The four builders of the sea sprite did not keep accurate construction information. A few folks have tried over the years to do something as simple as match hull numbers to builder with little success. Here is a link to a thread found on our TapaTalk Forum from 2008 in response to a reader’s question about the boat’s history from Robert Gainer (sailed his SS23 across the Atlantic by himself), C.E.Ryder (last builder of the SS23), and Dennis Dougherty reply.

Click on this link:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/seasprite/sea-sprite-builders-t431.html