Herreshoff #192601es Seafarer [Dinghy for Seafarer?]
Particulars
Type: Alerion Rowboat
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1926-1-8 ?
Construction: Wood
LOA: 10' 3" (3.12m)
Beam: 4' 3" (1.30m)
Rig: None (rowboat)
Current owner: Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT (last reported 2024 at age 98)
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 location: N/A (Missing, nonexistant or unidentified model)
Vessels from this model:
52 built, modeled by NGH
Note: This model is missing, is nonexistant or has not been identified. The number of vessels built from it is only an estimate based on similar features, such as dimensions, rig, machinery, etc.
Drawings
![Main drawing Dwg 028-046 [076-122] (HH.5.02045)](../Images_Drawings/250px/HH.5.02045.jpg)
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Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
Herreshoff #192601es Seafarer [Dinghy for Seafarer?] are listed in bold.
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Dwg 028-046 [076-122] (HH.5.02045); Construction Dwg > 10'-3" x 4'-3" Tender for # 773 Class (1915-12-06)
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Documents
Maynard Bray
"Seafarer
YACHT TENDER BY HERRESHOFF
HULL #1-485 10' 3" x 4' 3" 1926
Charlie Sylvester built this tender and figures that, with few exceptions, all the dinghies and tenders from the Herreshoff yard between 1920 and when he left its employ in 1942 were personally built by him. Such experience, together with a keen memory for detail, made Charlie the prime information source for Barry Thomas's monograph on building a similar boat. She is a bit more burdensome than the Herreshoff Columbia lifeboat model and was developed in 1915 for the new Herreshoff 40' (waterline) one-design sloops of the New York Yacht Club. Records show that these boats were built as late as 1927, some lengthened by as much as two feet. Origin of the name Seafarer is uncertain; it was on her stern when she came to Mystic Seaport and was probably the name of the yacht she last served.
STATUS: Restored 1970, mostly original, good condition.
DONOR: Roberts Parsons
FURTHER READING:
Herreshoff, L. Francis. The Common Sense of Yacht Design. New York: The Rudder Publishing Company, 1948. Chapter XIX, entitled "Small Craft," gives the background of the Columbia model tender.
Thomas, Barry. Building the Herreshoff Dinghy. Mystic, Connecticut: Mystic Seaport Publications, 1977. Gives a detailed description of building a similar boat.
ACCESSION NO. 1965.389." (Source: Bray, Maynard with Benjamin A. G. Fuller and Peter T. Vermilya. Mystic Seaport Watercraft. Mystic, Connecticut, 2001, p. 208.)
Images
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Anon. "Seafarer [#192601es.]" Photograph, probably between 1990-2007.
Further Image Information
Created by: Anon.
Image Caption: "Herreshoff dinghy SEAFARER. Accession Number: 1965.389. Maker: Sylvester, Charles A. Place: USA, RI, Bristol. Date: 1926. Herreshoff dinghy, #1-485; designed and built by N.G. Herreshoff, Bristol, RI, 1926. Lapstrake rowing dingly, cedar planked, copper riveted, oak keel, stem, and frames, sheer strakes and gunwales. Mahogany transom, seats and oarlock pads. Two rowing positions, lifting eye bow and stern, brass hardware, floorboards not furnished with boat. Canvas rubber rub rails removed before 1969. SEAFARER not original name. Herreshoff plan #46, dinghy for 773 class."
Image Date: 1990----2007 ?
Published in: http://library.mysticseaport.org/ere/odetail.cfm?id_number=1965.389, retrieved October 19, 2009.
Collection: Mystic Seaport Museum, image ID m177403-01.
Image is copyrighted: Yes
Copyright holder: Mystic Seaport Museum.
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Anon. "Seafarer [#192601es.]" Photograph, probably between 1990-2007.
Further Image Information
Created by: Anon.
Image Caption: "Herreshoff dinghy SEAFARER. Accession Number: 1965.389. Maker: Sylvester, Charles A. Place: USA, RI, Bristol. Date: 1926. Herreshoff dinghy, #1-485; designed and built by N.G. Herreshoff, Bristol, RI, 1926. Lapstrake rowing dingly, cedar planked, copper riveted, oak keel, stem, and frames, sheer strakes and gunwales. Mahogany transom, seats and oarlock pads. Two rowing positions, lifting eye bow and stern, brass hardware, floorboards not furnished with boat. Canvas rubber rub rails removed before 1969. SEAFARER not original name. Herreshoff plan #46, dinghy for 773 class."
Image Date: 1990----2007 ?
Published in: http://library.mysticseaport.org/ere/odetail.cfm?id_number=1965.389, retrieved October 19, 2009.
Collection: Mystic Seaport Museum, image ID m177403.
Image is copyrighted: Yes
Copyright holder: Mystic Seaport Museum.
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Mahler, Ken. "Seafarer [#192601es.]" Photograph, 1974.
Further Image Information
Created by: Mahler, Ken.
Image Caption: "Herreshoff yacht tender #1-485."
Image Date: 1974
Published in: Bray, Maynard with Benjamin A. G. Fuller and Peter T. Vermilya. Mystic Seaport Watercraft. Mystic, Connecticut, 2001, p. 208.
Collection: Mystic Seaport Museum, acc. no. 1974.11.105.
Image is copyrighted: Yes
Copyright holder: Mystic Seaport Museum.
Supplement
Research Note(s)
"While the origin of the name Seafarer for this yacht tender remains uncertain, it is interesting to note that on August 24, 1925 an S-Class with the same name was contracted for by Parker Corning. This S-boat was finished in either late 1925 or early 1926 and thus possibly could have been the reason why this yacht tender was ordered." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 7, 2008.)
"The dinghy at Mystic carries an oval builder's plate "Herreshoff MFG. Co. 1-485 1926 Bristol, R. I.", a photo of which appears in Thomas, Barry. Building the Herreshoff Dinghy. Mystic, Conn., frontispice." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. April 1, 2009.)
"A description accompanying a photo of this dinghy at Mystic says it was built from plan 28-46 in 1926, which would imply it might be [Dinghy for #954s Mary Rose], [Dinghy for #955s Marilee], or [Dinghy for #983s Rugosa II]." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 19, 2009.)
"On January 8, 1926 two Rowboat Hanging Rings (Pat. No. 01520), four Oar Lock Sockets (Pat. No. 02695), one Strap for a 2" Rowboat Hoisting Ring (Pat. No. 07009) and two 1/2" Oar Locks (Pat. No. 07309) were ordered to be cast and assigned a job no. 1-485 as to their respecive casting cards. We may assume they were for this dinghy and the date they were ordered may thus be used to approximate the contract date for this dinghy. Note that on that very same day a total of three sets of Rowboat parts were ordered to be cast as jobs 1-485, 1-486 and 1-487. This matches exactly with the three dinghies recorded to have been ordered on January 6, 1926 for #954s Mary Rose (with teak finish), for #955s Marilee (mahogany finish) and for #983s Rugosa II (mahogany finish). We may thus assume that the dinghy named Seafarer at Mystic in all likelihood was used on one of these boats, probably one of the latter two, because Seafarer appears to have mahogany finish." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October, 10, 2020.)
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