Minneford Yacht Yard

Minneford Yacht Yard, City Island, NY

Minneford Yacht Yard was started by Henry Sayers in 1930 in a former lumber mill and became famous for building several America's Cup yachts. It was sold in 1983 to a yacht brokerage. If anyone can add to the table below, please send your info to info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 7 December 2014.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	Ft.	Del'y	Disposition
		Arion	Joseph Mattison	Power Boat	34	1929
	245019	Dorade	Olin Stephens	Aux. Yawl	53	1930	Active
		Marganita II		Yacht	37	1930	Later Salabar
	na	Narwhal		Aux. Cutter	40	1931
	282246	Alsumar		Aux. Yawl	54	1931	Later Restless IV, Windoon, Cayuga, Madeline
	232364	Savannah		Aux. Schooner	48	1933	Later Sea Saga, Bounding Home
		Penelope Elle	W. H. Hands, Jr.	Ketch	40	1934	Sunk in Lourenco Marques 1976
		Golden Eye	H. P. Wells	Yacht	41	1937	Now Golden-Eye
	249775	LT 492	U.S. Army	Large Tug	127	1942	Sold 194x as Colonel, in collision 1960 and scrapped
	249561	LT 493	U.S. Army	Large Tug	127	1942	Sold as Ruth, then Berta R, sank 1954
	249587	LT 494	U.S. Army	Large Tug	127	1942	Sold as Harry Card, then Thomas Cornell, Jean Nelson, San Jorge, Jean Nelson
	249484	LT 495	U.S. Army	Large Tug	127	1942	Sold as John Michael, then Leslie Foss, Enchanter, Polar Navigator, Western Sea One, Enchantress, abandoned 2000, scrapped 2008
		LT 496	U.S. Army	Large Tug	127	1942	Sold as J. S. Foley, then Haida Warrior, Active, ‘109’, burnt 1977
		FP 107	U.S. Army	Coaster	140	1943
		FS 108	U.S. Army	Coaster	140	1944
		FS 109	U.S. Army	Coaster	140	1944	To Argentina as Babymar
		No name	NY Central RR	Covered Barge	100	1944	10 barges
		T 193-209	U.S. Army	Psgr.-Cargo	65	1944	17 boats
		J 2436-2468	U.S. Army	Launch	33	1945	33 boats
		J 2491-2501	U.S. Army	Launch	33	1945	11 boats
	254088	Naiad II		Passenger	62	1944	Deleted 2008 (ex-T boat?)
	282293	Empress		Fishing	61	1944	Deleted 1976 (ex-T boat?)
	258433	Jay & Lee		Fishing	40	1949	No longer active
	294911	Constellation	W. C. Gubelmann	Yacht	54	1964	Sank in Turkey 1981
	299372	Djinn		Yacht	56	1965	Later Cascade, now Grace
75	508185	Intrepid	Strawbridge Synd.	Yacht	54	1967	Active
		Iroquois	E. van Voorhis	Yacht	46	1967	Active (in Finland)
	519792	Spartan		Yacht	42	1969	Later Escort, deleted 2004
	544672	Lightnin'		Yacht	38	1972	Being restored 2016
	-	Cinnabar	John Kolar	Yacht	48	1973	To USNA 198-
	562661	Charisma		Yacht	54	1974	Active
	600013	Courageous	McCullough Synd.	Yacht	66	1974	Active
		Clipper		Yacht	41	1976	Active (in Sweden?)
	579285	Enterprise	G. & L. Jewett	Yacht	61	1976	Active
		Independence	King’s Point Fund	Yacht	61	1977	Stripped for parts
92	588780	Black Majic		Yacht	41	1977	Later Underwater Secrets, deleted 2011
	594024	Tabasco		Yacht	41	1978	Active
	602329	Impulse		Yacht	42	1978	Now Malolo
100	607848	Freedom	Fort Schuyler Fndn	Yacht	62	1979	Active
		Hero-Brava	Italian owners	Yacht	44	1980	Active

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