Detail - Hull 1489
| Status: | FOUND | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Name: | Current Name: | Aurea | |
| Hull No: | 1489 | Home Port: | New London, CT |
| Contracted By: | Francis Williams | Current Owner(s): | Dick Humphreville |
| Contract Date: | 5/26/1939 | Owner Since: | 1983 |
| Class: | 12-1/2 Footer | Sail Number: | |
| Sub-Class: | |||
| Original Rig: | |||
| Current Rig: | Marconi | ||
| Original Price: | Restored By: | Self (1989) | |
| LOA: | 15 ft. 10 in. | Maintained By: | |
| LWL: | 12 ft. 6 in. | Notes: | |
| Beam: | 5 ft. 10 in. | ||
| Draft: | 2 ft. 5 in. | ||
| Designer: | NGH | Other Resources: | HCR |
| Gallery / Galleries: | |||
| Provenance: |
| Owner | Years | Location | Boat Name | Sail No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Williams | ||||
| F. Wilson | 1940 - 1974 | |||
| Mystic Seaport | 1974 - 1978 | |||
| John Merrill | 1978 - 1983 | Riverside, CT | Happy II |
Dick Humphreville is a cabinet-maker restored this boat himself. He bought on 5/15/1983 for $2500. It got smashed on the beach during a storm on 10/30/1988. He replanked it in mahogany.