GLORIANA

When Nathanael Herreshoff designed the original GLORIANA for J.P. Morgan as an ocean racer, he adopted lines from Tancook Whaler fishing schooners designed to win the race back to harbor in the nasty waters off Newfoundland.

When Sidney Dewolf Herreshoff was commissioned to build a schooner in 1942, he adapted his father's hull lines for a second GLORIANA built to the 12 meter rule, making her a double ender with a shorter, six foot bowsprit. Her document lists her as 39.1 ft, but the boatyard measures her from clipper bow to stern at 42'.

Those design roots give this GLORIANA her speed and drive through the water, and the foundation for great sailing experiences. When beam reaching in the slot on San Francisco Bay, something about her hull shape lets her accelerate through the water at greater than hull speed. During the Master Mariner's race in 1988, she was clocked at 14.1 knots by Danny Wilson across the finish line in a low gale.

 A few words from her loving long term owner:

"Feeling the wind's power in all four sails, sensing the water flow over hull and rudder through the wooden wheel spoke, slicing the schooner through waves and wakes, brings joy. Knowing you're ready to coax movement from light zephyrs or handle gales by furling the jib or the staysail from the cockpit and taking in a reef or two brings confidence. Sailing this schooner is empowering as well as just plain fun!"