Herreshoff #186608es [Fishing Boat (2 of 2)]

Particulars

Name: [Fishing Boat (2 of 2)]
Type: Fishing Boat
Designed by: JBH
Launch: 1866
Construction: Wood
LOA: 25' 6" (7.77m)
LWL: 22' 3" (6.78m)
Beam: 9' 4" (2.84m)
Centerboard: yes

Note: Particulars are primarily but not exclusively from the HMCo Construction Record. Supplementary information not from the Construction Record appears elsewhere in this record with a complete citation.


Model

Model #509Model number: 509
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by JBH
#186607es [Fishing Boat (1 of 2)] (1866)
#186608es [Fishing Boat (2 of 2)] (1866)

Original text on model:
"Fish boats 1866" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model Description:
"Fishing boats of 1866, built by JBH." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model Comment:
"Believed to have been built from Model 509 which is dated 1866, has a round stern, and at a scale of 1/12 is believed to be for a boat 25.5ft long, thus matching the description in the untitled list of early HMCo boats (Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, MRDE03) which shows two 25.5ft fish boats with round or peaked stern at a place in the list which suggests the year 1866 or 1867 and also matching the list of early HMCo boats in NGH's 1871 to ca 1874 calendar (Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, Model Room Rolltop Desk) which shows two 25.5ft fish boats with round stern at a place in the list which suggests the year 1866 or 1867." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 16, 2019.)

Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.


Documents

Nathanael G. Herreshoff

"Fish Boats (2 of 2) [#186608es]: 25ft 6in Length on deck. 22ft 3in Length on water. 9ft 4in Breadth extreme. 3ft Depth. 2ft Deadrise per foot. Peaked (or round) stern. 10 1/2in Sheer. 3ft 2in Freeboard [at] bow. 2ft 2in Freeboard [at] stern. 1ft 8in Freeboard [at] lowest place. 7ft 9in Centreboard length. 9ft 8in Centreboard from woodends. No bowsprit. No jib. No gafftopsail. No jibtopsail." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. and/or other Herreshoff family members. Handwritten table listing early Herreshoff-built boats and their dimensions up to 1870. No date (1870 or later). Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, MRDE03.)

Archival Documents

"[Item Description:] Handwritten (in ink and pencil) table providing what amounts to be the earliest Herreshoff construction record with detailed dimensional data (Name, Owner, Length on deck, Length on water, Breadth extreme, Depth, Deadrise per foot, Width of stern, Sheer, Freeboard at bow, stern and lowest place, Centreboard length, Centreboard from woodends, Centre of mast from woodends, Bowsprit out board, Mainsail foot, hoist, head, leech, and area, Foresail foot, hoist, head, leech, and area, Jib foot, hoist, leech, and area, Gafftopsail foot, luff, leech, and area, Fore-gafftopsail foot, luff, leech, and area, Jibtopsail foot, hoist, leech, and area and Notes ) for Julia [#185602es], Sprite [#186001es], Kelpie 1st [#186301es], Magic [#186404es], Toad [#186411es], Prudence [#186406es], Patience [#186405es], Hope [#186402es], Faith [#186401es], Qui Vive [#186407es], Kelpie 2nd [#186403es], Teazer [#186410es], Secret [#186408es], Fish Boats [#186505es, #186506es, #186507es, #186508es, #186509es, #186510es, #186511es, #186512es], Fish Boats [#186513es, #186514es, #186515es, #186516es, #186517es, #186518es], Fanchon [#186501es], Angie [#186503es], Haidee [#186604es], Ariel [#186601es], Psyche [#186605es], Fannie 1st [#186603es], Violet [#186606es], Fish Boats [#186607es, #186608es], Fish Boats [#186609es, #186610es, #186611es, #186612es, #186613es, #186614es], Lively Whale [later Daisy ???] [#186707es ???], Fannie 2nd [#186702es], Hartford [later Polly ???] [#186703es ???], Sadie [#186704es], Clytie [#186701es], Waterfall [N/A], Bristol [#186801es], Ione [#187003es], Poppasquash [#186502es], Etta [N/A], Oysterboats [#186710es, #186711es], Spring Green [#186709es], Pellican [#186708es], Henrietta [N/A], Meteor [N/A], Fatter[?] [N/A], Annie Moies [#1p], Charlotte [#186803es], Annie [#186905es], Hildegard [#186808es], Thetis [#186705es], Clio [#187101es], Fleetwing [N/A], White Straw[?] [N/A], [Mignone] [#186904es], Fish Boats [square stern, 1868] [N/A], Sadie [#N/A (dupl. listing)], Fannie [N/A], Bunsby [#186802es], Orion [#186903es], Breeze [N/A], Nimbus [#186805es], Alice [crossed out, this MIGHT be Bessie] [#187001es], Viking [#187008es], [Ianthe] [#187002es], [Surf] [#187007es], [Georgie Miller] [#187011es], and [Pink] [#187010es]. Undated, the latest vessel on the list was built in 1870." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator) or other Herreshoff family members (?) (creator). Construction Record. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_01410. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1870).)


Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #186608es [Fishing Boat (2 of 2)] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.


Supplement

Research Note(s)

"This round stern fish boat is described in the list of early HMCo boats in NGH's 1871 to ca 1874 calendar (Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, Model Room Rolltop Desk) and in an untitled list of early HMCo boats (Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, MRDE03)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 16, 2019.)

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