Herreshoff #188602es [Unbuilt 65ft LWL America's Cup Contender]
Particulars
Type: America's Cup Contender
Designed by: NGH
Not built, not assigned, cancelled, etc.: 1886-10
Construction: Wood
LOA: 75' 6" (23.01m)
LWL: 65' 0" (19.81m)
Beam: 18' 3" (5.56m)
Draft: 7' 0" (2.13m)
Rig: None (canoe)
Sail Area: 5,059sq ft (470.0sq m)
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 number: 1214Model location: H.M.M. Workshop West Wall Left
Vessels from this model:
0 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"[Blank]" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Related model(s):
Model 1104 by NGH (1886); sail
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.
Offsets
Offset booklet number(s): HH.4.210
Offset booklet contents:
#108p and #109p [steam whale boats, not used, 'see other book']; 60' torpedo boat (May 22nd, 1890); estimate of machinery for torpedo vessel for Admiral Porter; 90' sloop yacht model measurements (1885); proposed steamer yacht for J. A. Bostwick; model for large sloop (Feb 28, 1886) about 84' w. l. preliminary measurements [#188604es Unbuilt 84ft LWL Sloop]; 65' w. l. model (Sept. 13 [18]86) [#188602es Unbuilt 65ft LWL Sloop]; 65' w.l. second model (Oct. 3, 1886) [#188602es Unbuilt 65ft LWL Sloop]; preliminary model for steamer #151p; preliminary model for 60' torpedo boats (May 1890); Orienta [#89p] trail data with 'about 7 tons coal on board' showing speeds of 14.2kn and 13kn.
Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)
Documents
Archival Documents
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"[Item Description:] Penciled side-by-side half-sections with profile and displacement curves and midship-sections titled '2 65f w.l. models [Model 1104 and Model 1214] of Sept 1886 [for #188602es Unbuilt 65ft LWL Sloop]. Full line 18f 3in. Dotted [line] 19f 6in wide. One displacement curve is labeled '2264cuft [= 144896lbs]. 73 1/2 short tons', the other is labeled '2172cuft [= 139008lbs]. 70.59 short tons'. One of the midship sections is labeled 'SHADOW [#187106es], 3/4in to ft. 22.2sqft', another is labeled '65[?] 1/2f w.l' and the third is labeled '69 1/2f w.l.'." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Side-by-side Half-Sections and Displacement Curves. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0588. WRDT08, Folder 45. 1886-09.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled sailplan titled '(# 2) 65 l.w.l. design. Oct 1886 [#188602es Unbuilt 65ft LWL Sloop]'. Including calculations showing a total sail area of 5049sqft." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0524. WRDT08, Folder 41. 1886-10.)
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"[Item Description:] Ink on paper sailplan titled 'Herreshoff Manfg. Co. Bristol, R.I. Preliminary design by N.G. Herreshoff. Scale 1/8in = 1 foot. Oct. 1886'. [#188602es Unbuilt 65ft LWL Sloop] With list of particulars 'Length overall 75ft 6in, Length waterline 65ft 0in, Beam 18ft 3in, Draft 7ft 0in, Draft with c.b. 16ft 0in. Displacement 70 1/2 tons. ...'." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Inked Sailplan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0525. WRDT08, Folder 41. 1886-10.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #188602es [Unbuilt 65ft LWL Americas Cup Contender] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.
Supplement
Research Note(s)
"This model is described and measured in NGH design booklet, dated Oct. 4th 1886, #1 - Preliminary model for 65ft LWL Sloop Yacht, Length O.D. 74 2/3', LWL 65'. Beam, - deck 18ft 3in. Depth 9ft 10 1/2in. Scale 3/8in to the foot. Length and time made strongly suggest this to be an America's Cup Contender." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 16, 2014.)
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