Founded in 1993, the International Yacht Restoration School’s library recently acquired a unique film of Amaryllis II, a 33-foot Herreshoff designed and built catamaran. While not the first catamaran to be launched at the Herreshoff boatyard – eight had preceded it – this was the first in over fifty years.
The library had been digitizing the George O’Day film collection (which was donated to the library about a year and a half ago), which included the Herreshoff catamaran, filmed in 1933 during her trials off Bristol, RI. The film was shot on Kodacolor film, which was the first color film made for amateurs, and is unique (it can’t be copied) – a few weeks after the film was made.
The film was initially shown to Nat Herreshoff, and then remained in a private collection until George O’Day acquired it, probably in the 1960s or 70s. To watch the film, and the read the full story about the catamaran, click here.
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