1926 Herreshoff S Class Firefly (sold)
Firefly is actively sailed and race-ready, with a distinguished record including regular championship wins in the competitive Narragansett Bay fleet. She appears in numerous renowned photographs and is featured on the cover of “Setting Sail In America,” the definitive S Class book!
At 27.5', 6750lbs, and 4'9" draft S boats are brilliantly balanced and a true delight to helm, whether enjoying a sunset sail in a zephyr or confidently racing in sporty conditions.
Firefly was launched in 1926 and first sailed in the Bar Harbor, Maine fleet with sail number 7. She continues under the same name and sail number. The boat is structurally sound and has been attentively maintained by some of the renowned craftsmen at Mt. Hope Boatworks, Narragansett Shipwrights, East Passage Boatwrights, and LMI:
2006 new mast
2006 electric bilge pump and Whale Gusher bilge pump added
new main halyard
2011 new jib boom
2015 new mast step
New bronze stem fitting and headstay adjuster
various butt block replacements
2017 New Quantum Thurston sails
2017 Forward section of keelson and floors replaced
new spinnaker pole
2019 new spreader
2020 new porta potty
2021 new Suzuki outboard w/ remote tank
2021 New rudder tube & flange, pintle/gudgeon/rudder removed & checked
2021 teak cockpit "ceiling" (floor)
2023 topsides painted
2023 new solar panel
