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Henry B. Nevins Yacht Builders

City Island NY

Most recent update: March 22, 2020.

Henry B. Nevins started his career at Consolidated Shipbuilding in Morris Heights. In 1907, he bought the Hansen Boatyard at the foot of Winter Street, on City Island, adding the adjoining Byles yard. Nevins died in 1950 and his widow sold the yard in 1954. It then operated as Nevins Yacht Yard until it folded again in 1962. The site is now occupied by City Island's PS-175.

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O/N Name Customer Type LOA Delivered Notes
36 Dreamer motor boat 60 1913
37 Solita Daniel Bacon yawl 39 1914 later Mischief, Mimi IV, Windward, Americana, Owahgena
67 tender 15 1914
214102 Seamaid Herbert Childs yacht 47 1916 later Caravan
215028 Saona yacht 56 1917 later Flying Mist, Ladrona, Neris
YS-16 US Navy barge 35 1918
YS-39-51 US Navy barge 35 1918 13 boats
186 tender 15 1920
187 launch 21 24 1920 being restored as "Spirit of 1920"
Blue Jacket sloop 31 1920
Soixante-Quinze sloop 31 1920 later Avanti
217 sloop 38 1921
227 tender 17 1921
226 Grebe 6-meter 36 1921
228 Dagomar sloop 34 1922
230 Clytie sloop 31 1922
232 tender 14 1922
233 Viva 6-meter 35 1922
253 Momo cruiser 40 1923
254 Ingomar 6-meter 33 1923
255 Hawk 6-meter 33 1923
256 launch 22 1923
259 tender 24 1923
261 Cappy Second catboat 22 1923
262 Miss Columbia runabout 27 1924
264 Heron 6-meter 32 1924
267 Teaser runabout 40 1924 at Lake Tahoe Marine Museum
268 Natka 6-meter 40 1924
Dauphin 6-meter 31 1924
Po yacht 29 1925 later Thetis, Broncho, Dita, Wilhelmina, Tangent, Poppy, Argo
270 Baby Bootlegger runabout 30 1924
272 Dolphin sloop 27 1924
275 Lanai 6-meter 34 1925
277 224638 Oheka power boat 61 1925 later Arlis
278 Ardelle aux. sloop 39 1926 later Jonny, Ardelle
279 Secret sloop 38 1925
281 Miss Motometer runabout 27 1924 later Baby Skipalong
282 Adventure ketch 74 1925
283 tender 25 1926
285 launch 22 1926
287 229590 Analgra III motor boat 75 1926
288 226009 Nevada yacht 110 1926
319 226498 Phantom runabout 66 1927 later Vampire
321 launch 16 1926
322 launch 20 1926
324 Arcadian tender 34 1926
327 Redhead 6-meter 33 1925
329 Clytie 6-meter 35 1927
330 Priscilla 6-meter 34 1927
331 Picaro 6-meter 33 1927
333 tender 25 1927
336 Janice III runabout 37 1927
338 launch 32 1927
339 launch 25 1927
340 life boat 28 1927
341 life boat 28 1927
342 Atrocia 6-meter 35 1927
Frieda 6-meter 34 1927
Nina schooner 59 1928
227417 Cigarette L. Gordon Hamersley commuter 73 1928
345 Akaba 6-meter 37 1928
346 Alert IV sloop 40 1928 total loss 1977
348 Saleema 6-meter 37 1928
349 motor boat 40 1928
Thisbe Van S. Merle-Smith sloop 40 1929 Powered 1950, depowered
351 runabout 40 1929
353 228774 Sazarac commuter 71 1929 later Souris, Tabasco, Savitar, Saxon III, to USN 1942 as YP-164, sold 1946 as Elysian, Saxon III, Pacmo, Aggie J
Sally aux. yawl 46 1929 later Jig Time, Aleada, Arroway, Lazy Eight, Bedouin VIII
358 Chantey sloop 23 1928
359 Snapshot cruiser 32 1929
360 Amerind schooner 92 1930
360 launch 16 1930
362 Golliwog sloop 31 1930
363 Analgra Lewis E. Pierson motor yacht 107 1930 later Tara, Lovely Lady, Norma Jeane
366 Sprig 6-meter 37 1930
368 Mars 6-meter 37 1930
Alerion sloop 34 19-- later Priscilla, Pintail, Aloha, Ava
Souris yacht 1930 to USN 1942 as YP-454, sold 1946
Semloh yacht 82 1931 to USN 1942 as YP-532, sold 1946
Bob Kat II aux. sloop 37 1931 later Bob Kat
371 tender 12 1931
375 Miss Philadelphia Hydroplane 28 1931
287505 Ayesha aux. yawl 46 1932
231472 Brilliant Walter Barnum aux. schooner 46 1932 to Mystic Seaport 1953
384 Utility launch 18 1933
Orion yacht 48 1934
C. F. Roof aux. sloop 37 1934 later Jack, Altair
234050 Gipsy Arthur Iselin power boat 42 1935
390 launch 18 1934
391 Pendragon cutter 41 1935
393 Seven Seas Van S. Merle-Smith 12-meter 68 1935
394 Semloh yacht 87 1936 to USN 1942 as YP-569, sold 1946, Gypsy Queen, destroyed 2012
394 tender 15 1936
395 launch 26 1936
396 Valencia John B. Shethar NY32 # 1 45 1936 later Alar, White Lie, Shady Lady, Whisper III, Goldbrick, Icarus II, Penance, status unknown
397 Apache Charles F. Havemeyer NY32 # 2 45 1936
398 Swell Ralph P. Manny NY32 # 3 45 1936 later Old Salt, Lord Jom, Revery, Icefire, Ice Fire
399 280299 Geisha Louis L. Stanton NY32 # 4 45 1936 later Barquita, Tigress
400 MS3621AD Esmeralda John K. Roosevelt NY32 # 5 45 1936 later Vitesse II, Vitesse, Gaucho
401 Spindrift Albert E. Peirce NY32 # 6 45 1936 later French Boy, Falcon II
402 294393 Folly Junius S. Morgan, Jr. NY32 # 20 45 1936 later Trig, Half Moon, Dulcinea, Siren
403 Wynfred Frederick M. Schaefer NY32 # 8 45 1936 later Arbela, Wynfred, lost to fire during WWII
404 Clotho Henry H. Anderson NY32 # 9 45 1936 later Sylvia, Pavana, Salty
405 545165 Larikin Frederick T. Bedford NY32 #10 45 1936 later Whisper II, Soubrette, Betise, Flying Tartan, Tenderly, Ibis
406 Mehitabel Frederick T. Moses NY32 # 11 45 1936 later Release, Maane, Night Wing, Mehitabel
407 Rampage II Arthur W. Page NY32 # 12 45 1936 later Gallivant, Voyager, Raider, Fun
408 Biquette Byam Stephens NY32 # 13 45 1936 later Windward, Fun, Gaylark, Proton II, Westral, Magic
409 Ibis II O'Donnell Iselin NY32 # 14 45 1936 later Sarbodaya, Ibis
410 Sapphire Perry McK. Sturges NY32 # 15 45 1936 later Mallard, Fairwind, Dauntless III, Sapphire
411 Notus II Frederic Coudert Jr. NY32 # 16 45 1936 later Ballina, Patriot, Woodwind.later Night Heron
412 281455 Revonoc Harvey Conover NY32 # 17 45 1936 later Mustang
413 Gentian George Nichols NY32 # 18 45 1936
414 Dolphin NY32 # 19 45 1936 later Away, Sirius, lost in the Med. 2016
415 Ragamuffin Johnston de Forest NY32 # 7 45 1936
417 tender 16 1936
421 236666 Anchorite Charles McG. Baxter aux. yawl 50 1937
424 286891 Nancy Lloyd yacht 41 1938
428 Dinghy 14 1937
Zaida III George E. Ratsey sloop 57 1937 to the USCG-1941 as CGR 3070, Zaida
Gleam 12-meter 53 1937
235978 Elizabeth McCaw aux. yawl 63 1937 later Doris, Athene
437 launch 20 1938
Blitzen R. J. Reynolds cutter 47 1938 later Nimrod V, Blitzen again
237137 Edlu II aux. yawl 68 1938 later Tabor Boy, Black Watch
Nyala 12-meter 55 1938
Northern Light 12-meter 55 1938
Odyssey yacht 74 1938
450 Row boat 16 1939
451 Row boat 16 1939
Vim 12-meter 55 1939
White Mist yacht 39 1939
459 Pomelion sloop 25 1940
460 launch 1940
461 launch 1940
crash boat 46 1942
Puffin yacht 126 1942
486 pontoon 28
YMS-1 US Navy minesweeper 136 25 Mar 1942 struck 1946
YMS-2 US Navy minesweeper 136 9 Apr 1942 struck 1946
YMS-3 US Navy minesweeper 136 25 Apr 1942 to France 1944 as Heliotrope (D-334), struck 1965
YMS-4 US Navy minesweeper 136 1 May 1942 struck 1946
YMS-5 US Navy minesweeper 136 19 May 1942 struck 1946
YMS-7 US Navy minesweeper 136 4 Jun 1942 struck 1946
YMS-6 US Navy minesweeper 136 18 Jun 1942 struck 1946
YMS-8 US Navy minesweeper 136 27 Jun 1942 struck 1946
YMS-9 US Navy minesweeper 136 11 Jul 1942 struck 1946
YMS-10 US Navy minesweeper 136 24 Jul 1942 struck 1946
YMS-11 US Navy minesweeper 136 6 Aug 1942 struck 1946
YMS-397 US Navy minesweeper 136 25 Jan 1943 struck 1946
YMS-398 US Navy minesweeper 136 13 Mar 1943 struck 1946
YMS-399 US Navy minesweeper 136 9 Apr 1943 struck 1946
YMS-400 US Navy minesweeper 136 14 May 1943 reclassified 1947 as Magpie (AMS-25), mined off Chuksan and lost 1950
YMS-401 US Navy minesweeper 136 4 Jun 1943 struck 1946
YMS-402 US Navy minesweeper 136 25 Jun 1943 reclassified 1947 as Seagull (AMS-55), struck 1959
YMS-403 US Navy minesweeper 136 20 Jul 1943 struck 1946
YMS-404 US Navy minesweeper 136 6 Aug 1943 struck 1946
YMS-308 US Navy minesweeper 136 27 Jul 1943 struck 1946
YMS-309 US Navy minesweeper 136 13 Sep 1943 struck 1946
YMS-310 US Navy minesweeper 136 1 Oct 1943 struck 1946
YMS-311 US Navy minesweeper 136 5 Nov 1943 reclassified 1947 as Robin (AMS-53), struck 1961
YMS-312 US Navy minesweeper 136 4 Dec 1943 reclassified 1947 as Grackle (AMS-13), to Brazil 1965 as Jurvena (M-13), struck 1974
P-592 US Army rescue boat 85 Aug 1944
P-593 US Army rescue boat 85 Sep 1944
P-594 US Army rescue boat 85 Oct 1944
P-595 US Army rescue boat 85 Nov 1944
P-596 US Army rescue boat 85 Dec 1944
Polly H. B. Nevins sloop 56 1945 being restored
Pilgrim yacht 39 1946
Windblown aux. sloop 39 1946 later Asenath
Ku Chu yacht 38 1947
Holiday Louis B. Rosenstiel yacht 76 1947 later Argosy Venture
Pacifica yacht 41 1947
Bolero aux. yawl 73 1949
258754 Seer aux. ketch 66 1949 later Beatrice
260537 Burma aux. cutter 58 1950
MSC-63 Lier (M-912) Belgian Navy minesweeper 22 Jul 1953 to Taiwan 1969 as Yung Shan (M-165): scrapped 1983
MSC-64 Sint Niklaas (M-918) Belgian Navy minesweeper 3 Feb 1954 to Taiwan 1969 as Yung Jen (M-163): struck 1995
MSC-65 Diksmuide (M-920) Belgian Navy minesweeper 30 Mar 1954 to Taiwan 1969 as Yung Sui (M-164): struck 1994
Built by Nevins Yacht Yard
1 271129 Golliwogg Colin Ratsey aux. yawl 11 34 1955 later Cicada
2 269960 Bonne Amie Charles A. Ernst, Jr. aux. yawl 11 34 1955
3 512603 Halcyon Parker Heath aux. yawl 11 34 1955 later Meiga del Mar
4 271417 Indigo S. K. Wellman aux. yawl 11 34 1956 later Jessamyn Rose
5 294608 Pipe Dream J. A. Taylor aux. yawl 11 34 1956
6 272334 Ca Va J. W. Hershey aux. yawl 11 34 1956 later Sea Fever
7 Calluna Thomas C. Chubb aux. yawl 11 34 1956 later Victoria
8 273491 Alledra Alfred Brittain aux. yawl 11 34 1957 later Ziggurat
9 576789 Prima Donna Stanley M. Cooper aux. yawl 11 34 1957
10 Cythlen Briggs Cunningham aux. yawl 11 34 1957 later Escapade
11 277382 Fantasy Horace C. Ford aux. yawl 11 34 1958
276795 Columbia Paul Shields sloop (12-meter) 55 1958
286617 Wilda III Herbert Humphreys power boat 92 73 1958 later Luna V, Cad II, Pearl

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