Bristol Boat Works - New York 40 Version 1.16

On August 26, 1925, Edward L. Cudahy signed an agreement with the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island to construct Hull #955, a New York 40 for $27,000.00
The Marilee was built and delivered the following year, 1926.

Marilee is the 13th of 14 One Design NY40 Hulls Built between 1916 and 1926.

The NY40 class was designed by Nathanael Herreshoff—the "Wizard of Bristol"—for the New York Yacht Club in 1916. His objective was a competitive racer seaworthy enough for ocean racing, yet elegant enough for coastal cruising. The design initially drew criticism for its wide beam and high free board, earning the nickname "flying saucer." That changed quickly once the boats hit the water and proved their performance. The class soon became known as the "Fighting Forties."
Twelve NY40s launched in 1916, but World War I interrupted after just two racing seasons.When racing resumed in 1920, two additional boats were commissioned. The Marilee (Hull#955) launched in 1926.

Today, only four NY40s survive. The Marilee underwent a major restoration in 2014-2016 by French & Webb in Belfast, Maine, working closely with Kurt Hasselbalch, curator of MIT's Hart Nautical Collections, who provided access to high resolution scans of the original Herreshoff drawings and plans.

https://www.frenchwebb.com/marilee-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqaSWjtF8PI

For the Marilee in particular:
Construction: Wood
LOA: 59' 0" (17.98m)
LWL: 40' 9" (12.42m)
Beam: 14' 5" (4.39m)
Draft: 8' 3" (2.51m)
Rig: Sloop
Sail Area: 2,100sq ft (195.1sq m)
Displ.: 26.0 short tons (23.5 metric tons)

The NY40 in Secondlife:
The Mesh - Fortunately there were plenty of images available of the Marilee as well as actual and original blueprints that I utilized to bring the boat into Secondlife. I worked from the blueprints and information publicly available from the Herreshoff archives of the MIT Museum and about 1,000 pictures of the boat historic and current. Using the information available that still matched the current version of the boat, I used those references as much as possible to create an accurate digital model of the boat.

Tradeoffs - The first tries were maybe a little too detailed for Secondlife. The original mesh versions imported at close to 1600 Land Impact, so I had to make the painful decision to selectively remove some of the details and fine tune the LOD. The boat in SL is not low land impact, I prioritized accuracy and detail over a low Land Impact.

The MIT Museum, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection:
https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/collection/haffenreffer-herreshoff-collection

https://herreshoff.info/Docs/S00955_Marilee.htm

This is all original mesh and copyright 2026

The Textures - Everything on the Boat is PBR with the exception of the sails and a few minor parts. I have provided the UVs for the Hull, the Transom and the Sails so you can customize the boat how you like. I have also provided White PBR materials for the Hull, and Transom.

The Scripts -
I used the GLW wind engine scripts made available by Lalia (laliacasau) (thank you for making these script available!!! you are a life saver!!!). The scripts have been heavily modified to fit this boat.

In the package there are two versions of the boat, A Marilee Version and a NY40 Version (different textures but the same mesh) as well as numerous UVs and materials so you can modify either boat as you see fit.