Nevins was a master yacht builder and author on vessel construction who apprenticed at the island's Charles L. Seabury & Company.
[3] Run by a perfectionist, Nevins' company seasoned its own lumber, designed and machined its own fittings, made its own glue, and balanced spars by weighing shavings.
[1] In 1939, Henry B. Nevins Inc. was awarded $15,000 by the United States Navy for the best design of a 54-foot (16 m) motor torpedo boat, used by George Crouch.
[5] Today little remains of the yard except for marine railways and slipways only visible at low tide.
Designed by Charles Mower these sloops had a 24-foot (7.3 m) hull with 15 feet (4.6 m) on the waterline and 7-foot (2.1 m) beam.