1996 Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 25

Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:

Boat Name
SAY WHEN

Specs
Builder: Brooklin Boat Yard
Designer: N.G. Herreshoff
Flag of Registry: United States
Keel: Full

Dimensions
LOA: 32 ft 3 in
Beam: 8 ft 9 in
LWL: 25 ft 4 in
Minimum Draft: 3 ft 1 in
Maximum Draft: 6 ft 0 in
Dry Weight: 7500 lbs

Engines
Total Power: 9 HP

Engine 1:
Engine Brand: Yanmar
Year Built: 1996
Engine Model: 1GM
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Propeller: Folding propeller
Drive Type: Direct Drive
Engine Power: 9 HP


Tanks
Fresh Water Tanks: 1 Plastic (3 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: 1 Stainless steel (4 Gallons)

Additional Information, Accommodations and Equipment

DESIGNER: N.G. Herreshoff (1914) TYPE: Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 25

BUILDER: Brooklin Boat Yard, Brooklin, ME (Joel & Steve White)

YEAR: 1996

CONSTRUCTION:

Cold-molded, wood-epoxy construction using WEST Systems epoxies for adhesion and coatings

Hull laminate schedule as follows (interior to exterior)

1)      Longitudinal ¾” White cedar strip planking

2)      1/8” Meranti veneer at 45 degrees

3)      1/8” Meranti veneer at 135 degrees

Decks and cabin top are marine plywood over-laid with Dynel cloth set in epoxy

House sides, aft house bulkhead, cabin doors, companionway hatch slide, toe rails, cockpit coamings & deck trim are of varnished mahogany

LOA: 32’3”

LWL: 25’4”

BEAM: 8’9”

DRAFT: 3’1”

DISPL: 7,386

SAILS AND RIGGING:

• Nat Wilson Gaff Main & Jib in excellent condition, lightly used

• “Toast” tan Sunbrella sailcovers

• Lewmar ball-bearing air-blocks for all halyards, sheets, and runners

• Harken mainsheet ratchet block and cam-cleat

• Custom Reineck bronze turning blocks and collar at mast for halyards

• Correct Herreshoff-style bronze cleats

• Amsteel lazy-jacks

ENGINE: As-new Yanmar 1GM, single-cylinder 9 hp. inboard diesel, completely rebuilt and repainted with new Yanmar control panel hidden in locker, 2011. Discrete Kobelt bronze single-lever gear and throttle control. Folding prop.

TANKS

• FUEL: 4-gallon metal tank

• WATER: 3-gallon plastic bladder tank connected to bronze faucet

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM & BILGE PUMPS:

• Two 12-volt batteries with rotary on-off-both switch

• Two electric bilge pumps, each with float switch and on-off-auto switch

• Manual “Guzzler” bilge pump

INSTRUMENTS:

• “Tack-tick” depth, speed, GPS, and wind sensors and four wireless (solar-powered) Tack-Tick displays

• Garmin 545 GPS-plotter discretely wired, stored in cabin locker, with custom bronze cockpit bracket

• Two large Ritchie constellation bulkhead compasses, rebuilt 2010      

ACCOMMODATIONS: Spartan but comfortable cabin:

• V-berth with triangular filler, with space below for a porta-potty

• Two seats outboard, P & SB, facing centerline

• SS sink to port outboard of engine box, with bronze hand-pump faucet, connected to 6-gallon freshwater bladder

• Ice chest to SB

COMMENTS:

One of five BB-25s built by Joel White in the 1990s to the 1914 HMCo design, based on the original Herreshoff Mfg. Co. drawings at MIT’s Hart Collection. Brooklin Boat Yard wood construction and coldmolded epoxy technology achieved great strength, rigidity, and stability with low maintenance.

Beautiful, hugely powerful, impeccable and completely up-to-date; mint condition, needs nothing, everything works perfectly; ready for “Spirit of Tradition” Classics racing and fabulous day-sailing and overnight cruising. In immaculate condition: lightly used by two multi-boat owners; stored indoors in the off-season and constantly maintained and upgraded by Bruce Avery at Noank since new.

Fresh paint in and out (including cabin ceiling, lockers, bilges, and engine box) and varnish detailing (including spars) yearly. All new canvas, 2009: new cabin-cushion foam, dark green Sunbrella cushion covers, and padded storage bags for two cabin doors. Sail-away equipped with 8 life preservers, 2 fenders with new (2011) dark green fleece fender covers and matching green braid dock lines, heavy anchor with chain and rope rode, lunch hook with rode, boat hook.

Designers Comments

L. Francis Herreshoff noted that the Buzzard’s Bay 25 was his father’s favorite design. Noted more for his engineering than his art, Captain Nat made a fine showing on both fronts with the BB25. Not only is she stunning to look at with the refined sheer and hollow bow, but she embodies every bit of the engineering genius NGH was famous for.

The Buzzards Bay 25 was designed in 1914, and like the famous 12-1/2 footers, was designed for the choppy, shallow waters of Buzzards Bay. It had a hollow bow, higher freeboard, and shorter overhangs than many of its predecessors. The hollow bow helps keep the boat dry, and the shorter overhangs provide improved durability.

The BB25 is quite fast, and they have always done well in sailing regattas. The boat is a “compromise sloop”, meaning it has both a ballast keel and centerboard, to accommodate shoal water. It is one of the largest open cockpit boats built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. and has an enormous gaff rig with nearly 550 square feet of sail.

Construction

CONSTRUCTION;

Cold-molded, wood-epoxy construction using WEST Systems epoxies for adhesion and coatings

Hull laminate schedule as follows (interior to exterior)

1)      Longitudinal ¾” White cedar strip planking

2)      1/8” Meranti veneer at 45 degrees

3)      1/8” Meranti veneer at 135 degrees

Decks and cabin top are marine plywood over-laid with Dynel cloth set in epoxy

House sides, aft house bulkhead, cabin doors, companionway hatch slide, toe rails, cockpit coamings & deck trim are of varnished mahogany

Disclamer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.