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The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company's historic Bristol, Rhode Island boatyard — now the Herreshoff Museum — is the setting for Andy's walkthrough of the facility where J-boats and America's Cup vessels were built under Vanderbilt sponsorship. The original railway used to launch boats is still visible on site.3:22 Andy describes the design process Nathanael Herreshoff used: carving small hull models, dragging them through water to test pointing ability, shallow draft, and downwind performance, then deriving lines from the model to build full-scale boats.4:04 The model room holds surviving examples of those test models.4:22 Andy also visits Halsey's office, which contains leftover prototype models and period artifacts he describes as a private museum within the museum.4:32 The building's oversized windows are explained by the absence of electricity — natural light was the only option for the craftsmen working there.4:40 The video ends abruptly before any further technical or historical content is covered.

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