Detail - Hull 844
| Status: | FOUND | Recent Update: | 2019.02.10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Name: | Vant | Current Name: | Allegro |
| Hull No: | 844 | Home Port: | Larchmont, NY |
| Contracted By: | Harry P. Benson | Current Owner(s): | Howard T. Howard & William Simmons |
| Contract Date: | 1/23/1920 | Owner Since: | 2003 |
| Class: | S Class | Sail Number: | 20 |
| Sub-Class: | Fleet: | West Long Island Sound | |
| Original Rig: | Marconi | Yacht Club: | HHYC |
| Current Rig: | |||
| Original Price: | $2,450 | Restored By: | Frank McCaffrey, Newport, RI (2003) |
| LOA: | 27 ft. 6 in. | Maintained By: | Bill Simmons |
| LWL: | 20 ft. 6 in. | Notes: | 1965: Refastened, inboard engine removed, new cockpit, interior benches and floor 2003: All new ribs, keel plank, stem, transom, shear, combings, deck, new Titus wood mast with rigging by Hathaway, Reiser & Raymond. 2015: Replacement main bulkhead, 8 ribs repaired, new teak cockpit benches & floor by Urban Boatworks. (source: online form) |
| Beam: | 7 ft. 2 in. | ||
| Draft: | 4 ft. 9 in. | ||
| Designer: | NGH | Other Resources: | HCR |
| Gallery / Galleries: | |||
| Provenance: | as PDF with sources - 844.pdf by Ken Upham |
| Owner | Years | Location | Boat Name | Sail No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry P. Benson | 1920 - 1924 | Marblehead, MA | Vant / Reaper II | 3 |
| John W. Steadman | 1924 - 1927 | New Bedford, MA | Fleetwing | 3 |
| Eliot & William Chapple | 1928 - 1961 | Marblehead, MA | Dolphin | 20 |
| Larry Devlin | ???? - 1965 | Milford, CT | Dolphin | |
| Howard T. Howard | 1965 - 2003 | Larchmont, NY | Allegro |
This boat was discussed by Waldo Howland in his book A Life In Boats, The Years Before The War.
Partnership formed between Howard and Simmons in 2003.
c. June 2016