EastBayRI.com: At Bristol Boat Company on Burnside Avenue, boatbuilders remained focused on their individual tasks on Tuesday afternoon. They were there working to rebuild a Herreshoff “S” class yacht. The 20’ hull took up a good portion of the...

Regular visitors to BoatingLocal may recall the last time we visited with Dan Shea of the Bristol Boat Company. Back in fall of 2011, the talented craftsman was unveiling the exquisite cold-molded Herreshoff 20 he had spent the better...

At first Dan Shea called it “just another day at the shop,” then smiled and said, “For the better part of a year it was just me in here. So now I know it’s not just another day.” Shea,...

The name Nathanael Greene Herreshoff still resonates among yachtsmen, boatbuilders and designers around the world, and his legacy lives on at the Herreshoff Museum in Bristol, Rhode Island. Located on the site of the former Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, the...