Meryl Grandy

Design 622 Eroica

I believe this is the 5th boat designed for Avard E. Fuller of Fuller Brush fame. You can search some of his others on this blog. Not all previously designed boats were built however.

Eroica was built of wood by Henry B. Nevins of City Island and launched in 1946. She was built as a cruising boat, but like many boats she participated, and rather successfully, in a number of distance races.

It's an unusual arrangement plan and I wonder how it worked out in practical use. The two cabins are separated by a head and I can imagine that must have caused a bit of a traffic jam at times.

Of particular note is her aluminum mast which was made of extruded aluminum in Avard Fuller's own machine shop. Some say this was the first aluminum mast installed in a wooden boat. her other spars were of Sitka spruce.

Eroica spent her time on the East Coast until the mid-1960s when she was brought West to California. She was then renamed Pacifica.

Here are the plans.