New York Yacht Club 57

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The New York Yacht Club 57, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Berthon International

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 64 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 64

CoastalBluewater

At 1.34 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.34

LightHeavy

219 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 219

EasygoingPowered-up

33.0 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 33.0

A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.

Heavier than ~96% of boats her size on file
Narrower than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 68 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The New York Yacht Club 57, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The New YORK YACHT CLUB 57 is a 26.0-meter cutter-rigged sailboat designed by N. Herreshoff and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing between 1906 and 1908. Three boats were built to the Universal Rule '57' rating for New York Yacht Club members, originally named Istalena, Aurora, and Winsome. These boats raced as a class for at least one season before being altered for handicap racing. The design features a fin keel, a 5.0-meter beam, a 3.3-meter draft, and displaces 54,703 kg. Winsome was later converted into a ketch, then a yawl. Istalena, thought to be the last surviving boat, was lost in the 1960s. Steve and Linda Dashew considered purchasing a Herreshoff 57 hull in New Zealand but rejected it due to construction concerns, as seen in a Berthon International review.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel weighed buying one

Considered buying a hull for $14,000 but found it to be a terrible mess
from Berthon Internationalseen October 202621:59

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

33.0

Displacement / length

218.7

Comfort ratio

64.0

Capsize screening

1.34

Hull speed

10.6 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

3704

Hull

Hull type

Fin Keel

Construction

Wood planked on steel

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

1906–1908

Units built

3

Designer

N. Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Herreshoff

Builder

Herreshoff Manufacturing

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The family

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