Harvey Brothers at Speed

One of my favorite Classic International 14 photos was taken by Ellie Martin of the Canadian's Doug and Al Harvey at full chat under spinnaker. I think this was from the 1980 U.S. Nationals in Annapolis Maryland. The hull is a McCutcheon KV.

1925 L.S.S.A 14-Footer "Hyking" Out

Picture from the Toronto Star newspaper, circa 1925, of two National Yacht Club sailors hiking the cat-rigged L.S.S.A 14-footers that were the precursor to the International 14 and a extremely popular racing fleet in Toronto Bay.

Chris Benedict with his Mk1's under construction

Mark Adams sends along a photo of Chris Benedict with his original Mk 1's under construction, circa 1978 (cold-molded out of Western red cedar). Of all the American designers of International 14's of my generation, Chris was the one who made it big (at least big in terms of I-14's). He garnered a large share of the new British market with his popular Mk IV, even moving to England to be close to the dinghy action. He also developed a junior trainer, the 404 for a English builder (maybe Ovington, I can't remember).

Chris was out of San Francisco and made his name initially as an excellent boatbuilder, working for the firm Sailnetics that produced top quality Fireballs and Kirby MkIV's in glass composite. One of the legends in the class; sadly, mostly unknown to the larger sailracing community.

Restored 1935 Uffa - Uffa Centenary Regatta

This picture was at the back of Yachts and Yachting magazine, September 4, 1998. Beautifully restored Uffa International 14 Wirlwind. Note the typical tumblehome at the transom of the pre-war 14's.

US 915 - The Lowman Mk 1 - A 1970's clinker design

Clinker or lapstrake designs are a rarity in the International 14, particularly from the 1950's onward (we do have the lapstrake designs of the Canadians, from the period just before and after WWII, during the transition from the LSSA 14 to International 14 - see this previous post). There was several Proctor 6's that were built in clinker by Wyche and Coppock from England during the 1960's but that was about it. Thus US 915, home designed and built by Seattle 14'er Rich Lowman as a clinker design, is an anomaly.  US 915 surfaced on the Internet recently when owner Marcus Raichle put her up for sale. It is a plywood 6-planker, the hull form described as somewhere between a Kirby 4 and Kirby 5; a Kirby 4 1/2. The interior tank layout is typical of this period but leading the jib outside the hull and then to a turning block to re-enter the hull was certainly unconventional. This one-of-a-kind 14 has found a new owner.

Photos sent along by Marcus.

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Update 07/16: Eli Semke writes to say he has purchased US 915

"I recently purchased International 14 hull US 915. Cool boat! This is my introduction to International 14’s, though I remember more modern ones sailing out of Shilshole. Thought I’d reach out, let you know where she’s at (Port Townsend). I’d love to learn about the history of this boat.

Old and New; RCYC

The Royal Canadian Yacht Club held the 2013 International 14 Worlds this past September. I lifted this neat photo taken during the regatta showing the juxtaposition of a Classic 14 versus the modern.

Blog on Morgan Giles National 14

Continuing on the Morgan Giles theme from the previous post, I ran across a blog featuring one of his National 14's, Hilda