Yacht: Musketeer
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Musketeer (formerly ‘Wawis’), hull no. 1414, is a fine example of the famous Herreshoff ‘S’ Class. She has been owned by her current owner since 2005 and underwent and extensive restoration in 2007/08.
Musketeer has been campaigned by the Hunt family for many years in Narragansett Bay and is reported to have won more silver there than any other single boat.
| Designer: | Nathanael Greene Herreshoff |
| Type of Boat: | S Class |
| Rig: | Bermudan Sloop |
| Year Built: | 1937 |
| Built By: | / 27'6" |
| LOA m / ft: | / 27'6" |
| LOD m / ft: | / 20'6" |
| LWL m / ft: | / 7'2" |
| Beam m / ft: | / 4'9" |
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| Construction: | Legend has it that the Class was the first one-design marconi type rig in the world. She has a tapered, hollow, prebent 42-foot white spruce mast that has a 5/8ths rig and running backstays to lower the center of gravity (to afford the height of more sail area). Her overhanging boom again maximizes the amount of area she can carry aloft. The "S" Class also has a fully elliptical, rockered keel of more than a 1.5 tons of ballast. |
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