MP&G keeps a list of restorations it has completed. Of the 47 projects that were tracked since the late 1970s, the ones here involved boats that are at least 100 years old.
Mink, 32-foot 1914 Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 25
Complete restoration 2013-2014
Maribee, 25-foot 1914 Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15
Complete restoration 2013
Amorita (former Adelaide II), 43-foot 1905 Herreshoff New York 30
Complete rebuild, new mast 2009-2011
(after collision and sinking)
External refinish, inside joiner work, repower,
systems 2003-2004
Structural upgrade 1994
Annual maintenance since 1995
Spartan, 72-foot 1913 Herreshoff New York 50
Completion of total restoration 2006-2011
Structural rebuild 1981-1989
Mischief, 36-foot 1914 Herreshoff Newport 29
Complete hull rebuild, new engine,
electrical system 2001-2003
Vitessa (former Anita, Vitessa), 32-foot 1914
Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 25
Complete restoration, rig change 2001
Snipe, 25-foot 1905 Herreshoff Newport 15
Complete restoration 1997-2000
Dolphin, 36-foot 1914 Herreshoff Newport 29
Complete hull rebuild 2000
Bagatelle, 32-foot 1914 Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 25
Completion of restoration begun by Walter Ansel,
rig change 1999
Sanderling, 24-foot 1911 Mower/Dauntless Fishers Island One Design
Complete restoration 1995
Sadie, 27-foot 1914 Herreshoff sloop
Completion of restoration begun by The Mariners’ Museum 1995
Aria (former Whitecap), 32-foot 1914 Herreshoff
Buzzards Bay 25
Museum display restoration 1992
Neith, 53-foot 1907 Herreshoff cutter
Principal participants in major restoration 1980-84
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February 2015 issue
