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| Photos by Salt Water New England |
TICONDEROGA OF GREENWICH
- Built: 1936 at the Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Quincy, Mass for Harry Noyes
- 72-foot, clipper-bowed ketch
- Mainmast - 86 Feet
- Naval Architect: L. Francis Herreshoff
- Exterior Designer: Ralph E. Richmond
- Interior Designer: John Munford
- Refit: 1968, 1989
This boat is beautiful and doubtless a powerful sailer. However, to utter a heresy, I'd rather be puttering around on a Sailfish, Sunfish, or the like — all by myself.
ReplyDeleteMost of would! Large, wooden boats are hard work to maintain and surprisingly hard work to sail. She is lovely, though.
DeleteWhat an eye-poppingly beautiful and meticulously-cared-for boat. I've only ever sailed on small 2- or 3-person boats (and quite badly, I'll admit). A Sunfish actually sounds like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteJust outstanding! Truly exquosite! Thank you so very much!
ReplyDelete...some one's Baby, what a beauty.
ReplyDeleteBet it sounds just marvelous running the wind.
So beautiful and elegant L. Francis was masterful.
ReplyDeleteA very classy old Lady… age is just a number…
ReplyDeleteLove seeing her race in the Classic Regattas. Truly a gorgeous boat. Amen for rich guys ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful sailing vessel!
ReplyDeleteKind Regards,
Heinz-Ulrich
This sort of content is what makes this blog my homepage.
ReplyDeleteA good deal about the design. owner and builder here: https://www.amazon.com/L-Francis-Herreshoff-Flowering-Genius-Taylor/dp/0939511444/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=0939511444&psc=1
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! We saw a display of Herrreshoff boats one year in Castine and then another year a gaggle of Fife yachts were in the harbor. I believe the Sumurun was one of them. Spectacular workmanship. We've sailed on everything from a cast-off girl's camp fiberglass Sunfish to a Precision 18 day sailer to a 52' Beneteau as a charter in the BVI, but I've never had the great good fortune to sail a wooden boat, let alone a beauty like one of these. May they always be with us.
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