Herreshoff Alerion 26 Variants
| In 1912, Nathanial G. Herreshoff designed a centerboard
26 foot boat for his own use. This boat is built today by several builders
including Rumery's Boat Yard. Captain Nat revised the design to include a full
keel, more beam at the deck and more buoyancy forward. He blew this
design up by a third to become the Newport 29.
In 2002, Sidney deWolf and Halsey Herreshoff took the Newport 29 design and created an 11/12ths of a 3/4 version of the Newport 29 that they called the Alerion 26. The newer boat is built by at least two builders. These boats are not quite the same. The Proper boats, actually built by US Watercraft, have a smaller rudder than the Rieff built boats. The Proper built boats have an exposed shaft while the Rieff built boats have the propeller in an aperture. The Proper built boats have the rig six inches further forward than the Rieff boats and have a significantly larger I measurement.
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| I | J | P | E | Draft | Beam | Displ | LWL | |
| Original Alerion 26 | 24.6 | 8.50 | 31.20 | 17.90 | 2.42/5.17 | 7.58 | 6000 | 21.75 |
| Proper Yachts | 32.00 | 9.00 | 31.00 | 12.00 | 3.58 | 7.17 | 4800 | 20.00 |
| Rieff Boatbuilder | 27.58 | 9.42 | 31.42 | 12.00 | 3.58 | 7.17 | 4800 | 20.00 |
Original Alerion 26
New Alerion 26 by Proper Yachts
New Alerion 26 by Brion Rieff Boatbuilder
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