Doug Hylan designed the Swan Point Garvey for Russ Manheimer, a longtime Barnegat Bay sailor who wanted to return to this local traditional hull shape for recreational sailing.
On the paper-thin waters of New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay, garveys are part of the waterfront scene—so common as to be hardly noticed. These modified scows haul cargo, rake clams, hunt ducks, carry vacationers fishing, and accomplish most anything else that needs doing on shallow water.