Amorita is quite possibly the most famous and successful of the venerable 18 New York 30’s built. She won nearly every Classic Yachting event in Southern New England and has become a fixture in New York Yacht Club events.
In 2007 she gained unwanted notoriety when she was the victim of a horrendous crash that sent her to the bottom. She was rescued and underwent a full rebuild at MPG in Mystic, Connecticut, USA. She is a credit to those who have spent their time and energy in bringing her back from the deep.
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Nicholas Potter 46 ft California 32 1937/2007
| Designer | Nicholas Potter |
|---|---|
| Builder | Fellows & Stewart, Wilmington CA |
| Date | 1937 |
| Length overall | 45 ft 11 in / 14 m |
| Length deck | 45 ft 11 in / 14 m |
| Length waterline | 32 ft 0 in / 9.75 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 10 ft 10 in / 3.3 m |
| Draft | 6 ft 9 in / 2.06 m |
| Displacement | 10 Tonnes |
| Construction | Carvel Oregon pine planking on oak and teak frames |
| Engine | Volvo Penta D240 40 HP |
|---|---|
| Location | Spain |
| Price | EUR 460,000 |
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Built for Pacific Coast yachting, the California 32 has the reputation of being a formidable racer and a comfortable cruiser - designed by Nicholas S. Potter, AKA the "Herreshoff of the West". Eight of these sloops were built between the mid 1930s and the mid 1960s. The California 32 was often a cover girl in the US West Coast yachting press. CHOLITA, ALTAMAR, TEMPEST, ESCAPADE and AMORITA were built before World War II. They were succeeded post war by ATORRANTE and ANDALE, then finally PEGASO in 1965. The first seven California 32s won 14 out of 16 “Sir Thomas Lipton Cups” from 1948 to 1964 and subsequently dominated most other West Coast races. AMORITA has been sympathetically restored and successfully raced on the classic Med circuit with wins at Puig Vela Classica Barcelona in 2008 and 2015. So far ahead of her 1930s timeline, this is a design that can be easily raced by a family crew and also cruised as her designer intended. She is in our view one of very few yachts from this period that appears to be sailing at 10 knots tied to the dock! Fast and furious to sail, it is only if you study all her original detail and gorgeous simplicity along with her purity of line that the game is given away: vintage yacht designed before World War II. Sometimes owners want to move on and having made this decision they will now consider all realistic offers.
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AMORITA is the last of five boats of this design built for the founder members of the California 32 One Design Class, founded and run under the supervision of the designer and the first owners. The boats were all launched on the same day in spring 1937. Built using a construction method developed by Herreshoff, they were built upside down over a mould, then turned right side up for completion with tremendous savings and greatly improved construction. This was the first time on the US Pacific Coast that a major class had been so constructed. AMORITA was first owned by Bruce Beardsley of Newport RI. Subsequently her ownerships appear to have shuttled between the North American East and West coasts. Nevertheless until the 60s the California 32s raced in many important events on the Pacific coast with excellent results in races such as the Acapulco Channel Race, Transpac, and Seattle’s Tri-Island. In both 1959 and 1960 AMORITA won the Californian Lipton Cup. Brought to Italy in 2005 from San Francisco, AMORITA was restored by Cantiere Navale dell’Argentario in Porto Santo Stefano for the present owner and launched in June 2007. AMORITA won the Mediterranean Panerai Trophy in 2007 and came in second in 2008. She also won the Puig Vela Classica Barcelona that same year, and again in 2015.
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- Carvel Oregon pine planking - Teak keel, horn timbers, stem, deck and rudders - 1 1/8th inch Oregon pine planking - White oak frames and deck beams - Lead ballast - Bronze fastenings
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- Aft owner’s cabin via the bridge deck hatch also provides excellent ventilation - Varnished deck head and raw teak cabin sole - Mix of white painted bulkheads and varnished trunk cabin side trim, opening port - Very large double berth with option to convert to 2 x singles - Excellent access via aft bulkhead to cockpit, below and lazarette - 2 x Deck head lights - Access to engine under berth - Hanging locker stbd, shelving to port - Stowage lockers - Head to port with manual WC and wash basin with bronze manual tap, accessible to all - Access fwd to Saloon with Companionway steps also from sliding hatch stbd above - 2 x Settee berths; one each side, book cases / shelving above and outboard - 2 x Bronze deck head lights - Lockers and cupboards each side from sole and above outboard fwd of berths to bulkhead - Galley with stainless steel sink, cold fresh water tap only to port - Large US pattern top loading fridge to stbd - 2 x Chrome deck head lights - Hatch in deck head over - Fwd to foc’sle - Sheet stowage - Space for cot berths
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Sloop rig - Varnished Sitka spruce mast and boom with all bronze fittings - Varnished spinnaker pole - 2 x Barient 16 bronze halyard winches - 1 x Merriman bronze No 2 winch - 2 x Merriman bronze winches on boom for reefing pennants - Standing rigging: Stainless steel Dyform (2007) - Running rigging: Dyneema (2007) Sails; all in good condition - 2 x Racing mainsail - Cruising mainsail - Light genoa - Medium genoa - No 3 genoa - Asymmetric A1 - Asymmetric A2 - Asymmetric A3 - Spinnaker
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- Varnished cover board and toe rail - Bronze fairleads on taff rail - Bronze stanchion bases and stanchions - currently kept off the boat - Adjustable back stay with Tufnol block - Bronze stanchions - Hatchway to lazarette; almost flush with deck abaft cockpit - Original tiller steering - Cockpit at deck level with simple coamings extend to trunk cabin - 2 x Barient 20 bronze two speed primary winches mounted just outside coamings - 2 x Barient 22 bronze two speed secondary winches fwd by bridge deckhead - Bridge deck and deck extension inside cockpit stbd coaming forward to companionway - Flush hatch in bridge deck to access aft cabin - Running back stay fixed to rail by mid cockpit position - 1 x Barient 15 bronze winch for main sheet on coach roof - Varnished hatch over aft cabin in coach roof - Varnished hand rails along each side of coach roof - Sliding companionway hatch in coach roof offset to stbd, characteristic of this design - All bronze deck fittings - Bronze “widow’s bonnet” fore sail sheet fairleads in side deck - Bronze running lights on trunk cabin sides - 2 x Hatches fwd end of trunk cabin over galley and foc’sle - 2 x Bronze mooring cleats P&S on foredeck - 2 x Bronze fairleads at bow
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- Volvo Penta D240 40 HP - Folding 2 blade propellor - Electrical installation 12 V Electric circuit (2007) - Isolator panel housed in port lock fwd saloon - 3 x Optima 55 Ah domestic batteries - 1 x Optima 50 Ah engine start battery - 2 x Stainless steel 24 gallon / 110 l water tanks total 48 gallons - Fuel tanks 2 x 12 gallon / 55 l total 24 gallons - Grey water tank c 7 gallons / 30 litres
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- Simrad RS 81 VHF housed in port locker saloon fwd - B&G Hydra two displays + Navionics navigation plotter - Orion magnetic compass set in fwd bulkhead of aft cabin - Original ship’s clock and barometer in saloon
- 8 x Life jackets - 1 x Eurovinyl 6 person life raft - 2 x Electric bilge pumps - 2 x Manual bilge pumps
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Amorita’s Unlucky Day
Photo by Billy Black – www.billyblack.com
The first time I saw Billy Black ‘s photo of the collision, I had to look twice to believe what I was seeing. It show two white yachts, both under full sail, one slicing half-way through the other. The collision took place on 07/07/07. The losing boat in the collision was the 107-year-old NY30 Herreshoff yacht Amorita of Newport, RI. “ 07-07-07, Amorita’s Unlucky Day” is a film, directed by French sailor-director Pierre Marcel, which recounts the history, dramatic sinking and resurrection of the classic yacht Amorita.
“07-07-07, Amorita’s Unlucky Day” Film trailer
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Mystery Boat No More
With 32 responses — and counting — a family ‘mystery’ of over half a century has finally been solved. I thank all of you who wrote.
The boat in the photo is a California 32 named Amorita . The Cal 32s (no relation to the later fiberglass Cal boats) were designed by Nicholas Potter, the "Herreshoff of the West," in 1936, and seven of the eight produced were built at the Fellows and Stewart yard in Newport.
Potter’s nickname was well-earned. He was a disciple of Nathaniel and lifelong friends with L. Francis, and worked with both of them back East at Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. He even employed the Herreshoff technique of building the 32s upside down on a ‘mold’.
According to several articles to which I was referred online, the first five 32s ( Amorita being #5) were built in 1937 — and launched together! The remaining three were built after the war. The last, Pegas o , was a slightly modified model constructed in Hong Kong in 1965.
By the way, as was the custom back in those days, the "32" refers to the waterline length. The Cal 32s were 46 feet on deck. In the racing of the day, they soon became the boats to beat, winning numerous Lipton Cups, the 1941 Transpac and many other West Coast events.
While most of the folks who responded got it right, what I’ll call the definitive answer came from Larry Somers . . .
"She is the Cal 32 Amorita owned by my family from 1952 to 1957, and moored on the peninsula in front of the family home in Newport Beach. I have the same shot hanging in my hall. I am the young guy without the hat lying on the cabin top. My brother is just aft of me. Dad is at the helm and Mom next to him. I believe the race is NHYC’s Huntington Tidelands Race in the mid ’50s. The headsail is a Watts reacher, the only sail my dad bought for the boat during his ownership. (Those were the days.) He did quite well with the boat over those five years.
" Amorita was owned by five different members of Newport Harbor YC. The photo was a contest winner by a professional photographer named Andy Graham, and was later published in Yachting . Amorita was a Lipton Cup winner for San Diego YC after my dad sold her. She then went up to the Bay Area and was very successfully raced by Hank Grandin. Later she sold to an owner in Italy along with two other Cal 32s ( Cholita , #1) and ( Altamar , #2) and was totally rebuilt.”
Here is Amorita today:
As far as the unusual two forward hatches, several folks suggested that they facilitated faster headsail changes — down the rearward one with wet sails and up from forward one with fresh. However, there were a couple of notes that harkened back to the times of paid crew who didn’t necessarily mingle with the owner and his guests. At least one source says when the early boats were built, there was a solid bulkhead in between the two forward hatches, and the forward one was used by crew to access ‘their’ forward cabin. All these were eventually opened up to provide access through the entire boat.
Of the eight California 32s built, six survive. Attorante , #6, sank during the 1975 Transpac (the six crew were rescued by Nick Frazee’s C&C 48 Swiftsure ) and Escapade , #6, was "broken up in Hawaii." I now know more about Amorita than I ever knew about Alex Irving’s Sparkle (the boat to the left in the photo — with my dad on the bow). That boat also lives on, sailing these days out of Port Townsend.
I thank all of you for the informative and entertaining responses. I plan to get the photo matted, re-framed and up on the wall again — now with an even cooler story behind it.
PS: As it turns out, there’s a short piece about another California 32 — Altamar —in the current issue of WoodenBoat magazine , under the title "Save a Classic" (at the very end of the issue). " Altamar is a rescue boat," wrote Maynard Bray. "Doug Jones, who runs Traditional Boat Works in Port Townsend , saved her from the chainsaw several years ago and has stored her in one of his sheds ever since. She awaits a savior. Given the Cal 32’s heritage and outstanding racing record, it’s hard to believe she’s languished this long."
I grew up sailing/racing on Amorita. The two hatch business is silly. The aft, forward hatch, was over the galley for ventilation and the forward was over a focs’l that was not a state room, but used for sail storage primarily – it was never set up as a place to sleep… We took her to Mexico multiple times and to Hawaii in 1969. My father raced her quite successfully in SF Bay for 10 years before selling her to a SF fireman who lived on her for many years before selling her and having her sent to Italy – KKR marine in Richmond, CA crated her up for the journey to Europe. We lived aboard the summer of ’64 and spent 2+ months cruising the California coast and down into Mexico. Many, many great memories!! Steven Grandin – youngest of the Grandin clan!
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Amorita NY30: Film by Pierre Marcel
07.07.07 Amorita’s Unlucky Day Film Premiere, June 26, 2012
A new film, directed by French sailor-director Pierre Marcel recounts the history, dramatic sinking and resurrection of the classic 107-year-old NY30 Herreshoff yacht Amorita of Newport, RI. And any classic boat fans who happen to be in Newport on June 26 should try to see it. Marcel’s last film, Tabarly, is already regarded as a classic documentary.
Made over five years, the film will be shown on the eve of the America’s Cup World Series in Newport, RI. The one-night-only première will be on Thursday, July 26, 2012, at the Jane Pickens Theater. The event will kick-off with a pre-show reception at 6:30pm, followed by screening at 7:00pm (60 mins.), and post-show Q&A with the director.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Sail Newport, whose mission is to promote and operate affordable public sailing and the Jane Pickens Theater restoration fund, another historic Newport icon.
This is one showing only and expected to sell out. Advanced ticket purchases are strongly suggested.
Launched in April of 1905, Amorita, was one of just eighteen identical NY-30 class racing yachts turned out by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in Bristol, RI. By 2007, she’d already celebrated her 100th birthday and was sailing strong.
July 7, 2007, was a beautiful Newport day and Amorita was ready to race in the Robert H. Tiedemann Classic Yacht Regatta. That day she was in true Bristol fashion, the sun bounced off of her crisp white sails, glinted on her bright work and made her deck hardware sparkle. Until, it happened… while racing among her classic peers she was run down and sunk by a yacht nearly twice her size. The collision, which could easily have taken the lives of ten sailors, sent shockwaves through the local, national and international sailing community. After a sickening crash, her deck submerged and vanished beneath the feet of her crew in mere seconds.
While screening his award-winning film Taberly at the Newport Film Festival in 2009, Marcel met and discussed the details of Amorita’s saga with owners Jed Pearsall and Bill Doyle. After spending a morning examining the wreckage and interviewing those closest to the accident, he felt there was a deep emotional story that had to be told. The film would not just document the boat yard details of a restoration, but tell the story of a truly unique vessel that had captured the hearts and imagination of sailors and non-sailors for more than a century. It would be a love story of commitment and determination to save a sentimental and historic treasure.
View film trailer: http://www.ny30.org/amorita_film.htm
To Purchase Tickets: http://janepickens.com/films-events/070707-amoritas-unlucky-day-premiere-tuesday-june-26th-benefit-sail-newport-jpt
For information about Amorita: http://www.ny30.org/amorita_index.htm
For information about the NY30 Class: http://www.ny30.org
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Herreshoff New York 30 “Adelaide II”
Amorita’s unlucky day is making its World Festival Premier at the Palm Beach International Film Festival on April 6th, 2013.
Herreshoff NY30 “Adelaide II” Specifications:
LOA: 43′ 9″ LWL: 30′ 0″ Beam: 8′ 9″ Draft: 6′ 4″ Original Rig: J&M Hull Number: 635 Designer: N.G. Herreshoff Original Owner: George Adee Built: 1905 Restored By: 1981 Adrian Pearsall | 2011 MP&G Original Price: $4,200 Boat Location: Newport, RI Current Name: Amorita Current Owner: Sail Number: NY 9
NY-9 (Adelaide II) Amorita was given her new name by her second owner in 1910, and has been unchanged ever since. Thus Amorita is generally synonymous with NY-9. After many loving caretakers, 30+ years in the great lakes, and several refits, she found herself in dire-straights in the late-70’s. Her original total refit took place in 1981 by her current owner and then extensive upgrades/re-fits were completed in 1994 and in 2005. In 1995 she re-entered the rolls of the NYYC where she has since regularly participated in the Annual Regatta & Cruise among numerous regattas in the region. In 2007, she was the victim of a horrendous crash that sent her to the bottom but survived with an amazing story of her rescue and rebuild. She winters in Mystic, CT and Summers in Newport, Rhode Island.
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The Launching of the Amorita
by John MacFarlane & Kristin Butler 2019
The Amorita ( Photo from the Kristin Butler collection. )
In 1942 the Amorita was built by Baba Bros. Boatworks at Sea Island BC. She was 36.1’ x 11’ x 5.5’ with a wooden hull 17.99gt 15.36rt She was originally powered with a 91bhp gasoline engine by Gray Motor Marine Co, Detroit, MI. In 1942 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Air Force for their Marine Division as RCAF M.449 Jager . After the Second World War she was renamed as Jager .
Rita Beckman prepares to launch the Amorita . ( Photo from the Kristin Butler collection. )
These old photos come from a photo album that contributor Kristin Butler inherited from her great aunt Rita Roberts Beckman. Rita was married to Amos Beckman during the 1940s and they left an old suitcase that is full of old photos. Kristin is sharing the ones that show the launching of the Amorita on May 2nd, 1942. Kristin says " You can see Amos Beckman and my Aunt Rita who is front and centre with my Grandmother beside her Mary Bernice Roberts Butler. I am not sure who all the people are in the photo – perhaps some readers will recognize them!
Kristin Butler can pick out a couple of relations but who are all these people in the picture? ( Photo from the Kristin Butler collection. )
It appears that one of the crew was launched with the boat. ( Photo from the Kristin Butler collection. )
Finally launched the Amorita floats free. ( Photo from the Kristin Butler collection. )
In 1941–1942 she was owned by Amos Beckman, Vancouver BC. In 1942 she was chartered by and in 1943 purchased by the Royal Canadian Air Force for service at RCAF Station Boundary Bay and RCAF Station Bella Bella. In 1951–1962 she was owned by Horace H. German, Sidney BC. In 1963–1969 she was owned by Melville Webber, Nanaimo BC. In 1970–1971 she was owned by Elmer B. Carrothers, Nanoose BC. In 1972 she was owned by Brian Higgins, West Vancouver BC. In 1973–1988 she was owned by Guilford Brett, Vancouver BC. In 1989–1995 she was owned by Thomas Dent, Gabriola Island BC. In 1996–2004 she was owned by Terry A. Milos, Sehelt BC. In 2004–2014 she was owned by Richard and Margaret Hartley, Garden Bay BC. In 2017–2019 she was owned by Richard and Margaret Hartley, Clearwater BC.
Rick Hartley notes (2013) that "Technically, we are listed as owning her from 2011–present (2019). We finally registered the transfer then, but actually purchased the boat in 1992 after a fire had destroyed her to the waterline. As my late father, George Hartley, and I had built boats together on the West Coast for many years, I thought she would be a good project and make a beautiful cruiser for us. I ended up spending a good many years on the rebuild, between other work and raising a family. I stripped her right down to bare hull, redesigned everything, glassed over the wooden hull, and here she is today. We launched her in 2011 and that’s when we re–registered her."
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Film tells story of classic yacht’s restoration
NEWPORT, R.I. — Bill Doyle considers July 7, 2007 his unluckiest day.
It was the day his yacht Amorita was hit by another yacht nearly twice its size as the Amorita crew prepared to race in the Robert H. Tiedemann Classic Yacht Regatta. The 100-year-plus Hereshoff-made yacht sustained heavy damage, but none of its four-member crew — or the six on board the other yacht — were injured.
“It’s something you never forget,” said Doyle, co-owner of Amorita with Jed Pearsall. “It’s a miracle that no one was killed or even suffered injuries, at least physical injuries. We did have a crew member who has never sailed or raced again, who moved away from the coast.”
The story of the Amorita — its destruction and restoration — now lives in a film called “Amorita’s Unluckiest Day.” It will be shown Tuesday, two days before the start of the America’s Cup World Series, at the Jane Pickens Theater and Event Center.
A pre-screening party takes place at 6:30 p.m. with the film shown at 7. Proceeds will benefit Sail Newport and the Jane Pickens restoration fund. Director Pierre Marcel will take questions after the film.
Doyle said it is tough for him to watch the movie, to relive a horrible day on the water. But he likes Marcel’s treatment of both the accident and the aftermath.
Other directors had been interested in telling the tale. But Doyle said he was impressed by Marcel’s movie “Taberly,” which screened at the 2009 Newport International Film Festival, and thought he would be the right choice.
“Some directors were more interested in the clinical story,” Doyle said. “But I think Pierre did a good job in making this a love story. It’s a story about the emotional connection between owners and the yachts they own.”
The movie does not have a distributor and Doyle said the screening could be a way to draw interest. The lack of a distributor, Doyle said, is the reason the movie is screening just once.
“I think there will be a lot of local interest, beyond those of us who were on board that day,” he said.
VIDEO: Amorita’s Unlucky Day
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Movie trailer for the upcoming documentary film about “Amorita”, a classic yacht involved in a horrendous crash that sent it instantaneously to the bottom of the ocean. Miraculously nobody was killed, and the yacht was eventually rescued and rebuilt. Film includes recently released footage of the accident and sinking. The film is making its World Festival Premier at the Palm Beach International Film Festival on April 6th.
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- Alerion 28 - AMORITA
This 2003 Alerion 28, AMORITA, is a lovely weekend/day sailor.
She has been very well maintained and is in excellent condition. AMORITA has sailed on fresh water much of her life.
She is ready to go on her next adventure.
Sold - Alerion 28 AMORITA
- Model: 2003 Alerion 28
- Hull Number: 28.239
- LOA: 28 ft 3 in
- Beam: 8 ft 2 in
- Draft: 4 ft 6 in
- Displacement: 5200 lb
- Ballast: 2200 lb
- Engine: Volvo Penta MD2010 10HP
Recent Upgrades
All in 2020:
New companionway teak trim, sliding Lexan hatch & drop board
New cabin floor boards
New bottom paint
New motor mounts and all engine hoses
New cockpit drain hoses
New fuel tank gauge, tank cleaned
New Edson engine shifter unit & cable
New Delrin rudder bearing
Topsides & house polished & waxed
Annual engine service: oil, filter & transmission fluid
All teak brightwork refinished
Fiberglass hull using vinylester resin infusion molding process with E glass
End grain balsa core
Topside Awlgrip flag blue and gold cove stripe and white waterline stripe
Bottom paint, Red
Fin keel flared with lead and antimony
316 stainless steel keel bolts
Spade rudder
Foam cored fiberglass deck using infusion molding process
2 tone finish and molded in non skid
Stainless steel stem head fitting
3 x pair of stainless steel mooring cleats, 1 forward, 1 midships, 1 aft
Fairleads for mooring cleats forward and midship
Varnished teak toe rails full length
Varnished teak hand rails on coachroof top
Varnished teak eyebrow at top of coachroof coaming
Boom for self tacking jib mounted on foredeck
Opening hatch on foredeck
4 x fixed oval ports in coachroof coaming
Line organizers port and starboard leading running rigging aft
2 x 4 gangs of line stoppers, 1 port, 1 starboard on companionway
Genoa tracks aft with lead block
Mainsheet traveler aft end of cockpit
Mainsheet block in middle of cockpit floor
Laminated tiller steering
Cockpit lockers port and starboard
Varnished teak backrests in cockpit
All Lewmar, 2 speed, self tailing chrome
#30 primary
# 14 halyard and utility
Alerion 28 - AMORITA - Yeoman Yachts - Swan Yacht Experts Worldwide
General arrangement
Accommodations.
V-berth forward with filler insert to make a double bed.
Storage under bunk.
Porta-Potti head under filler piece.
Access to anchor locker forward.
Teak and holly cabin sole.
Mast step in floor.
Keyhole type bulkhead separates the "v" verth from the saloon.
Starboard forward has a sink. Just aft is a cushioned seat with storage behind and countertop with storage.
Port side has cushioned bench seating with a shelf outboard and storage under.
A cooler is the step into the companionway.
Access to the engine under the companionway step.
Volvo Penta MD2010 10 HP
SailDrive transmission
2 blade folding propeller
Single lever engine throttle and gear shift control starboard side of cockpit
Engine panel starboard side of cockpit
Plumbing and Ventilation
Spare bilge pump float switch & mesh filter
Porta-Potti
Existing plumbing for seawater head (Sea Head not included)
12 volt DC system
Alternator off the engine to charge the battery
electronics
Plastimo bulkhead compass
Raymarine ST60-Tridata, ST60-Wind port cockpit bulkhead
Raymarine ST1000+ Autopilot (unused & in original box)
Garmin GPS map 530 screen on port cockpit bulkhead
Icom IC-M402 VHF with remote in cockpit & antenna at mast head
Clarion AM/FM/CD with Bose speakers and remote in cockpit
Aluminum anodized mast
1 x 19 stainless steel standing rigging
Hoyt Self tacking Jib Boom
Carbon Fiber Spinnaker Pole
Whisker Pole
Solid boom vang
North Sails symmetrical spinnaker & related lines, rigging & hardware
New North Sails jib (2018)
Original jib
Genoa sail – never used
Genoa sail and sheet package including tracks, turning blocks and two, self-tailing winches (never used)
3 x North Sail bags
Custom cockpit cushions with Sunbrella fabric and draining/non-skid bottoms
Mainsail & tiller cover with centering line
additional equipment
Sail repair tape – red, white & blue (Spinnaker)
Lewmar winch handle
Engine Manual
Stereo
Anchor & Tackle
Danforth Anchor, chain & rode with carrying bag
4 x blue dock lines & fleece covered fenders
Custom Jowi Cradle at Lake George, NY. Buyer's responsibility to retrieve.
Swim ladder with hull attachment
Boarding ladder
CG Gear:
4 Type II life jackets
Throwable floatation device
Fire extinguisher & flares. Extinguisher & flares may need to be updated.
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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Panerai Celebrate Yacht Racing With Debut of Film Amorita’s Unlucky Day
Although the winds may have been howling, the show went on in true sailing spirit as luxury watchmakers Officine Panerai gathered to host the exclusive New York premier of “07/07/07: Amorita’s Unlucky Day”.
The documentary film follows the crash of the Amorita yacht, in which the boat sunk almost instantaneously to the bottom of the ocean. Miraculously nobody on board was hurt, and crews eventually managed to recover and rebuild the historic, 107-year – old vessel. The film, directed by Pierre Marcel, features dramatic footage of the Amorita ’s sinking.
Officine Panerai welcomed Amorita ’s owners, Jed Pearsall and Bill Doyle, at the screening, where they answered questions from sailors and movie fans alike. Pearsall and Doyle’s passion for yacht racing, so eloquently depicted in the film, helped guests get a better understanding of classic sailing and understand why Panerai is so committed to the sport. Since its beginning in 1860, the Italian watchmaking company has been linked to the sea. For years, Panerai supplied the Italian Navy with high-precision watches for special diving units, and to this day the company’s fundamental values are based on history and the sea world.
Check out the trailer for the documentary “07/07/07: Amorita’s Unlucky Day” below!
Source courtesy Officine Panerai press release.
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Salvage of the S/V Amorita
As legend would have it, over 100 years ago during the 1904 yachting season, members of the New York Yacht Club decided to build a new class of racing yachts. These yachts would be built to very strict specifications and the rules for being part of this class would be more stringent than any class before it. The reason for such strict standards was to discourage any alterations of the vessels and make them as identical as possible.
In 1904, the New York Yacht Club commissioned Nathanael Herreshoff of Herreshoff & Company in Bristol to build 18 identical “one-off” racing yachts, 30ft on the waterline, 44ft overall. These yachts, called “New York Thirties” have become some of the most beloved and treasured sailing yachts of all time.
On July 7, 2007, build number 9, now known as S/V Amorita, was racing in a classic yacht regatta when she was involved in an unfortunate accident and sank in mere seconds. All four of her crew members escaped unharmed.
Delivered in 1905, the original owners, George and Philip Adee, christened her Adelaide II. Adelaide II began to win races immediately with two NYYC spring regatta cups in a row followed by a NYYC Glen Cove Cup. Five years after she was first launched, the Adelaide II was sold and her name was changed to Amorita.
Amorita has seen many owners and been through an amazing life. In the 60’s, the Amorita fell into disrepair and was abandoned. On December 20, 1975, Amorita was scheduled for destruction. She was to be scrapped for her lead in order to pay her storage fees. At the last moment, she was saved from the saw.
Since being saved from certain destruction, the Amorita has continued her incredible life. She has been completely restored to original specifications and has sailed in, and won, numerous racing events throughout New England. She is often the oldest boat in attendance and certainly among the prettiest as her picture has graced the cover of nearly every major sailing calendar and publication in the U.S.
During the Museum of Yachting’s Robert H. Tiedemann Classic Yacht Regatta on July 7th, 2007, the Amorita was involved in the aforementioned accident. While approaching a mark, the Amorita, along with another New York Thirty Alera, were struck from behind by Sumurun, a 94 foot classic ketch. As a result, Amorita was hit amidships by Sumurun, and sank immediately in 55 feet of water off Beavertail Point at the entrance to Narragansett Bay.
On July 10, 2007, after several days of preparations, including researching the construction plans, analyzing two NY-30 sisterships, and keeping a safe watch on her with periodic dives, Safe/Sea, along with salvage divers Mike Goodridge and Dave Stillman from Newburyport, MA, successfully raised Amorita from the bottom and redelivered her to her grateful owners. All of us at Safe/Sea are proud that we could accomplish the reclamation of this historic vessel from the sea.
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Amorita is quite possibly the most famous and successful of the venerable 18 New York 30's built. She won nearly every Classic Yachting event in Southern New England and has become a fixture in New York Yacht Club events. In 2007 she gained unwanted notoriety when she was the victim of a horrendous crash that sent her to the bottom.
The new film, directed by French sailor-director Pierre Marcel recounts the history, dramatic sinking and resurrection of the classic 107-year-old NY30 Herreshoff yacht Amorita of Newport, RI. Marcel's last film, Tabarly, is already regarded as a classic documentary. The film, titled 07.07.07: Amorita's Unlucky Day, was made over five years.. The moment it all went wrong.
AMORITA is the last of five boats of this design built for the founder members of the California 32 One Design Class, founded and run under the supervision of the designer and the first owners. The boats were all launched on the same day in spring 1937. Built using a construction method developed by Herreshoff, they were built upside down over ...
The losing boat in the collision was the 107-year-old NY30 Herreshoff yacht Amorita of Newport, RI. " 07-07-07, Amorita's Unlucky Day" is a film, directed by French sailor-director Pierre Marcel, which recounts the history, dramatic sinking and resurrection of the classic yacht Amorita. "07-07-07, Amorita's Unlucky Day" Film trailer.
Amorita's Unlucky Day. - Movie trailer for the upcoming documentary film about "Amorita", a classic yacht involved in a horrendous crash that sent it instantaneously to the bottom of the ocean. Miraculously nobody was killed. The film includes never before seen footage of the actual accident, sinking, rescue of the sailors, and eventually, the beloved … Read more "Herreshoff NY30 ...
The boat in the photo is a California 32 named Amorita. The Cal 32s (no relation to the later fiberglass Cal boats) were designed by Nicholas Potter, the "Herreshoff of the West," in 1936, and seven of the eight produced were built at the Fellows and Stewart yard in Newport. Potter's nickname was well-earned.
07.07.07 Amorita's Unlucky Day Film Premiere, June 26, 2012 A new film, directed by French sailor-director Pierre Marcel recounts the history, dramatic sinking and resurrection of the classic 107-year-old NY30 Herreshoff yacht Amorita of Newport, RI. And any classic boat fans who happen to be in Newport on June 26 should try to see it. […]
Boat Location: Newport, RI Current Name: Amorita Current Owner: Sail Number: NY 9. NY-9 (Adelaide II) Amorita was given her new name by her second owner in 1910, and has been unchanged ever since. Thus Amorita is generally synonymous with NY-9. After many loving caretakers, 30+ years in the great lakes, and several refits, she found herself in ...
The Launching of the Amorita. by John MacFarlane & Kristin Butler 2019. The Amorita (Photo from the Kristin Butler collection.. In 1942 the Amorita was built by Baba Bros. Boatworks at Sea Island BC. She was 36.1' x 11' x 5.5' with a wooden hull 17.99gt 15.36rt She was originally powered with a 91bhp gasoline engine by Gray Motor Marine Co, Detroit, MI.
In 2023, Allboat acquired the historic vessel called "Amorita". A sailboat that has more than 20 years of experience navigating the Algarve coast. Allboat is focused on the well-being and safety of our customers and on the journey built so far to provide the best experiences and memories! Construction year - 1948. Engine - Dossan 118 Kw.
The story of the Amorita — its destruction and restoration — now lives in a film called "Amorita's Unluckiest Day." It will be shown Tuesday, two days before the start of the America's Cup World Series, at the Jane Pickens Theater and Event Center. A pre-screening party takes place at 6:30 p.m. with the film shown at 7.
Published on March 24th, 2013. Movie trailer for the upcoming documentary film about "Amorita", a classic yacht involved in a horrendous crash that sent it instantaneously to the bottom of the ...
Alerion 28 - AMORITA. Sold. Alerion 28 sold by Yeoman Yachts: AMORITA. This 2003 Alerion 28, AMORITA, is a lovely weekend/day sailor. She has been very well maintained and is in excellent condition. AMORITA has sailed on fresh water much of her life. She is ready to go on her next adventure.
It sank in about 400 feet of water. No one was hurt. Wooden boats are like shingles, recurring, and often painful. Though I agree that the smaller boat is better served by avoiding the larger boat: In this case, Sumurun came barreling in at the mark and hit one New York 30 in the stern pivoting it into Amorita.
Amorita. The project of rebuilding Amorita was quite different than a restoration project. Mostly in that we weren't starting with a decayed relic, or a boat just out of commission due to neglect. Prior to the crash, she was a fully restored yacht, in excellent condition. Following the crash, our philosophy for the rebuild quickly became clear ...
Although the winds may have been howling, the show went on in true sailing spirit as luxury watchmakers Officine Panerai gathered to host the exclusive New York premier of "07/07/07: Amorita's Unlucky Day". The documentary film follows the crash of the Amorita yacht, in which the boat sunk almost instantaneously to the bottom of the ocean.
AMORITA is the last of five boats of this design built for the founder members of the California 32 One Design Class, founded and run under the supervision of the designer and the first owners. The boats were all launched on the same day in spring 1937. Built using a construction method
Re: Slideshow of Sumurun, Alera and Amorita collision (and sinking) July 2007 Well, the protest committee is done, but the lawyers will probably still be at it for years. Glad to see that beautiful boat sailing again. I saw the boat in Mystic in 2011, not realizing that it was the one involved in the collision.
She is often the oldest boat in attendance and certainly among the prettiest as her picture has graced the cover of nearly every major sailing calendar and publication in the U.S. During the Museum of Yachting's Robert H. Tiedemann Classic Yacht Regatta on July 7th, 2007, the Amorita was involved in the aforementioned accident.
NY-30 Class Association Homepage. 07.07.07 Amorita's Unlucky Day (the film) The New York Thirty Class Association Celebrated its 100th Anniversary in 2005. The original fleet was comprised of 18 yachts, history and current status of the yachts are detailed in this website.
The New York 30 (NY-30) is a monohull sailboat designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff in 1904 as a class for the New York Yacht Club. It was the first one-design class designed for the Universal Rule of yacht measurement: "It is the first model I have worked on to be under the 1/4 beam length [Universal Rule] measurements, and I am well pleased with it, and also it has been more pleasure to ...
Like a previous writer, the choice of cruises is bewildering, but we lucked out big time choosing the yacht Amorita. A 4 hour cruise to and from the Benagril caves, included a ride through the caves in a small inflatable boat, a small packed lunch ( ham and cheese baguette, fruit and a glass of wine).
Wonderful 4 hour cruise Like a previous writer, the choice of cruises is bewildering, but we lucked out big time choosing the yacht Amorita. A 4 hour cruise to and from the Benagril caves, included a ride through the caves in a small inflatable boat, a small packed lunch ( ham and cheese baguette, fruit and a glass of wine).