Herreshoff #192907es [Unbuilt Deep Draft Swedish Rule Boat]

Particulars

Name: [Unbuilt Deep Draft Swedish Rule Boat]
Type: Shallow Draft then Deep Draft Sloop
Designed by: NGH
Not built, not assigned, cancelled, etc.: 1929-2
Construction: Wood
LOA: 35' 6" (10.82m)
LWL: 26' (7.92m)
Beam: 7' (2.13m)
Draft: 3' (0.91m)
Rig: Sloop
Displ.: 6,270 lbs (2,844 kg)
Keel: yes
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 #1123Model number: 1123
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop South Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
0 built, modeled by NGH
#192907es [Unbuilt Deep Draft Swedish Rule Boat] (1929)

Original text on model:
"Model for Sail Area Rating of 324 sq ft Feb. 1929
Scale 3/4" 35 1/2' oa 26' wl 7' beam 3' draft cb
keel and deck summer of 1929. Draft 4' 6" " (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Related model(s):
Model 1126 by NGH (1929); sail
30sq m Swedish Rule (Study Model III): Thirty sq m Class
Model 1132 by NGH (1929); sail
30sq m Swedish Rule (Study Model IV): Thirty sq m Class
Model 1522 by NGH (1929); sail, not built
30sq m Swedish Rule (Shallow Draft Study Model): Shallow Draft Sloop
Model XA2-1_09 by NGH? (1929?); sail
30sq m Swedish Rule: Thirty sq m Class
Model XA2-1_10 by NGH? (1929?); sail
30sq m Swedish Rule: Thirty sq m Class


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.


Documents

Nathanael G. Herreshoff

"[1929-01-28] Mon 28: ... At work on model [Model 1522], a modification of pro[posed?] 30 square M[eter] class for shallow water.
[1929-01-31] Thu 31: ... At home working on model [Model 1522] & writing.
[1929-02-04] Mon 4: ... I work[ed] on models [Model 1522 and Model 1123] all day.
[1929-02-06] Wed 6: ... At work on models [Model 1522 and Model 1123] most of day.
[1929-02-07] Thu 7: At home all day working on models [Model 1522 and Model 1123] & writing." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1929. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

Archival Documents

"[Item Description:] Penciled sketched sailplan on 'N.G. Herreshoff, Bristol, R.I.' stationery titled '30sqM Scharenkreuzer. L. F. Herreshoff's. No. 37 [PINTAIL, 37ft 0in LOA Swedish Rule built by Lawley in 1929]. Scale 3/16. Nov 1928'. With sail area moment = 546ftlbs calculation. Filed with material related to #192904es Unbuilt Shallow Draft Swedish Rule Boat and #192907es Unbuilt Deep Draft Swedish Rule Boat from February and June/July 1929 and probably also related to its genesis." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator) and Herreshoff, L. Francis (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE15_01450. Folder [no #]. 1928-11.)


"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections (full sections) on 'N.G. Herreshoff, Bristol, R.I.' stationery titled 'Model 37ft oa. 24ft 9[in] wl. 6ft 9in beam. Scale 3/4. Made Feb[ruary] 1929'. With tabulated weight study arriving at a total weight of 6665lbs. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 104.0cuft = 6660lbs and a wetted surface of 173sqft. (This is apparently related to #192907es Unbuilt Deep Draft Swedish Rule Boat although the dimensions do not match those written on the model.)" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE15_01330. Folder [no #]. 1929-02.)


"[Item Description:] Two sets of penciled pantograph hull sections (one crossed-out) on 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, R.I.' stationery titled 'June 26, 1929. Model [Model 1126] for 18ft sqrt(Sail) Class Sail Measurement Rule. Scale 3/4. 25ft 8in w.l.'. The first set of sections marked '1st trial' and with calculations arriving at a displacement of 94.2cuft = 6020lbs. The second set of sections is crossed out, marked 'Not sandpapered' and with calculations arriving at a displacement of 92cuft = 5880lbs. With note 'Estimate of weights. See over'. On verso another set of penciled pantograph hull sections with note 'Re-measurement of C.B. Model [Model 1522] made in Coconut Grove for the 30sqM Class and same as my 18ft sail meas[urement] class' with calculations arriving at a displacement of 94cuft = 6000lbs. Also with tabulated weight study titled 'Estimate of w[ei]g[h]ts for June 26 design on other side' arriving at a total weight of 5880lbs. [This is not #192904es Unbuilt Shallow Draft Swedish Rule Boat or #192907es Unbuilt Deep Draft Swedish Rule Boat but certainly related to them.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE15_01400. Folder [no #]. 1929-06-26.)


"[Item Description:] Penciled sketched profiles and sections overlaying a deep-draft and a shallow-draft design Untitled, no notes, undated. Filed with material related to #192904es Unbuilt Shallow Draft Swedish Rule Boat and #192907es Unbuilt Deep Draft Swedish Rule Boat from February and June/July 1929 and probably also related to it." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE15_01420. Folder [no #]. No date (1929-02 or 1929-06/07 ??).)


"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections on 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island' stationery titled 'From model made in C. G. [Coconut Grove] last winter for c.b. [centerboard] 30 square meter class and changed over to keel [#192907es Unbuilt Deep Draft Swedish Rule Boat] with some slight alterations. Aug[ust] 5, 1929. Scale 3/4in'. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 98cuft = 6270lbs and a wetted surface of 183sqft." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_02780. Folder [no #]. 1929-08-05.)


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