Used New York Yacht Club 50 Sailboats for Sale

The New York Yacht Club 50 is a distinguished sailboat model designed by the legendary Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, often referred to as "Captain Nat" or "The Wizard of Bristol". Built by the renowned Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in Bristol, Rhode Island, this class of yachts was specifically commissioned by the prestigious New York Yacht Club, intended as a high-level one-design racing class. With only nine vessels ever constructed, the New York Yacht Club 50 quickly earned a reputation, with some sources referring to it as potentially "the greatest one-design class ever built". These substantial cutters, exemplified by the sole surviving yacht Spartan (which underwent a complete restoration in 2010), represent a pinnacle of early 20th-century yacht design and construction, blending performance with the inherent quality of Herreshoff craftsmanship.