Meryl Grandy

Design 711 Bolero

One of the best known classic S&S designs, Bolero was built by Henry B. Nevins of City Island, New York. She was launched in 1949. It has been said that Mr. Nevins told his wife that Bolero would be his last yacht. He died the following year at age 72.

Bolero was designed and built for John Nicholas Brown, who was undersecretary of the United States Navy at the time as well as vice-commodore of the New York Yacht Club. No expense was spared in her construction.

She has undergone numerous restorations in her lifetime. The most recent was by far the most extensive, by Rockport Marine of Maine. Click here to learn more about it. There is also a new beautifully written book: In a Class by Herself: The Yawl BOLERO and the Passion for Craftsmanship, by John Rousmaniere. Click here to read more about it.

Here are the plans.