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Detail - Hull 834

 
Status:FOUNDRecent Update:2019.01.27
 
Original Name:WidgeonCurrent Name:Widgeon
Hull No:834Home Port:Bristol, RI
Contracted By:Robert Answorth LeesonCurrent Owner(s):Herreshoff Marine Museum
Contract Date:12/15/1919Owner Since:2000
Class:S ClassSail Number:6
Sub-Class:watertight cockpitFleet:Narragansett Bay
Original Rig:MarconiYacht Club:
Current Rig:
Original Price:$2,450Restored By:MPG (1976)
LOA:27 ft. 6 in.Maintained By:
LWL:20 ft. 6 in.Notes:
Beam:7 ft. 2 in.
Draft:4 ft. 9 in.
Designer:NGH
Other Resources:HCR
Gallery / Galleries:
Online Video:1919 Herreshoff S-Boat Reconstruction
 
Provenance:

OwnerYearsLocationBoat NameSail No.
Robert Answorth Leeson1920 - 1928Marblehead, MAWidgeon9
Mrs. Paul E. Gardner1930 - 1934Marblehead, MAWidgeon9
Matthew J. 1936 - 1941Marblehead, MAWidgeon 
Clarence Roxby1948 - 1959Huntington, NYWidgeon19
Robert S. Hackett1960 - 1969Tiverton, RIWidgeon19
Bill Dawson1970 - 1971Narragansett Bay, RIBulldog19
Michael Cuddy / Leonard Upham 1972 - 1973Narragansett Bay, RIBulldog19
Ed McClave1974 - 1982Mystic, CTWidgeon 
Mark Sylvester1982 - 1985 Widgeon 
William Lanagan1985 - 1993Stonington, CTWidgeon6
Tom Sturtevant1993 - ????Brooklin, MEWidgeon 
Henry W. Breyer???? - 2000 Widgeon 


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