Lecture: Science and Art - The Herreshoff Design Method

The Nathanael Greene Herreshoff Model Room holds a collection unique in the world - Captain Nat's models used to create his designs, including his AMERICA's Cup defenders. The 500 models are works of art in themselves, and are testimony to Captain Nat's genius as a naval architect. Join us as at 7 p.m. as Halsey Herreshoff discusses Nat's method of design from deciding the proportions of the yacht, to the carving of the half hull, to the tools that Nat used and invented.  Guests are welcome to tour the N.G. Herreshoff Model Room following the presentation. Halsey C. Herreshoff of Bristol, Rhode Island, is a naval architect and marine engineer, builder of yachts, and member of the Bristol Town Council.  He is a principal in the firm of Herreshoff Designs Inc. that continues the longest continuous yacht design service in America.

Please register and pay in advance by calling 401-253-5000 or register online http://herreshoff.org/store/page24.html 

This is the first lecture in the 2012-2013 Lecture Series.  We are pleased to bring you one lecture a month through winter and into the spring.