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Detail - Hull 956

 
Status:FOUNDRecent Update:2019.01.03
 
Original Name:FireflyCurrent Name:Firefly
Hull No:L56Home Port:Newport, RI
Contracted By:John S. RogersCurrent Owner(s):Alan & Cory Silken
Contract Date:8/24/1925Owner Since:2005
Class:S ClassSail Number:7
Sub-Class:Fleet:Narragansett Bay
Original Rig:J&MYacht Club:NYYC
Current Rig:
Original Price:$3,500Restored By:
LOA:27 ft. 6 in.Maintained By:
LWL:20 ft. 6 in.Notes:
Beam:7 ft. 2 in.
Draft:4 ft. 9 in.
Designer:NGH
Other Resources:HCR
Gallery / Galleries:
 
Provenance: as PDF with sources - 956.pdf
    by Ken Upham

OwnerYearsLocationBoat NameSail No.
John S. Rogers1925 - 1929Bar Harbor, MEFirefly7
Jamie Boyd1935 - 1962Sorrento, MEFirefly7
Peter Hunt1963 - 1982Sorrento, MEFirefly7
John Barker1982 -Narragansett BayFirefly7




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