Bob McVey Memorial a 1938 HOD from Race, the final club his father, Charlie: race of the season. Hull 117, built by But his legacy Serio himself. The encompasses more hull was rotted in than the race. Fast parts, from being forward to 2019, when stored outdoors, the all-volunteer boat and the original crew at the nearby fittings had been Havre de Grace replaced by Maritime Museum had modern ones. Its Volunteers at work in the HdG museum’s boat shop. recently constructed a mast, boom, and wooden Opti that was rigging had been then donated to the local youth sailing an exhibit on HODs. The exhibit removed and were used to construct program. For their next project, what if included a refurbished, fully rigged the boat on display in the Hampton they could find and restore an HOD 1947 HOD on display in the lobby, museum’s lobby. Wingfield agreed to similar to Ringer, the sailboat that set along with tools and artifacts from donate the hull and his brother Ben, Bob McVey on his racing career? Serio’s original workshop. During the who had built an HOD of his own, Under Caffo’s unofficial guidance, visit, they met with curator Allen donated a collection of related the team set to work. HODs are still an Holiman and shared their hope of blueprints to help with the rebuild. active class, with an estimated 700+ restoring an HOD as it would have Holiman also connected them boats still racing (though they switched been when McVey started racing in with Mike Evans, who added his circa from wood to fiberglass in 1961). To 1948. Holiman knew people who had 1940s HOD to the effort. This boat still learn more, the team headed to the wooden HODs they might be willing to had its wooden mast, boom, whisker Hampton History Museum, which had donate. David Wingfield had inherited pole, and bronze fittings. By combining
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