Halsey Chase Herreshoff (born 1933) is a

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of production and custom yachts, sailor and former president of

Herreshoff Marine Museum The Herreshoff Marine Museumis a maritime museum in Bristol, Rhode Island dedicated to the history of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, yachting, and America's Cup. The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company (1878–1945) was most notable for prod ...

. At the museum he and Edward duMoulin founded the

America's Cup Hall of Fame The America's Cup Hall of Fame, located at the Herreshoff Marine Museum of Bristol, Rhode Island, USA, honors individuals for outstanding achievement in the America's Cup sailing competition. Candidates eligible for consideration include skippers ...

in 1992. Halsey is son of Algernon Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff (1886–1977) and Rebecca Chase (; 1894–1991) and the grandson of the famous

Nathanael Greene Herreshoff Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (March 18, 1848 – June 2, 1938) was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator. He produced a succession of undefeated America's Cup defenders between 1893 and 1920. Biography Her ...

(1848–1938). As several before him in the Herreshoff family he studied Naval Architecture. At Webb Institute of Naval Architecture he finished a bachelor's degree and later a master's at

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. In the

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he achieved rank of

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before he started as a Naval Architect at the

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and as a teacher at MIT. Halsey was involved in politics and was the elected chief executive officer (

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) in

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Town Council,

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from 1986 to 1994. As a yacht designer his Herreshoff Freedom 40 design led to a line of Herreshoff

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es from 27 to 45 feet and changed the way the world felt about un-stayed masts. Halsey might be best known for his career as an America's Cup sailor, having served on many cup defenders of the

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Era, first as bowman on ''Columbia'' in 1958 and concluding as navigator on ''Liberty'' in 1983. But perhaps his greatest contribution to sailing has been his development of the America's Cup Hall of Fame at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.

Designs

Halsey Chase Herreshoff's sailboat designs: * Alerion 38 * Bristol 22 Caravel * Bristol 26 * Bristol 27.7 * Bristol 28 * Bristol 29 *

Bristol 29.9 The Bristol 29.9 is an American sailboat that was designed by Halsey Chase Herreshoff as a Midget Offshore Racing Class and International Offshore Rule racer and first built in 1977.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North ...

Bristol 30 Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in S ...

Bristol 33 Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in S ...

* Bristol 34 * Chrysler 20 *

Chrysler 22 The Chrysler 22 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Halsey Herreshoff and first built in 1975.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 92. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. Production ...

Chrysler 26 The Chrysler 26 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Halsey Herreshoff as a cruiser and first built in 1977. Production The design was built by Chrysler Marine in the United States, starting in 1977, but it is now out o ...

* Chrysler 30 * Courier 26 *

Freedom 40 AC Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving on ...

* Freedom 44 * Herreshoff 27 * Herreshoff 31 * Herreshoff 37 * Herreshoff 38 * Herreshoff 45 * Herreshoff America * Herreshoff Eagle *

Herreshoff H-26 The Herreshoff H-26 is an American sailboat that was designed by Gordon Goodwin, Sidney Herreshoff and Halsey Chase Herreshoff as a cruiser.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 180-181. ...

* Herreshoff Scout * Horizon Cat 20 * Horizon Day Cat 20 * Sailstar 26 * Starwind 22 * Ticon 30 * Tmi 26 * Tmi 30

References

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