Spartan, NY50, is the only known remaining vessel of the 9 NY50's built. The fleet of NY50s was commissioned by the New York Yacht Club and built in the winter of 1912-1913 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol (HMCo), Rhode Island. The boats were graceful yet powerful, comfortable in heavy weather.  Originally constructed as a jack yard tops'l gaff sloop, Spartan measures 72' LOA and 50' LWL. She has a 14' 7" beam and a draft of 9' 9", displacing about 74,000 pounds. She carries 35,500 pounds of lead ballast. Like her sisters, her topsides were double-planked and diagonally strapped for extra strength in the Herreshoff tradition; the hull was built upside down. Spartan has been under restoration since the 1980's.