Hi Adam, to answer your question...
I honestly was expecting a much better reply from Herreshoff Designs. Here is their (maybe your) reply
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154372019295146&l=dc962f5f9d I come from the one design world where you can find deck and spar plans that not only give you dimensions, but block sizes etc. what I was provided with was a pretty rendering(useless) and a sailplan
The sailplan included a jib top (No one has ever seen a jib top used on the boat and An exhaustive internet search also reveals zero images of the sail in use.) Also in conversations with Steve Thurston of Thurston sails (the original sailmaker for the boat) I was informed that their dimensions were a little different.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154372019290146&l=8ea1f44684I am pretty knowledgeable in and around boats and when I purchased my project I honestly thought that a Herreshoff boat would have excellent documentation available instead I ran into a lot of contradicting information and a lot of dead ends.
I also spoke with Marshall marine and with others concerning my issues. Everyone was confident that they could "make something that would work out" but no one knew exactly what was supposed to original.
In the end I decided to take a different approach to my project. I approached it like a collector car and sourced another project boat that had a complete set of spars and pretty much everything else that I needed. Now I will make one complete boat out of 2 dead ones.
I have also purchased a domain (
www.HerreshoffEagleGroup.com) and will be documenting my restoration as well as trying to come up with some specifications for people that may be in my shoes in the future.
There is no reason that a boat this pretty should have such poor documentation.
