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L.o.a., 42'0"
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L.w.l., 37'11"
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Beam, 8'1"
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Draft, 5'6"
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Displacement, 10,500 lbs.
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Working Sail area, 562 ft.
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Power, Gray 4-91
from Yachting Magazine, July 1951
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| THE ANCHORAGE, Warren, R.I., which molded this hull of Fiberglas and resin for Commodore Vernor Reed, of the Ida Lewis Yacht Club, states that this is the longest hull yet produced by this technique. The construction is interesting since there are no frames, longitudinal stringers or "backbone," rigidity being obtained by skin thickness and hull form. Her skin varies from 1/4"' at the sheer to over 1" at the keel pad. Her lead keel weighs approximately 5000 Ibs. Decks and cabin tops and watertight cockpit are of waterproof plywood covered with glass cloth and pigmented resin. A Gray 4-91 will drive a Herreshoff hydraulically controlled, variable pitch propeller. Equipment includes Pigeon hollow spars, Merriman hardware, Orlon working sails and Nylon light sails by Hathaway, Reiser & Raymond. A Dyer dhow "Midget" will be carried on chocks aft. She will be used primarily for day sailing with an occasional coastwise race or weekend cruise. Accommodations include a large fore peak followed by toilet and wash basin, curtained from the cabin. Next aft come two berths, a chart table with icebox under on the starboard side, and stove, sink and storage lockers to port. The cockpit seats will have extensions to make up as two additional berths. The lazarette contains good storage space for light sails. |
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" A R I O N " Largest Plastic Yacht Ever Built THE largest single Fiberglas-reinforced plastic shape yet molded - and incidentally a yacht that performs spectacularly well - is the ketch Arion, launched May 15th by The Anchorage at Warren, R. I. She is 42' l.o.a., 37'11" l.w.l., 8'1" beam, 5'6" draft, 10,500 Ibs. displacement, carries 562 ft. of working sail and has a Gray 4-91 auxiliary. She was designed by Sidney Herreshoff as a smart single-hander and has room for a comfortable four-berth layout. Her owner is Commodore Verner Z. Reed, Jr., of the Ida Lewis Y.C., Newport, R.I. Providence Sunday Journal photos |
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Steps in the molding
of "Arion." Above, the plastic mold is built up inside an exterior form,
metal lath reinforced. The mold is next smoothed inside and coated with
a parting agent. The hull is then laid up (below) of Fiberglas cloth and
resin, its thickness varying to meet strength requirements
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Trial spin (above) with designer Sidney Herreshoff at the helm, builder W. J. H. Dyer on mainsheet, and sailmaker Edgar Raymond admiring her Orlon sails. Below, "Arion" takes to her element |
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After curing (hardening)
at room temperature the hull (below) has been lifted out of the mold and
is ready to receive its ballast keel, Fiberglas- covered plywood decks,
mahogany trunk sides and joinerwork.
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