25' Modified Buzzards Bay 15 Class Sloop (1907) - FLICKER

For sailing, original owner Walter Ladd’s crew hastily lowered FLICKER (HMCo. #674) from his steam yacht’s davits, brought her against the landing stage and raised sail. Ladd then climbed aboard and off he went. With husky hoisting shackles recessed into her deck, this is what FLICKER was designed for rather than racing. N.G. Herreshoff chose to modify his existing Buzzards Bay 15 design by lowering the lead ballast keel, eliminating the centerboard, raising the sheer, and beefing up the structure a little. FLICKER is a spectacularly untouched example of HMCo. workmanship, with original planking, deck, and structural members intact. There are only a few sister frames near the bow, and access panels have been cut through both her watertight bulkheads. Aside from these details not much else has changed since her launch in 1907. You can still see, for example, original pencil marks from her builders on the light lead wash HMCo. used to preserve the interior behind watertight bulkheads.