Doris#625 Archives - DORIS HMCo Hull #625

Doris or Not Doris? Questioning Archive Photos

June 24, 2015December 4, 2017 by Wade Smith

Wade Smith

It seems like research should be a linear progression - you discover information, and throw it into your big basket of known things. The problem, as I learned well running the boat shop at Mystic Seaport for 13 years - researching boats and boat types - is that much unearthed…

Agnes Muller Herreshoff’s photo album

April 1, 2015December 4, 2017 by Heather

Heather

A research trip to the Herreshoff Museum revealed a collection of wonderful artifacts. The first of these exciting discoveries, all of which will be shared in upcoming blog posts, include several photos taken by Agnes Muller Herreshoff. Found within Agnes' personal photograph collection were several photos of the 1916 New York Yacht Club Cruise, King's…

DORIS

February 24, 2015September 22, 2015 by Heather

Heather

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A New Beginning

December 10, 2014December 4, 2017 by Heather

Heather

Languishing in a boat yard in New London CT for 30 years, DORIS, the largest all-wood sailing vessel built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co in 1905, was scheduled to be scrapped at the end of August 2013. Given a one-year lease on life by the generous collaboration of a good friend and…