I have foregone the Stamford-Vineyard Race, the 238 mile classic which I have sailed so often. Circumstances require I be near home this weekend. I am going to sail instead the Classic Yacht regatta here in Newport aboard “Siren” the NY 32 belonging to Peter Cassidy. The NY 32 designed in 1935 by Olin Stephens, replaced the NY 30 designed and built by Herreshoff.
The NY 32 is a nice sailing sea kindly boat. It will never sail as fast as modern boats, but it’s motion at sea is much more comfortable. This entire weekend is really about “Eye Candy” for those sensitive to the aesthetics of long overhangs and gentle sweeping curves of the sheer lines
of these marvels