Particulars
- See This Boat's Main Listing on the Web
- Length:
- 16 ft
- Type:
- Sail
- Hull Material:
- Wood
- Designer:
- Joel White/N.G. Herreshoff
- Builder:
- The Landing School
- Year Built:
- 2007
- Power:
- Torqeedo Electric Outboard
- Asking Price:
- $24,500
- Name:
- CAITLIN B.
- Location:
- Rockport, ME, US
- Contact Name:
- Alec Brainerd - Artisan Boatworks
- Contact Phone:
- (207) 236-4231
Off Center Harbor's Remarks
The Haven 12 1/2 is Joel White’s centerboard version of the original iconic Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 12 1/2. Built by the Landing School in 2007, this one looks to be a nice boat in very good shape. We could go on about how this might be the best family daysailer ever built and about how, if you buy it for your family, there is a good chance it will become a multi-generational boat. But if you are even looking at this listing, you probably know this stuff already.
Description from Boat's Main Listing
Joel White designed the Haven Class boats as a centerboard version of the Nathanael Herreshoff-designed Buzzards Bay 12 ½ sloop, one of which (SHADOW) he had owned for nearly a half century.
Because Joel so respected the original 12 ½ design he set out to make the Haven Class boats perform exactly like their predecessors. With a smidge more beam and slightly filed-out bilges the stability numbers for the Havens are almost identical to the Herreshoffs, and with the whetted surface and sail areas also equal, it’s no surprise that along with keeping the classic Herreshoff aesthetic the same sailing qualities came along for the ride.
The chief advantage of the Haven Class sloops is, of course, their shallow draft which allows the boats to float in just a foot and a half of water. This opens quite a bit more acreage for skinny water sailing and allows for easy launching and hauling from a trailer. Trailerability vastly increases sailing opportunities as it’s easy to move the boat from one sailing venue to the next. A new adventure either dictated by the seasons or by the whim of the skipper.
Built by the Landing School in 2007, CAITLIN B is a fine example of a Haven Class Sloop that has seen little use but lots of tender loving care and is in near-new condition.
Includes custom galvanized Triad trailer, a Torqeedo electric outboard with removable side-mount bracket, and full cockpit and sail covers that were new in 2018. All seasonal paint and varnish was done by Artisan Boatworks in 2019.
CAITLIN B is in excellent condition and ready to launch.
Principle Dimensions and Information
Designer: Joel White/N.G. Herreshoff
Builder: The Landing School
Year Built: 2007
LOA: 16′
LWL: 12′ 6″
Beam: 6′ 1″
Draft: 1′ 6″ / 3′ 4″
Displacement: 1,400 lbs.
Sail Area: 140 sq. ft.
Rig Type: Gaff-rigged Sloop
Construction
Cedar planking on White Oak frames, floors and other structural members.
Bulkheads are of painted marine plywood with openings to areas under foredeck and aft deck.
Dynel / epoxy covered marine plywood decks
Varnished Mahogany molded sheer strake, transom, cockpit coamings, cockpit seats & trim
Lead ballast keel.
Ballasted centerboard
Transom hung rudder
Teak cockpit floorboards
Bronze deck hardware
Bright Red topsides with White boot stripe and Blue bottom
Light Tan decks with White interior hull and bulkheads
Spars and Rigging
Gaff-rigged sloop configuration
Varnished Sitka spruce mast boom and gaff
Varnished Mahogany boom crutch
Stainless steel wire standing rigging with bronze turnbuckle adjusters
Dacron 3-strand rope halyards and sheets
Sails and Canvas
Main Sail
Jib
Additional Equipment
Paddle
Triad single-axle trailer designed for use with Haven Class Sloops