Boat Name: Jill

Sail: US 56

Year Built: 1931

Designer: Olin J. Stephens II

Builder: Henry B. Nevins (original), Rockport Marine (restoration 2008)
Website: (For Sale) https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1931-sparkman-$-stephens-36-sloop-9324831/

History: US 56 Jill was designed by Olin Stephens and built at the Nevins yard on City Island, New York. She was built for J. Seward Johnson and almost immediately made her presence known in the Spring races in Bermuda, then as part of the famous American team that went to England for the 1932 British American Team Races. The other members of the team were US 55 Lucie, US 54 Bobkat II and US 60 Nancy (in England since 1932). Jill also won the Seawanhaka Cup following the British-American series in a light weather series in Scotland on the Clyde against 3 time winner Coila III. Jill was recently relaunched after a massive reconstruction from the ballast keel up by Rockport Marine in Maine where a skilled team of wooden-boat specialists spent nearly a year rebuilding her. Only the lead ballast and two bronze fittings remain from the original boat. Jill is double-planked carvel with Alaskan yellow cedar inside and mahogany outside. The frames are steam-bent white oak. Her spars are Sitka spruce and her deck is Dynel-covered. JILL was relaunched on May 24, 2008.

JILL measures 36’8” overall, with a beam of 6’1” and a draft of 5’5

Many more photos on Jill's For Sale listing.