Herreshoff Watch Hill 15

BUTTERFLY is a marconi rigged Watch Hill 15, built in 1995 by Dave Corcoran of Bull House Boatworks in Arundel, ME.  

BUTTERFLY has been lovingly cared for by Artisan BoatWorks for years, and was sold to a new owner who completed the restoration at CW Hood Yachts in 2023 with new Dynell and

epoxy deck covering, new toe rails, and re-bedded deck fittings. She has new Doyle 

sails (used only a few times,) new varnish throughout, and a newly painted hull

and bottom. 

The marconi mast and booms are varnished sitka spruce, and all deck varnish is teak.  The hull is cedar planking over bent oak frames and a laminated mahogany backbone.   All fasteners throughout are bronze.   

These boats are thrilling sailors. They are fast, stiff, and responsive. The hull is slippery, and even at speed such little turbulence is created that the boat leaves virtually no wake.  The original Buzzards Bay 15's were designed by Nathanael Herreshoff in 1898, and with their gaff-rigs known as the E-Class at the Beverly Yacht Club.  In 1922 Sidney Herreshoff designed a marconi-rigged version of the same hull known as the Watch Hill 15. 

BUTTERFLY comes with a custom Triad trailer, sail covers, boom tent, electric bilge pump, and numerous other items.  She is stored indoors at Artisan Boatworks in Rockport, Maine.