HERRESHOFF 12 1/2 – SEAL

Comments: Joel White, in Wood, Water, and Light, says: “The Herreshoff 121⁄2 is probably the best small boat ever drawn. Only sixteen feet long and twelve and one-half feet on the waterline, it has a large comfortable cockpit that can seat four in regal style for an afternoon sail. The boats are seaworthy, good looking, well built, and long lasting. They seem much bigger than they really are—and very, very safe. One can hardly ask for more than that in a small boat.”

Length: 15’ 11”
Beam: 5’ 10”
Draft: 2’ 6”
Rig: Marconi Sloop
Designer: N.G. Herreshoff
Builders: SEAL—Herreshoff Mfg. Co.
Connstruction: Carvel planked, cedar over oak
Usual location: Mooring—all equipment on board