JM Reineck & Son

07/16/2024

Our 1916 Buzzards Bay 15 footer is on her mooring after the wind, weather and tide came together for an evening launch. We had the usual, though surprisingly steady, leaks that made us uneasy enough to tie up over night at a local boat club that was nice enough to lend us shore power to keep the battery charged over night. The next morning she was swelled up tight and we were off to the mooring under oar. With thunder storms threatening, we put off bending on the sails. Good thing we had the ash breeze to help us along.

05/08/2022

SCUD getting warmed up for another season. Launched into the silence of an pandemic two years ago, fitted out almost entirely with our bronze blocks and hardware, we wish her another winning season.

12/03/2021

Congratulations to Carter Richardson and East Passage Boatwrights of Bristol, RI for their new introduction, the East Passage 24 (EP 24), seen on the cover of Soundings Magazine. We dressed her up a little with our bronze jewelry. Also, kudos to Tyler Fields for the stunning photography.

A Rhode Island builder introduces a wooden launch with elegant lines, impressive performance and impeccable workmanship

10/06/2021

Some stunning photos of the Classics at Les Voiles de Sanit-Tropez 2021. Four of the seven in the Classic Gaff A Class are sailing with our hardware. SCUD; DH12, Spartan; NY6, Corintian; P5 and Chinook; NY48. It is an honor to be a part of such beauty.

08/30/2021

There is some exciting work to be done at Cantiere Navale dell'Argentario with two great classics in the queue with the arrival of Amoret. The the 1904 Herreshoff Gaff rigged yacht "Margaret" already there and waiting. Great things to come.

08/30/2021

Amoret, P20, will soon join Chips P13, Corinthian P5 and Olympian P14 in the P class on the Mediterranean Yacht racing circuit. Great racing to come.

"Amoret", P-Class - progetto di George Owen #38 del 1909 arrivata dal Maine per un restauro totale

08/21/2021

Congratulation to Artisan Boatworks and Alec Brainerd for Best In Show at the 2021 WoodenBoat Show for their beautiful Herreshoff 12½ reproduction. It is such a pleasure to work with him and to supply the hardware for his extraordinary boats.

WILLA - Winner of Best in Show in the Concours de Elegance at the 2021 WoodenBoat Show!

Show is open all day today, cancelled Sunday due to the storm.

08/05/2021

Final episode in the adventures (and misadventures) of a Haven 12½ Builder. A great series of videos documenting a 5 year build with honesty and good humor.

Maiden voyage sailing the Haven 12 1/2. Boat building is over, today we launch, Christen and sail . It has been an incredible journey and I have to thank so...

08/01/2021

Celebrating the Watch Hill 15: Another great Windcheck article in honor of HMM's 50th anniversary - follow the link to read Dick Holliday's article on the Watch Hill 15 fleet, the sixth piece in the series Windcheck is publishing over the course of this year as our official Golden Jubilee Media Partner.

Photo: Carter Holliday and Bob Green in Watch Hill Herreshoff Worry (HMC # 883) ducking H***y (WH-15 #2) sailed by Avery Kelly, Patricia Gagnon-Smith, Meg Kelly and Dick Holliday. © Clay Burkhalter/burkhalterphotos.com

Read https://buff.ly/3j5GRuZ

03/06/2021

Getting ready for spring. A few new hatchlings today.

10/09/2020

There are several of this class still to be restored, and this one is proof positive of the speed and beauty of the class. Joker awaits at Artisan Boatworks.

10/09/2020

Scud, a 1903 Bar Harbor 31 and Corinthian, a 1911 P Class racer; both Herreshoffs newly restored during the Covid-19 pandemic with our hardware racing at Saint Trope October 4. Kudos to Federico Nardi and the team at Cantiere Navale Dell'Argentario, and John Anderson for the restorations and to the sailing crews for impressive first time outings.

10/05/2020

After a two year restoration, Scud takes first on her first time out.

Scud, vainqueur en Epoque Aurique et Epoque Aurique +15m
« Mon équipage et moi-même voulons remercier toute l’organisation. La semaine a été très intéressante. Les trois premiers jours de régate ont été difficiles avec du vent très changeant. Ils ont fait un très bon travail en mer mais aussi à terre en cette période difficile à cause du Covid-19 ».
Paolo Piccione, navigateur

📸 Robin Christol / 2020

08/02/2020

After two years of research, planning and work, SCUD, the Herreshoff built 1903 Bar Harbor 30 Class sloop, HMCo. #603 takes to the waters off Porto Santo Stefano Italy in late July for her first sea trials. It was an honor and a privilege to be asked to be part of this grand project. The boat was found in Belgium as a very sad derelict, having been completely stripped of her hardware and rig. She was then trucked to Italy, arriving there in early spring of 2019. During the following months, we produced nearly every single piece of bronze hardware for her, while Federico Nardi, director of Cantiere Navale dell'Argentario in Porto Santo Stefano and his crew completely rebuilt the hull and rig, and managed the project. The last of seven shipments from us arriving just as Italy was shutting down for Covid-19 in March. This is our second collaboration with Federico Nardi. The first, the 1905 NY 30 Linnet, twenty three years ago, was our first big project. We had planned to go over for her launching, but ... Corona! Happily everyone here and there is fine.