Islander class?

[Adam]

In the early 50's there was an article in Yachting showing a new design by Sydney Herreshoff - the Islander class. Looks like a scaled down S-Class (and the article states as such). The article also stated that Quisset YC was expected to order a fleet for the coming year (1953) - they were wood built in the UK and shipped over. Anyone know if they actually existed?

[Adam Langerman]

I don't know about a Quisset connection, but I do know of a few Islanders scattered about the US.

[Adam Langerman]

Here is one recently restored, LUCY:  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=467220783902&set=a.467218568902.258727.64789408902&type=3&theater



The original drawings are in the Herreshoff Designs archive. 

-A

[Adam]

Thanks Adam - No model?

[Adam Langerman]

The Islander model by Sidney is in the Model Room Workshop.

[Adam]

Thanks again Adam - She's a pretty design. I thought of your H-20 in comparison:

Boat   Hull Speed SA/D   D/L Ratio   Motion   Capsize
   (Knots)     Ratio      Comfort   Screening
12-1/2    4.7   17.1   342.9   16.6   2
Fish   5.4   18.9   359.7   21.4   1.9
Islander   5.4   15.2   296.5   27.1   1.5
H-20   5.5   16.5   268.1   23.1   1.7

[Adam Langerman]

Agreed - sweet design.  Would love to sail one.   A

[Malcolm]

Looks very like my boat, sailing on Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland.

[Adam]

Malcolm - Welcome - Would love to see pictures!

[Ian Sinclair]

Hello all
I have an Islander, Cynthia sail number 10. She's as lovely as could be wished in every way.

From Ian
Emsworth UK

[Spindrift]

Hi, I recently purchased the Islander from Malcolm (mentioned a couple of posts ago ) in Northern Ireland and will be kept in Strangford Lough. I will try and upload a photo of her. She is a 1954 model with sail number 3. Any information on the history of this model would be welcomed.

Clive

[Adam]

Welcome Ian and Spindrift - would love to see pictures!
Don't have much on the Islander class other then whats stated here. I think with a little research you might be able to determine how many of these were built and by whom. I assume all were built in the UK - with some imported to the US. Doesn't appear the class took hold here in the US though. Maybe there were a number built on speculation and they remained mostly in the UK.

[Spindrift]

Here is a photo of Spindrift. She is out of the water over this winter to get some ribs repaired, and the hull will be stripped back to check the caulking.

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[Spindrift]

Oops - how do you post pictures to this register?

[Adam]

Hi Spindrift - This forum does not host your images. You need to have a place like Flickr, Snapfish, Photobucket, etc., or your own site.

To insert an image, click the first icon in the row just above the smiley faces when you are composing a message. Then just type the URL of your image between the two tags.

Or send to me and I will put on my own site and publish here....