Detail - Hull 402
| Status: | FOUND | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Name: | Clara | Current Name: | Clara |
| Hull No: | 402 | Home Port: | Bristol, RI |
| Contracted By: | N.G. Herreshoff | Current Owner(s): | Herreshoff Marine Museum |
| Contract Date: | 1887 | Owner Since: | 1990 |
| Class: | cat yawl | Sail Number: | |
| Sub-Class: | |||
| Original Rig: | cat yawl | ||
| Current Rig: | |||
| Original Price: | Restored By: | Taylor & Snediker (2006) | |
| LOA: | 35 ft. 0 in. | Maintained By: | |
| LWL: | 29 ft. 3 in. | Notes: | |
| Beam: | 9 ft. 10 in. | ||
| Draft: | 5 ft. 5 in. | ||
| Designer: | NGH | Other Resources: | HCR |
| Gallery / Galleries: | |||
| Provenance: |
| Owner | Years | Location | Boat Name | Sail No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N.G. Herreshoff | 1887 - | Clara | ||
| W.H. Browning | 1904 | New York | Clara | |
| D. Binkhorst | 1906 - > 1908 | New York | Clara | |
| James R. Merrill | 1914 - 1919 | New Rochelle, NY | Clara | |
| B.A. Barstow | 1933 - 1938 | City Island, NY | Clara | |
| Tom Brightman | 1924 - 1930 | Naraganssett Bay | Clara | |
| Eddie Fink | 1947 - 1959 | San Pedro, CA | Clara | |
| Eugene Koblick | 1959 - 1962 | Long Beach, CA | Clara | |
| Jerry Burns | 1962 - ???? | San Diego, CA | Clara | |
| Ken Olsen | ???? - 1973 | Clara | ||
| Kerry Geraghty | 1973 - 1990 | San Diego, CA |
One of CLARA's past owners had occasion to correspond with L Francis and apparently got on quite good terms. Seems that this past owner's children were conceived aboard CLARA. In the same bunk as LFH was. Forward - starboard side. He also reported with some authority that she had bronze floors and deck beams and was double-planked.
