Dyer Jones is currently the Chairman of the Selection Committee of the America's Cup Hall of Fame at the Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol, RI.   Dyer started his career with the America's Cup in 1967 working for the Columbia syndicate where he spent the summer hauling sails up and down the dock.  He was the Regatta Director for the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger Series in 2000 and 2003 in Auckland, NZ, and Regatta Director for the 32nd America's Cup in 2007 in Valencia, Spain.  He has worked for the past 40 years at The Anchorage, Inc. in Warren, RI, which builds Dyer Boats (he is named for the firm's founder, his grandfather, William Dyer).  Dyer is a former Commodore of the New York Yacht Club and served as its Race Committee Chairman during the memorable 1983 America's Cup.   He is also the co-author with Luigi Lang of an authoritative history of the 12 Metre Class.

 

Unfortunately in my enthusiasm to relate the interesting story of Nat Herreshoff's (NGH) creation of this year's CYS Herreshoff Centennial Yachts I was wrong about the BB25 and H12� and thankfully quickly heard about it from Maynard Bray and Claas van der Linde. The errors include incorrectly reporting the timing and origins of the designs of the two boats, not recognizing there were two Emmons (H. Nelson and Robert W.), not delving into the NGH/Emmons correspondence, and missing facts about the possible design heritage of the H12�. So with much help from Maynard and Claas plus a closer look at Nat Herreshoff's correspondence, let me correct the record.