Herreshoff #189203es [Unbuilt Fin Keel for N. G. Herreshoff]
Particulars
Type: Fin Keel Sloop
Designed by: NGH
Not built, not assigned, cancelled, etc.: 1892-7
Construction: Wood
LWL: 24' (7.32m)
Rig: Gaff Sloop
Keel: FK
Built for: Herreshoff, N. G.
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: 312Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Right
Vessels from this model:
3 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"1893 #431 MIRWENA 1893 18 WL
#436 BUBBLE 18' wl
#438 MENEEN 24' WL" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"18'3" Mirwena and Bubble, fin-keel sloops of 1892. Also, with change of scale, the 24'4" fin-keeler Meneen, also of 1892." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
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.4.084.2
Offset booklet contents:
#189203es, #431s, #436s, #438s [Unbuilt Fin Keel for N.G.H. and fin keelers Morwena, Bubble and Meneen]
Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)
Documents
Archival Documents
"[Item Description:] Penciled sailplan of an unidentified fin keel sloop with bowsprit and spoon bow titled '24ft w.l. proposed for self [#189203es Unbuilt Fin Keel for N.G.H.]. Aug[ust] 1892'." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Penciled Sailplan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0544. WRDT08, Folder 43. 1892-08.)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"N. G. Herreshoff contemplated this design in July 1892 as per a March 16, 1893 note in his 1880s Design Booklet where he describes Model 312 for #431 Morwena as 'originally intended for self made in July 1892'. The Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum contains a related sailplan titled '24ft w.l. proposed for self. Aug[ust] 1892'." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 5, 2021.)
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