SWEETGRASS | Hylan & Brown – Boatbuilders – Brooklin, Maine – Building and Restoring Classic Wooden Boats

SWEETGRASS under sail in her home waters.
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A 27′ N.G. Herreshoff Sadie

Designed in 1914, Sadie is a tweaked verion of Herreshoff’s Alerion centerboard daysailer. Seven inches longer on the same 21’9″ waterline, she is also slightly beamier and deeper.

Traditional buff-colored decks accent her varnished teak coamings and cypress bulkhead. Note the traditional Herreshoff molded sheerstrakes.
SWEETGRASS is shown here just after launch.
Cockpit details. A bronze Herreshoff-style anchor rests in chocks under the aft deck.
The interior provides sitting headroom over a couple of bunk flats, storage space, and a few other simple amenities as befits a “gentleman’s daysailer”.