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| DORIS Original Interior Plans |
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| Designed by N. G. Herreshoff |
DORIS, a 77' 6" wooden sailing yacht built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, in Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1905, may rightfully be considered one of the most important American sailing yachts in existence today. An original design by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, the "Wizard of Bristol", DORIS is believed to be the largest Herreshoff sloop to have survived to the present. DORIS was commissioned by S. Reed Anthony, prominent businessman and banker who was a founding partner of the investment firm Tucker, Anthony & Co. DORIS was the first yacht built under the Universal Rule of yacht design, establishing the success of design principles which remain in application today, and occupies a unique place in the history of American yachting.
| Petrel 1800 Herreshoff Yawl Plans |
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| Plans from Hart Nautical Collection, MIT |
According to reknowned author and journalist, Maynard Bray, Bostonian S. Reed Anthony had her built strictly for cruising, and for her hull shape N.G. Herreshoff utilized one of his existing half models-- specifically, the six-year-old one from which sprang PETREL. He gave the new yacht a little more beam (by increasing all of Petrel's width measurements to a 17/16 ratio) and shed the PETREL gaff-yawl rig for the single mast.
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DORIS measures 77' 6" overall on deck, 56' on the waterline, and has a beam of 15' 2" and a draft of 9' 2". Her hull was traditionally built with 2 7/8" x 3" steam-bent white oak frames spaced 15" apart, 1 3/4" longleaf yellow pine planking below the waterline and 1 5/8" double planked topsides, 3/4" cypress on the interior and 7/8 yellow pine on the exterior, fastened with bronze screws. Outside ballast consisted of 22 tons of cast lead. The deck was constructed of 1 5/8" white pine and a waterway of 1 7/8" x 6" white oak. The deck rail was 1 1/2" x 1 1/8" yellow pine with a rail cap of 2 1/2" x 1 3/8" teak. DORIS has three main deck hatches, a poop hatch, a companionway hatch and a navigator's hatch, all constructed of teak. The open cockpit has a coaming constructed of 7/8" x 8" mahogany.
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The interior bulkheads were 1 1/8" butternut with mahogany trim. As might be expected, the interior was well appointed with teak, butternut and mahogany raised paneling and custom bronze fittings. The original layout included a separate owner's stateroom and private head located aft, a large main salon with several cushioned settee berths amidships, and a forward section which incuded a galley, crew's quarters, captain's quarters, and ample storage of equipment and tackle in the forepeak.
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DORIS was originally rigged as a gaff-sloop/cutter. In 1934, DORIS was modified by her then-current owner, Lawrence Lowell Reeve, and changed to a Marconi-ketch. The spars were sitka spruce, , with the mainmast measuring 90' overall (83' on deck) and the mizzenmast 58' overall (51' on deck). The rigging was 1/2" stainless steel. The spars and rigging were removed from the vessel and are believed to be on another boat in Mystic, Connecticut.
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The original keel, which was cast lead, was removed from the vessel during World War II, like many other large vessels with large keels, to serve the war effort. DORIS was fitted with a substitute keel of concrete ans steel, which is planned to be removed and replaced once again with an appropriate lead keel.
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