ELEANOR (Sailing Sloop)
Why it's listed
Eleanor is a 36-foot gaff-rigged racing sloop kept on Catskill Creek in Greene County, New York. Designed by yacht designer Clinton H. Crane and believed built around 1903 at the B. F. Wood shipyard on City Island, she measures 21 feet on the waterline with a 9.5-foot beam. Her mahogany hull is double planked and copper riveted, with a lead keel, a centerboard, and a hollow Adirondack spruce mast and boom. She carries no engine. The sloop appears to follow Crane's design for the Raceabout Lanai, though somewhat longer and wider. No firm documentation of her construction date or first owner has been found. She is believed to be the only surviving example of Crane's Raceabout work, and she shows the racing yacht design of her era. She passed through several owners, including the Livingston family, and is now used as a schoolship to teach sailing.
Significance in brief: The nomination calls it an intact and rare surviving example of an early gaff-rigged racing sloop by noted naval architect Clinton H. Crane. It represents state-of-the-art racing yacht design for its period. It is believed to be the only surviving example of Crane's work in the Raceabout class.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 82001174, listed December 27, 1982. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Off Lower Main St. in Catskill Creek, Catskill |
|---|---|
| County | Greene County |
| Listed | December 27, 1982 |
| Reference number | 82001174 |
| Resource type | Structure |
| Period of significance | 1900- |
| Architect / builder | Clinton H. Crane (designer); built at the B. F. Wood shipyard, City Island, New York |
| Areas of significance | Transportation, Maritime History |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Described as in good, unaltered condition, with no mechanical propulsion. Moored in Catskill Creek during the sailing season, stored at a Catskill marina in winter, and used as a schoolship by the Hudson River Sailing Club. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 42.21237, -73.86104 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 82001174.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5354214
- This listing as JSON
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