Detail - Hull 965
| Status: | FOUND | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Name: | Avocet | Current Name: | Coquina |
| Hull No: | L65 | Home Port: | Bristol, RI |
| Contracted By: | D.B. Cummins Catherwood | Current Owner(s): | Herreshoff Marine Museum |
| Contract Date: | 10/6/1925 | Owner Since: | 1978 |
| Class: | S Class | Sail Number: | 11 |
| Sub-Class: | Fleet: | ||
| Original Rig: | J&M | Yacht Club: | |
| Current Rig: | |||
| Original Price: | $3,500 | Restored By: | |
| 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: | |||
| Provenance: |
| Owner | Years | Location | Boat Name | Sail No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.B. Cummins Catherwood | 1926 - 1927 | Bar Harbor, ME | Avocet | |
| Eleanor McCormick | 1929 - 1933 | Bar Harbor, ME | Squidoo II | 6 |
| Henry Ellison | 1934 | Bar Harbor, ME | Squidoo II | |
| Sorrento, ME | Puffin | |||
| Albert Goodhue, Jr. | 1950 - 1954 | Marblehead, MA | Puffin | 9 |
| Father Richards | ???? - 1959 | Salem, MA | ||
| Halsey Herreshoff | 1960 - 1969 | Marblehead, MA | Coquina | |
| Briggs S. Cunningham | 1970 - 1978 | San Diego, CA | Coquina |
She was damaged during Hurricane Donna in 1960 while owned by Halsey Herreshoff in Marblehead. She was then restored in Bristol. Briggs Cunningham donated her to the Museum.
Photo courtesy of Adam Langerman