articles.[1]
Biography
Herreshoff was born on November 11, 1890, in Bristol, Rhode Island, to Clara Anna DeWolf (1853–1905) and Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (1848–1938). In 1926, after naval service and work for Starling Burgess, he went into business for himself in Marblehead, Massachusetts, as a designer of racing and pleasure yachts, canoes, kayaks and other small craft. Herreshoff died December 1972.[2]
Herreshoff was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2014.[3]
Notable designs
Herreshoff's designs included:
- A series of graceful clipper-bowed ketches: Ticonderoga 72 ft, Tioga/Bounty 57 ft, Mobjack 45 Ft and Nereia 36
- A shoal-draft leeboarder: Meadowlark
- Arguably the original "passagemaker"; the inspiration for Beebe's book, and an indirect inspiration for Perry's "container boat": Marco Polo.
- His answer to Hanna's ideas about the ideal homebuilt boat: H-28
- The 73-foot (22 m) Merlin, sunk on July 7, 1999, by a humpback whale in Whale Bay, Baranof Island, Alaska.[4]
- Buzzards Bay 14[5]
- Herreshoff Prudence[6]
- Herreshoff Rozinante[7]
- Stuart Knockabout[8]
Publications
His books include The Common Sense of Yacht Design, The Compleat Cruiser, Capt. Nat Herreshoff: The Wizard of Bristol, The Writings of L. Francis Herreshoff, Sensible Cruising Designs and An L. Francis Herreshoff Reader.
See also
References
- ↑ "L. Francis Herreshoff Collection". Mystic Seaport. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
- ↑ Boston Globe, The (December 4, 1972). "L. Francis Herreshoff, Sailing Yacht Designer". Obituaries. Vol. 202, no. 157 (main ed.). p. 35. Retrieved February 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ National Sailing Hall of Fame. "Lewis Francis Herreshoff 2014 Inductee". Nshof.org. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - ↑ Juneau Empire (August 22, 1999). "Whale Baleen Found in Hull of Sunken Sailboat" (AP). Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2017 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Buzzards Bay 14 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Prudence (Herreshoff) sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Rozinante (Herreshoff) sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Stuart Knockabout sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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