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A successful one-design racing class needs a boat that’s well-suited to the local waters, easily built and not overly expensive. Most of all, the boat needs to be fun to sail, exciting to race, and competitive in a range of conditions, from light air to heavy weather. The fact that the Wianno Senior is all of these things — and graceful as a swan — is one reason the 104-year-old gaff-rigged sloop is among the longest-lived one design sailboats in the annals of American yachting. She has an overall length of 25 feet and is just under 18 feet on the waterline. The long keel hides a centerboard, giving the boat a draft that ranges from less than 3 feet to almost 6. This and 1,200 pounds of ballast help offset her 366 square feet of sail. The cockpit has room for a crew of four, there’s a cabin below for sail stowage, and the 4,100-pound-displacement hull was designed to handle a variety of conditions. It’s just what members of Wianno Yacht Club wanted in 1913 when they commissioned catboat builder Horace Manley Crosby to design a “fine gentleman’s platform” for racing on the shoal-ridden south shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The Crosby Yacht Yard was a good choice. Founded in 1798 by Daniel and Jesse Crosby Jr., who began building boats in Osterville, Massachusetts, the company gained fame in 1850 when brothers Horace and C. Worthington Crosby launched LITTLE EVA, the first of the Crosby catboats. In the century-plus since, more than 180 Wianno Seniors were built, and it’s believed that more than 140 still survive. The Wianno Senior remains an active racing class with several fleets located on the south shore of Cape Cod. Some boats found their way to other sailing grounds as is the case with SALTWORKS that can be frequently sighted sailing on the Eggemoggin Reach in Maine.

Hull and Deck Construction
Mahogany planking over steam-bent oak frames
White oak stem, backbone, deadwood and transom knee
Floor timbers are of white oak
Decks are Cedar planking over white oak deck beams with a painted canvas overlay
House sides and cockpit coamings are varnished oak
House top is cedar planking over white oak beams with a painted canvas overlay
Varnished oak toe rails, companionway sliding hatch and cockpit trim
Bronze half-oval runs the entire length of both sheer strakes, protecting them from chafe
Cast bronze hardware includes stem iron, bow chocks, mooring bitt, jib sheet tracks and cars, jib fairleads and cam cleats, spinnaker turning blocks and main sheet block.
Cabin top, decks, cockpit seats, and cockpit sole are painted pale buff color
Companionway slides, cabin bulkhead, and cockpit sides are painted pale green; topsides and transom are painted white, set off with black boot stripe.
Bottom, rudder and centerboard are painted with red anti-fouling paint.

Spars and Rigging
Varnished Sitka Spruce mast, boom, gaff, and spinnaker pole
Stranded stainless steel wire standing rigging with spliced eyes at upper and lower ends of head stay and shrouds.
Upper shroud and head stay ends rest on rigging shoulders while their lower ends have bronze turnbuckles connecting the rigging to the chain plates and stem iron.
Running rigging (halyards, sheets, running backstay tails) are of Dacron 3-strand line; halyard and main sheet blocks have traditional varnished wood shells and bronze sheaves.
Harken running backstay blocks with lower block being of the ratcheting type with integral cam cleat.
Bronze South Coast halyard winches, ( two each on cabin top) single speed, top action type

Sails and Canvas
Sails by Robin Lincoln
Mainsail
Jib
Spinnaker
Mainsail cover

Additional Equipment
Weems and Plath ship’s clock
Weems and Plath barometer
Bronze cabin ventilators
Interior cushions
Anchor, with chain and rope rode

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