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Detail - Hull 412

Status:FOUND
 
Original Name:DilemmaCurrent Name:Dilemma
Hull No:412Home Port:Newport News, VA
Contracted By:N.G. HerreshoffCurrent Owner(s):The Mariner's Museum
Contract Date:2/27/1891Owner Since:1937
Class:Sail Number:
Sub-Class:
Original Rig:J&M
Current Rig:
Original Price: Restored By:
LOA:38 ft. 0 in.Maintained By:
LWL:25 ft. 0 in.Notes:
Beam:7 ft. 4 in.
Draft:5 ft. 9 in.
Designer:NGH
Other Resources:HCR
Gallery / Galleries:
 
Provenance:

OwnerYearsLocationBoat NameSail No.
N.G. Herreshoff  Dilemma 
Gouverneur Kortwright1892 - 1894 Dilemma 
Edmund & Latham Fish1894 - 1927Greenport, NYDilemma 
Mortimer Buckner1927 - 1937Fishers Island, NYDilemma 

Dilemma was launched on Oct. 8, 1891. She was severely damaged on Long Island in 1894 during a fall storm.



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