Idle Queen is a cutter-rigged Dreadnought 32 sailboat, designed by William (Bill) Crealock. Her hull and deck were built of fiberglass by the Dreadnought Boatworks of Carpentaria, CA, and finished by the original owner, Harry Heckel, Jr.
Below are some pictures of the Dreadnought 32, Idle Queen. Click on the images once or twice to enlarge. Use your browser’s back button to return to this page.
Detail sheet from the Dreadnought drawings
Waiting for departure from Oriental harbor.
Idle Queen’s builder, Harry Heckel (L), and I in Portsmouth, VA
Starboard settee and shelves. Cabin heater on bulkhead. Doors are off of lockers for painting
Table and shelves to port in Idle Queen’s main saloon
Main saloon showing dinette table in Idle Queen’s cabin
Removing old insulation from the lockers behind the starboard settee
Pile of old insulation removed from lockers
Removing old aluminum sheeting from under the stove
Dreadnought 32 Idle Queen sailing Buzzard’s Bay
A-P canal
Alligator-Pungo (A-P) canal
Alligator-Pungo canal
Alligator-Pungo canal
Canal on the ICW
No horizon or markers visible
The whole day was like this…
Motoring in fog…
Motoring in fog…
Idle Queen has mast steps to make climbing the rig easier.
A view of the forward deck showing the heavy Samson posts for mooring.
The aft end of Idle Queen showing the tiller and windvane self-steering. The windvane is not being used in this picture.
Hanging from Travelift slings after being hauled out of the water
Note the trim tab at the trailing edge of the rudder. It allows the self steering windvane to turn the main rudder.
