Engineering:Eleanor (sloop)

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ELEANOR (Sailing Sloop)
Sloop Eleanor 2020.jpg
Restored 1903 Raceabout class sloop Eleanor in 2020
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LocationOff Lower Main St. in Catskill Creek, Catskill (village), New York
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 42°12′44″N 73°51′41″W / 42.21222°N 73.86139°W / 42.21222; -73.86139
Arealess than one acre
Built1903
ArchitectClinton H. Crane
NRHP reference #82001174
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 1982

The Eleanor is a historic gaff-rigged racing sloop built in 1903 at the B. F. Wood shipyard, City Island, Bronx and designed by Clinton H. Crane. She is homeported at the Catskill Marina, 10 Greene St., Catskill, New York. Her hull is 36 feet (11 m) in length and around 28 feet (8.5 m) at the waterline, her beam is 8.5 feet (2.6 m), and her draft is 4.5 feet (1.4 m).[1]

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

Starting in 2010, Eleanor's restoration was undertaken by the Hudson River Historic Boat Restoration and Sailing Society. The restoration was completed in 2020. The Eleanor is owned, maintained, and sailed by the Hudson River Historic Boat Restoration and Sailing Society.[citation needed]

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