Herreshoff #187102es Frolic
Particulars
Type: Catboat
Designed by: JBH
Launch: 1871
Construction: Wood
LOA: 17' (5.18m)
LWL: 16' 8" (5.08m)
Beam: 7' (2.13m)
Draft: 1' 8" (0.51m)
Rig: Cat
Built for: Gibbs, N. H.
Last reported: 1896 (aged 25)
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.
Registers
1872 Fox Yachting Annual (#142)
Name: Frolic
Owner: N. H. Gibbs; Club(s): 21 [Beverly YC]; Port: Swampscott
Type & Rig C. B. Cat
LWL 16-3; Extr. Beam 7; Draught 1-1
Builder Herreshoff; Built when 1871
Note: No. of Men: 3; Captain: Owner
1874 Olsen's American Yacht List (#143)
Name: Frolic
Owner: N. H. Gibbs; Club(s): 11 [Beverly YC]; Port: Swampscott
Type & Rig C. B. Cat
LWL 16-4; Extr. Beam 7-4
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R. I.
Note: Number of Men: Four
1875 Manning's Yachting Annual (#55)
Name: Frolic
Owner: N. H. Gibbs
Type & Rig Cat, open
LOA 16.9; LWL 16.4; Extr. Beam 7.4
Builder 66 [J. B. Herreshoff]; Built when 1871
Note: Beverly YC (No. of Sails Allowed on Regulation 1; No. of Men allowed on Regulation 3); Lynn YC (No. of Sails Allowed on Regulation No restriction; No. of Men allowed on Regulation 4)
1881 Olsen's American Yacht List (#206)
Name: Frolic
Owner: N. H. Gibbs; Club(s): 11 [Beverly]; Port: Swampscott
Type & Rig CB Cat.
LOA 18; LWL 16.4; Extr. Beam 7.4; Depth 3.; Draught 1.8
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R. I.; Built when 1871
1885 Olsen's American Yacht List (#526)
Name: Frolic
Owner: N. H. Gibbs; Club(s): 11 [Beverly]; Port: Swampscott
Type & Rig CB Cat.
LOA 18.0; LWL 16.4; Extr. Beam 7.4; Depth 3.0; Draught 1.8
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R. I.; Built when 1871
1889 Who Won (#2677)
Name: Frolic
Owner: W. R. Blaney; Club(s): 120; Port: Swampscott
Type & Rig CB Cat
LOA 17; LWL 16.8; Extr. Beam 10 [sic]; Depth 3; Draught 1.8
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Designer J. B. Herreshoff; Built when 1871
1890-91 Manning's American Yacht List (#1022)
Name: Frolic
Owner: W. R. Blaney; Club(s): 60 [West Lynn]; Port: Swampscott
Type & Rig CB Cat.
LOA 18.5; LWL 17.4; Extr. Beam 5.0; Depth 2.6; Draught 1.8
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Designer J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R. I.; Built when 1871
1896 Manning's American Yacht List (#971)
Name: Frolic
Owner: W. R. Blaney; Port: Swampscott, Mass.
Type & Rig CB. Cat.
LOA 18.5; LWL 17.4; Extr. Beam 5.0; Draught 1.8
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Designer J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R. I.; Built when 1871
Source: Various Yacht Lists and Registers. For complete biographical information see the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné under Data Sources. Note that this section shows only snapshots in time and should not be considered a provenance, although it can help creating one.
Supplement
From the 1930s L. Francis Herreshoff Index Cards at the Herreshoff Marine Museum
- Note: The L. Francis Herreshoff index cards comprise a set of some 1200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and / or ownership information. Apparently compiled in the early 1930s, for later HMCo-built boats like the Fishers Island 23s or the Northeast Harbor 30s are not included. Added to in later decades, apparently by L. F. Herreshoff as well as his long-time secretary Muriel Vaughn and others. Also 46 cards of L. F. Herreshoff-designed vessels. The original set of index cards is held by the Herreshoff Marine Museum and permission to display is gratefully acknowledged.
From the 1953 HMCo Owner's List by L. Francis Herreshoff
Name: Frolic
Type: 16' 8" cat
Owner: W. R. Blaney [sic, Blaney was owner in 1888 as per 1889 Who Won]
Year: 1871
Row No.: 240
Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. "Partial List of Herreshoff-Built Boats." In: Herreshoff, L. Francis. Capt. Nat Herreshoff. The Wizard of Bristol. New York, 1953, p. 325-343.
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