The Yachting Year 2018

THE YACHTING YEAR 2018 | 39

Top row, l-r: manila

mainsheet; same

name since launch;

hull 733 was the

first Buzzards Bay

25 to be built.

Second row, l-r:

Herresho -branded

sails by James

Lawrence

Sailmakers in

Essex, UK; period-

correct lead weight

and line; replicated

cedar bucket, as

described by

L Francis Herresho 

for his H-28 design

in Sensible Cruising

Designs.

Third row, l-r: 1915

life preserver; ga 

jaws and hoops,

with sisal bolt ropes

on mainsail.

Bottom row, l-r: as

she was down

below; an original

HMCo forged

folding stock

anchor.

MINK: BUZZARDS BAY 25

LOA 32ft (9.7m)

LWL 25ft (7.6m)

BEAM 8ft 9in (2.6m)

DRAUGHT CB UP

3ft (0.9m)

DRAUGHT CB DOWN

6ft 8in (2m)

DISPLACEMENT

8,660lb (3,928kg)

SAIL AREA

539sq ft (50m^2 )

DESIGNER

Nathanael Herresho†

TYY4 Mink.indd 39 04/12/2017 15:08