In 1948 the well-known Cape Cod Shipbuilding Company of Wareham, 

 Massachusetts, purchased the exclusive rights to manufacture the Bull's Eye 

 and selected this as the first keel-model boat to mold with fiber glass. Sidney 

 De W. HerreshoflF, son of Nathanael, designed the new rig. 



The Bull's Eye is obviously a displacement boat, not a planing type, but 

 it is a good sailer in almost any kind of weather, particularly in rough water. 

 About 475 of the Bull's Eyes are reported to have been built at the time of 

 writing, of which 400 are in the United States. The principal areas of ac- 

 tivity are Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts; Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island; 

 the Mount Desert region in Maine; Long Island Sound, including the 

 Fishers Island waters; Marblehead, Massachusetts; the South Shore of Cape 

 Cod, Massachusetts; New Jersey, and Miami. At the time of writing. Dr. 

 Gordon W. Douglas (Pelham, N.Y. ) is Secretary of the recently organized 

 Bull's-Eye Class Association, which had sixty-three members. Prices are 

 $2000 to $2150, depending upon the equipment and delivery location. Used 

 boats cost $1500 to $1800. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. i5'8y2"; waterline i2'6%"; beam s'lo"; 

 draft (keel) 2'$"; sail area 140 sq. ft. (spinnaker allowed); weight 1350 lbs.; 

 trailable with special equipment. 



BUTTERBALL 



In the summer of 1958 Captain Richard T. Miller, of the Ship Design 

 Division, Bureau of Ships, U.S.N., who lives in Annapolis, Maryland, de- 

 signed the 9'6'^ Butterball pram dinghy as a junior training boat. The most 

 distinctive feature of the class is said to be a thick (1'%'') daggerboard 

 with a symmetrical airfoil section. This is said to give the boat a good lift, 

 so that she sails close to the wind and balances nicely. The designer reports 

 that Bob Bavier (Yachting) sailed Number 1 boat in the spring of 1959 

 and appeared pleased with its handling qualities. Of the thirty boats so far 

 built, most of them are located in the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina; 

 some are at Tacoma, Washington; others are in Texas, Michigan, Missouri, 

 Australia, and New Zealand. Material is mahogany plywood. Captain R. T. 

 Miller (R.F.D. 3, Box 392, Melvin Rd., Annapolis, Md. ) is the source 

 of information on the class. The principal builder is Bill Dodds Boats (Route 

 1, Box 156A, Johns Island, S.C.). The price is about $400 new, one of the 

 least expensive sailing dinghies of which we have heard. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. 9'6"; waterline 7^'; beam ^'4''; draft 

 without centerboard 5", with C.B. 2'$^"; sail area 49 sq. ft.; weight 150 lbs.; 

 trailable or cartop. 



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