Detail - Hull 665
| Status: | FOUND | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Name: | Neith | Current Name: | Neith |
| Hull No: | 665 | Home Port: | Mystic, CT |
| Contracted By: | Hart Dunham | Current Owner(s): | Van Brown |
| Contract Date: | 10/25/1906 | Owner Since: | |
| Class: | Sail Number: | 123 | |
| Sub-Class: | |||
| Original Rig: | J&M | ||
| Current Rig: | sloop | ||
| Original Price: | $9,000 | Restored By: | |
| LOA: | 53 ft. 0 in. | Maintained By: | |
| LWL: | 38 ft. 9 in. | Notes: | |
| Beam: | 10 ft. 6 in. | ||
| Draft: | 7 ft. 6 in. | ||
| Designer: | NGH | Other Resources: | HCR |
| Gallery / Galleries: | |||
| Provenance: |
| Owner | Years | Location | Boat Name | Sail No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hart Dunham | Neith | |||
| 1925 - 1970 | Scotland | |||
| Doug Hersant | 1979 - ???? | Neith | ||
| Jack Brown | Neith |
Neith has been restored several times: 1980 - 1982, 1983 - 1985 by MPG, and again in 1993.
In March 1970, Richard Jacobson, Dave Chicovsky, and Tom
Chicovsky jointly purchased Neith. The moss covered hull, with it's
mast lying in a field, was found moored outside of Mylor Harbor, near
the Lizard Rocks,in the Westernmost part of Cornwall England. We were
told the yacht had been lying there for 10 years since it's owner,
"the banker Coots" had abandoned it and fled the country for South
Africa, "just ahead of the bank examiners." (source - THR form 2018.02.16)
