The Herreshoff Registry
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Detail - Hull 909
| Status: | DESTROYED | |
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| Original Name: | Mab | Current Name: | Sprite |
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| Hull No: | L09 | Home Port: | |
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| Contracted By: | George Gibson McMurtrey | Current Owner(s): | |
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| Contract Date: | 12/6/1924 | Owner Since: | |
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| Class: | S Class | Sail Number: | |
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| Sub-Class: | | Fleet: | |
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| Original Rig: | J&M | Yacht Club: | |
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| Current Rig: | |
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| Original Price: | $3,500 | Restored By: | |
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| LOA: | 27 ft. 6 in. | Maintained By: | |
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| LWL: | 20 ft. 6 in. | Notes: | |
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| Beam: | 7 ft. 2 in. |
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| Draft: | 4 ft. 9 in. |
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| Designer: | NGH |
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Other Resources: | HCR | | Gallery / Galleries: | |
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| Provenance: |
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| Owner | Years | Location | Boat Name | Sail No. | | George Gibson McMurtrey | 1925 - 1930 | Bar Harbor, ME | Mab | 2 |
| Frank Howard | 1931 | Bar Harbor, ME | Mab | 2 |
| Edgar / Frank Howard | 1934 - 1936 | Bar Harbor, ME | | 2 |
| Frank / Willing Howard | 1937 - 1940 | Bar Harbor, ME | Little Audrey | 2 |
| Carlyle Cochran | 1941 | Bar Harbor, ME | Little Audrey | |
| Lewis Tyler | 1947 - 1952 | Narragansett Bay | Tyche II | 21 |
| J. Peter Geddes | 1953 - 1954 | Narragansett Bay | Larus | 21 |
| J. Elton Furlong | 1954 - 1956 | Cranston, RI | Sprite | 21 |
| William D. Harris | 1957 - 1966 | Barrington, RI | Sprite | 21 |
| Harold R. Brewster | 1967 - 1975 | Barrington, RI | Sprite | 21 |
| Paul Connolly | 1976 - 1978 | Bristol, RI | Sprite | 21 |
| Albert Daly | 1979 - 1980 | Newport, RI | Sprite | 21 |
| Bob Murgo | 1981 - 1988 | Newport, RI | | |
| | 1989 | Jamestown, RI | | |
Note: The Herreshoff Registry was offline in Spring 2022. The above text is from a backup made in January 2021. Copyright is with the Herreshoff Registry.