Henry B. Nevins (1878–1950) was a master yacht builder and author on vessel construction in City Island, New York.
Born in New York in 1878, Nevins wanted to be a doctor but was too frail, so he decided to work Gas Engine & Power Company[1] before deciding upon his hobby, shipbuilding by apprenticing at Charles L. Seabury Company[2] in City Island, New York.
Later Nevins would purchase the nearby Byles Yard to increase his acreage.
[1] Nevins collaborated with naval architect George Crouch on many vessels, including the APBA Gold Cup winner of 1924 and 1925 Baby Bootlegger, said to be the most beautiful wooden boat ever built.
In the last months of his life, he would ask to be carried out to his yacht Polly just to feel the swell of the sea again.