Henry B. Nevins, Inc.

City Island's most exacting yard: Brilliant, Stormy Weather, the New York Thirty-Twos, and twenty-four minesweepers.

Founded

1907, when Henry B. Nevins (1878–1950) bought the Hansen boatyard; later absorbed the adjoining Byles yard

End

Nevins died in 1950 after a yard accident; his widow sold in 1954; the yard closed in 1962. The site is now PS 175

Chief architect

Charles D. Mower, postwar

• 1914Solita — Alden yawl
• 1932Brilliant — Sparkman & Stephens schooner; now sail-training at Mystic Seaport
• 1934Stormy Weather — S&S yawl
• 1936New York 32 class — 20 built
• 1942–43YMS minesweepers — 24 built