Benjamin Mendlowitz

The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, led by its founding spirit, the brilliant designer Captain Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (1848–1938), constructed the most thrilling, innovative, and graceful boats ever built in the United States. These included not only lavish yachts and thoroughbred racing classes but also daysailers and dinghies, weekend cruisers, and motor launches. Marine historian Maynard Bray and Herreshoff expert Claas van...