BUZZARDS BAY 14
Fractional Sloop • Long keel w/trans. hung rudder • Built 1940
Dimensions
- LOA
- 17.25 ft
- LWL
- 14 ft
- Beam
- 5.83 ft
- Max Draft
- 2.5 ft
- Displacement
- 1,700 lbs
- Ballast
- 800 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.95 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 18.0
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 277
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 47.1%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 160 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Long keel w/trans. hung rudder
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1940
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes: Design #86. The Buzzards Bay 14 is a scaled up version of the Herreshoff 12 1/2 designed by Nathanael Herreshoff's son, L. Francis Herreshoff. Thanks to Adam Albino for supplying additional information on this as well as other Herreshoff designs.
Designer
- L. Francis Herreshoff (1890–1972)