| Buzzards Bay 14 | |
| Designer: | L. Francis Herreshoff |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Draft: | 2.5feet |
| Displacement: | 17000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Loa: | 17.25feet |
| Lwl: | 14feet |
| Beam: | 5.83feet |
| Keel Type: | long keel |
| Ballast: | 8000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | keel-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Marconi rig |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 103square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 35square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 140square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 138square feet |
| Previous: | Herreshoff 12½ |
The Buzzards Bay 14 is an American sailboat that was designed by L. Francis Herreshoff and first built in 1940.[1] [2] [3]
The Buzzards Bay 14 is a scaled-up development of the Herreshoff 12½, which was designed by L. Francis Herreshoff's father, Nathanael Greene Herreshoff.[1] [3]
The design was commissioned by Llewllyn Howland and was intended to be built by the Concordia Company in the United States out of wood, but few were completed as the company concentrated on the Beetle Cat instead. In the mid-1980s production was commenced in fiberglass, with 17 boats completed by 1994.[1] [3] [4]
Today the design is built in fiberglass by the Buzzards Bay Boat Shop of North Falmouth, Massachusetts and from wood by Artisan Boatworks in Rockport, Maine.[5] [6]
The Buzzards Bay 14 is an open recreational keelboat with a foredeck. It has been built of wood or, more recently, of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional rig with wooden or aluminum spars. The hull has a spooned raked stem, an angled transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel, with a slightly cutaway forefoot. The wooden version displaces 17000NaN0 and carries 8000NaN0 of encapsulated lead ballast, while the fiberglass version displaces 20000NaN0.[1] [3]
The boat has a draft of 2.5feet with the standard keel.[1]
For sailing the design has a boom-mounted jib and may be equipped with a spinnaker of 140square feet.[3]
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote about the fiberglass version, "there is a wood “feel” to the boat, as all seats, seat backs and other trim are teak, and fittings are either wood or bronze. Wood spars are an option to the standard painted aluminum. Sails include the main, with one set of reef points. The jib is club-footed, and optional sails are available. There are two locking compartments, and storage under hinged seats is available as an option."[3]
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