Herreshoff #191501es [Whale Boat for #722s Katoura]

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Particulars

Name: [Whale Boat for #722s Katoura]
Type: Whale Boat
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1915-4-1
Job No.: 8075
Construction: Wood
LOA: 27' 2" (8.28m)
Beam: 6' 6" (1.98m)
Rig: Schooner
Built for: Tod, Robert E.

See also:
#191301ep [Owner Launch for #722s Katoura] (1913)
#191308es [Dinghy for #722s Katoura] (1913)
#191309es [Dinghy for #722s Katoura] (1913)
#287p [Stock launch later Crew Launch for #722s Katoura] (1912)
#302p [Owner Launch for #722s Katoura] (1916)
#304p [Owner Launch for #722s Katoura] (1916)
#722s Katoura (1914)

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 #211Model number: 211
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Center

Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by NGH, or NGH (mod. by Gielow)
#191501es [Whale Boat for #722s Katoura] (1915)
#405p [Surfboat] (1936)

Original text on model:
"KATOURA's whale boat April 1915 Scale 12 16/11
A second yacht's boat was built from this model but shortened to 24' in 1936
Very foolishly to be powered with a large engine, decked over (except cockpits)
and a complicated rig. N.G.H." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model Description:
"Whaleboat (lifeboat) of 1915 for the schooner Katoura. Also 24' motorsailer of 1936." (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.4.065.1; HH.4.065.2

Offset booklet contents:
# 405 [#405p], whaleboat for #722 ([internal] job no. 8075);
# 405 [#405p], whaleboat for #722 ([internal] job no. 8075).

Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 028-045 [076-120] (HH.5.02044) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   Herreshoff #191501es [Whale Boat for #722s Katoura] are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 065-043 (HH.5.04639): Clamp for Rudder Stock (1900-05-17)
  2. Dwg 028-045 [076-120] (HH.5.02044); Construction Dwg > Whale Boat for Katoura 27'-2" O.A. x 6'-6" Beem [sic] (1915-04 ?)
  3. Dwg 081-114 (HH.5.06206): Spars for Katoura's Whale Boat (1915-04 ?)
  4. Dwg 130-125 (HH.5.10435): Sails > Whaleboat for Katoura (1915-04 ?)
  5. Dwg 128-049 (HH.5.10165): Sails > Sails for "Katoura's " Whaleboat (1915-04)
Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde.
Note: The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection is copyrighted by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. Permission to incorporate information from it in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné is gratefully acknowledged. The use of this information is permitted solely for research purposes. No part of it is to be published in any form whatsoever.

Documents

Nathanael G. Herreshoff

"[1915-05-02] Sun 2: Made trial of Katoura [#722s]. Made satisfactory run. ... Very satisfactory [trial] of [Katoura's] whaleboat [#191501es] in PM." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1915. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

Archival Documents

"[Item Transcription:] Order book with carbon copy duplicates of instructions given by NGH. Relevant contents:
§5: #191501es [WHALE BOAT FOR #722s KATOURA] Work Order 'N.G.H. Rigging loft. KATOURA's Life-boat. [When Wanted] In a few days.' (1915-04-23)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Order Book. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_00860. Folder [no #]. 1914-11 to 1925-11.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled preliminary sailplan and plan view of a gaff-ketched whale boat. Untitled, drawn at scale 1/2in. With calculations indicating a total sail area of 265sqft. Only one non-motorized whaleboat was built by HMCo: #191501es, a whale boat for #722s KATOURA. Comparison of this plan and plan 130-125 for KATOURA's whaleboat strongly suggests that they are the same boat. Undated, but #191501es was designed in April 1915." (Source: Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0383. Penciled Sailplan. WRDT04, Folder 33, formerly MRDE09. No date (1915-04 ?).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #191501es [Whale Boat for #722s Katoura] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.


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Research Note(s)

"This vessel's contract date was estimated from the approximate date of its job number. Plan 28-45 (formerly 76-120) from which this boat was built was drawn 1915-04. The vessel's job number 8075 was assigned ca. 1915-04-01. #722s Katoura (for which this vessel was built) was contracted for 1913-03-31. This boat's contract or building date is about 25 months after #722s Katoura was contracted for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)

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