The Defining New England Architecture Is Not About Buildings
It's about the Herreshoffs.
All Photos by Muffy Aldrich
One of the most glorious things about the New England coast this time of year is that there are now boats everywhere. And what gives it soul are the wooden boats.
To me, there are no more beautiful wooden boats than the original Herreshoffs that can still be spotted up and down the New England coast. Whether it’s their commanding NY50 SPARTAN, or their comparatively more diminutive 12 1/2(s), to the impressive restoration of their 1902 built NELLIE, under the tutelage of Wayne, of Marblehead’s F.L. Woods. And it is particularly exhilarating to see so many clustered, whether at the Classic Yacht Regatta in Newport, or Maine’s Camden Classics, or Marblehead’s Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta.
And I would argue that there is no more must-see experience in all of New England than a Classic Yacht Regatta, as long as you can get close enough to the action.
