n the second half of the nineteenth century, there were a number of famous yards in the town of Mystic, such as the Mallory yard. David O. Richmond . probably began to work for the Mallory’s in the 1850's. He was very soon entrusted with modelling the boats built by hid boss Chades H. Mallory. The two men seemed to get along very well and discussed at length the forms of the boats built by the yard. In 1855, David modelled his first big yacht for his boss. She was built in 27 days! Launched on August tenth, Richmond - the name chosen by Charles Mallory in honour of his employee - took part four days later in the NYYC race in Narragansett Bay. She won her class, beating Ripple, Sachem and L'Esperance and even beat five of the big sloops on corrected tine. Three years later, Richmond built Haswell, helped by Charles Mallory, then, in 1860, Zouave and Bonita. 7the latter was bought by Robert Center who used her for racing and cruising until 1869, the year in which he first started to work on the design of the famous Windex, with his friend Cary Smith. In 1864, David modeled the sloop Kate for Mallory and the following year, he bought his yard of him. The purchase in no way affected the joint effort of the two men. Later, Richmond launched the steam yacht Kate and the schooner, Waterwitch. In 1874, he produced this masterpiece Fanny.