Coriolis
1938, Herreshoff 12 ½ Gaff-Rigged Sloop, 16’
Coriolis
The Herreshoff H-12½ has been referred to as the best small boat design ever. Perfect proportions coupled with expert construction equal a timeless design and a boat that lasts for generations. Her hull shape and external lead keel provide stability through the water and her cockpit provides plenty of comfort for 6 adults.
Asking Price: $17,000
Location: Damariscotta, ME
Hull and Deck Construction
Full keel with transom hung rudder underwater configuration
Carvel planking
Cedar planking over White Oak frames, floors, stem, keel, deadwood and transom.
Bronze screw fastenings
Varnished, molded Mahogany sheer strake.
Varnished Mahogany toe rails, cockpit coamings, cockpit seats and transom.
Cedar cockpit sole with painted (Gray) finish.
Decks are of cedar planking over fir deck beams with painted canvas over lay.
Fore and aft cockpit bulkheads are of marine plywood with White painted finish
Transom hung White Oak rudder with bronze pintails and gudgeons and varnished White Oak tiller.
Exterior color scheme: Green bottom, Red boot stripe, White topsides, Varnished sheer strake and transom.
Interior color scheme: White hull interior and bulkheads, Varnished transom, aft deck, cockpit coamings, seat
tops, lazarette door and misc. trim.
Coriolis is constructed with original factory installed air chambers under cockpit seating allowing the boat to
remain afloat if cockpit is flooded.
Deck and Cockpit Hardware
Bronze bow chocks and bow cleat
Bronze stern cleats
Bronze pad eyes for jib sheet fore deck blocks
Bronze oar lock sockets on cockpit coaming
Bronze main sheet traveler
Bronze pad eye for main sheet block
Bronze chain plates and stem iron
All running rigging blocks are of bronze construction
Bronze halyard cleats
Spars and Rigging
Gaff-rigged sloop configuration
Varnished Sitka Spruce mast, boom and jib club
Aluminum spinnaker pole
Stainless steel 1x19 wire standing rigging (shrouds and headstay) with chrome bronze turnbuckle adjusters
Sheets (main, jib and spinnaker) of traditional 3-strand Dacron line.
Halyards (main, jib, spinnaker and topping lift) of traditional 3-strand Dacron line
Varnished Ash mast hoops
All jib and mainsheet turning blocks of bronze fabrication
Bronze sail track on boom and jib club.
Sails and Canvas
North Sails main sail
North Sails jib
North Sails spinnaker
Sail Bags
Additional Equipment
Anchor and anchor rode
Hand Bilge pump
PFD’s / life jackets
Oar
Boat Hook
Misc sheets and lines
Wooden cradle