Buzzards Bay 14
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
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|designer = L. Francis Herreshoff
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|location = United States
|year = 1940
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Wood
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|keel type = long keel
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The Buzzards Bay 14 is an American sailboat that was designed by L. Francis Herreshoff and first built in 1940.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/buzzards-bay-14 |title = Buzzards Bay 14 sailboat |access-date = 1 December 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201201141545/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/buzzards-bay-14|archive-date= 1 December 2020 |url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/herreshoff-l-francis|title = L. Francis Herreshoff|access-date = 5 October 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201006000811/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/herreshoff-l-francis|archive-date= 6 October 2020 |url-status= live}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 88-89. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}
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.
Production
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.{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/concordia-company-usa|title = Concordia Company|access-date = 5 October 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20200705162933/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/concordia-company-usa|archivedate = 5 July 2020|url-status= live}}
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.{{cite web|url= https://www.buzzardsbayboatshop.com/bb14boat.html|title= The Boat: Buzzards Bay 14|access-date= 5 October 2020|author= Buzzards Bay Boat Shop |work= buzzardsbayboatshop.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201006005414/https://www.buzzardsbayboatshop.com/bb14boat.html|archive-date= 6 October 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.artisanboatworks.com/classic-designs/sailboats/buzzards-bay-14|title= Buzzards Bay 14 by L. F. Herreshoff|access-date= 5 October 2020|author= Artisan Boatworks |work= artisanboatworks.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201006005451/https://www.artisanboatworks.com/classic-designs/sailboats/buzzards-bay-14|archive-date= 6 October 2020|url-status= live}}
Design
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 {{convert|1700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|800|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of encapsulated lead ballast, while the fiberglass version displaces {{convert|2000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|2.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.
For sailing the design has a boom-mounted jib and may be equipped with a spinnaker of {{convert|140|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
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."
See also
Related development
Similar sailboats
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.buzzardsbayboatshop.com/}}
Category:1940s sailboat type designs
Category:Sailboat type designs by L. Francis Herreshoff
Category:Sailboat types built by Concordia Company