Reading Room

New Articles:

History of the Nevins Yard

History of the Ratsey & Lapthorn Sail Loft

Linked Articles

Bray, Maynard, editor. “The New York 32s: Celebrating 50 Years as One of the Premier One-Design Classes of Cruising Boats.” WoodenBoat, 1986, pp. 42–51.

Matt Schoman and his restoration of Vitesse:
Kucich, Hayley. “Full Circle: Alum’s Passion to Restore an Old Sailboat Leads Him on a Circuitous Journey.” The Meeting House, Fall/Winter 2015-2016, pp. 44–77.

One More Time: Apache and Sapphire in the 1986 Bayview Mackinac Race

Other reading

Stephens, Olin J. II.  All This and Sailing Too,  An Autobiography.  Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT.  280 pp.  1999.

Kinney, Francis S.   You Are First – The story of Olin and Rod Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens.   Dodd, Mead & Company, NY. 1978.

Kinney, Francis S and Bourne Russell.  The Best of the Best – The Yacht Designs of Sparkman & Stephens.   W.W. Norton & Company, NY.  1996.

Stephens II, Olin J.   LINES – a Half-Century of Yacht Designs by Sparkman & Stephens: 1930-1980.  David R. Dodine Publisher, Boston, 2002.

Stephens, Rodrick A.  “One Hundred Construction Faults” : In Racing with Cornelius Shields and the Masters.  By Cornelius Shields. Prentice-Hall, Inc., NJ. Revised edition. 1974.

Rousmaniere, John, editor.  Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts.

Rousmaniere, John.  Berth to Bermuda:  100 Years of the World’s Classic Ocean Race.  Mystic Seaport and the Cruising Club of America, 208pp.   2006.

Cruising Club of America, NY.  1987.   — includes three chapters by Rod Stephens and Mitchell C Gibbons-Neff, namely “The Sail Plan, Spars and Standing Rigging”, “Running Rigging” and “Sails for Cruising.”

Parkinson, John Jr.   Nowhere Is Too Far -The Annals of the Cruising Club of America, CCA, New York. 316 pp. 1960.

Parkinson, John Jr.   The History of The New York Yacht Club from its founding through 1973.  NYYC publisher.  622 pp in two volumes. 1975.

Henderson, Richard “Jud”.    Cheasapeake Sails – a History of Yachting on the Bay.  Tidewater Publishers, Centerville, MD. 278 pp. & index. 1999.

Pace, Franco.  Sparkman & Stephens Classic Modern Yachts. WoodenBoat publisher. 160pp.  2002.   [Foreward by Olin J Stephens II.  “The Design Process”]

Schoettle, Edwin J., editor.  Sailing Craft, mostly descriptive of smaller pleasure sailboats of the day.  Macmillian Company. 786 pp.  1945.