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Detail - Hull 737

 
Status:DESTROYED
 
Original Name:CometCurrent Name:Comet
Hull No:737Home Port:
Contracted By:Cornelius VanderbiltCurrent Owner(s):
Contract Date:4/20/1914Owner Since:
Class:Newport 29Sail Number:
Sub-Class:
Original Rig:J&M
Current Rig:
Original Price:$4,200Restored By:
LOA:35 ft. 7 in.Maintained By:
LWL:29 ft. 0 in.Notes:
Beam:10 ft. 6 in.
Draft:5 ft. 0 in.
Designer:NGH
Other Resources:HCR
Gallery / Galleries:
 
Provenance:

OwnerYearsLocationBoat NameSail No.
Cornelius Vanderbilt1914 - 1922New YorkComet 
Isaac Merriman1923 - 1932Providence, RIComet 
Edmund Zacher1933 - 1938Waterford, CTComet 

Lost in the Hurricane of 1938





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