Yacht Name 3803

ACCOMMODATIONS AND LAYOUT:  
According to the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company Builder’s Plaque which is affixed to her bulkhead, Wasp’s official number is 1502.

When the current owner's purchased her around 1996, she was at the Herreshoff Museum in Bristol , Rhode Island where she was built.  She was acquired from a staff member of the Museum.

  At the time of the purchase it was discovered that her original name was Wasp, and that is the name under which she has been sailed.

  According to the historic records of the Herreshoff Museum , 1502 was contracted on 4/18/1939 for Arthur C. Dorrance at a cost of $775.  The HMCo is believed to have built 364, 12 ½’s. From the construction records it appears that 12 were built after #1502, so she must have been the 352nd built.

She is listed in the construction records at the museum as an "improved model" which means that she has wider side decks, copper flotation tanks, a raised lazarette, and an over the transom tiller. We have no records of other owners. 

She is now 64 years old.  Her recent improvements include extensive rebuilding work done by the recognized wooden boat builder, Rick Prose, of Finest Kind Wooden Boats in Boothbay Harbor , Maine .  Her transom, garboards and shear strakes have been replaced, as have 22 ribs and 8 floors. She has been completely refastened and is now fitted out with new spars, a new set of sails, a custom trailer, and a new over the boom cockpit cover.

  She is now ready to be finished.  Experts suggest it will take two to three days for her seams to swell after which she will be caulked and finished to her seamless condition.

Photos were taken near the end of her restoration in Maine.  

PRICE: $27,500

Details are thought to be reliable but are not guaranteed.  Offer subject to change, prior sale and tax when applicable.  Measurements are in US units.