Episode Summary
In 1935, members of the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) commissioned a fleet of offshore-capable one-design racer-cruisers to replace the venerable Herreshoff New York 30 class. Olin Stephens designed the new class, and the Nevins yard of City Island, New York, built the 20 boat fleet in just one winter. In the ensuing decades, the boats proved to be well suited for around-the-buoys racing, family cruising, and serious ocean competition. That’s still the case more than 90 years later, as many of the boats survive and thrive to this day. In this video, we meet two longtime New York 32 owners—and their boats.
You can read more about the New York 32s in WoodenBoat No. 313 (November/December 2026), which includes articles on both the class, and York 32 No. 20, SIREN.
In 1935, members of the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) commissioned a fleet of offshore-capable one-design racer-cruisers to replace the venerable Herreshoff New York 30 class. Olin Stephens designed the new class, and the Nevins yard of City Island, New York, built the 20 boat fleet in just one winter. In the ensuing decades, the boats proved to be well suited for around-the-buoys racing, family cruising, and serious ocean competition. That’s still the case more than 90 years later, as many of the boats survive and thrive to this day. In this video, we meet two longtime New York 32 owners—and their boats.
You can read more about the New York 32s in WoodenBoat No. 313 (November/December 2026), which includes articles on both the class, and York 32 No. 20, SIREN.
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