EMPRESS: Racing catboat, Design #37

plans set

1 sheet for 30' 7" racing catboat EMPRESS (built 1903) designed by C. D. Mower, design #37. Date on plans is 1902-12-17. Lines, body plan, inboard profile, deck plan, mid section 1"=1' 12/17/1902
A Barnegat Bay, N.J., centerboard racing catboat designed for Messrs. O .K. & W. N. Stevenson of Phil¬adelphia. Represents a radical departure from the then prevailing type on Barnegat Bay. Winner of Sewell Cup (1903) sponsored by Island Heights, Bay Head, & Seaside Park Yacht Clubs, said to be expressly built for that purpose. See the Rudder Vol. XIV, No. XI, November 1903, p. 576-578.

Mystic Seaport, Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library, Charles D. Mower Collection