Herreshoff #193509es [Sailing Cutter for #385p Vara]

Particulars

Name: [Sailing Cutter for #385p Vara]
Type: Sailing Cutter
Contract: 1935-5 ?
Finished: 1935-6 ?
Job No.: 20285
Construction: Wood
LOA: 16' 10" (5.13m)
Beam: 5' 0.5" (1.54m)
Rig: Wish Boom
Centerboard: yes
Built for: Vanderbilt, Harold S.

See also:
#385p Vara (1929)
#386p [Owner Launch for #385p Vara] (1928)
#387p [Crew Launch for #385p Vara] (1928)
#390p [Owner Launch for #385p Vara] (1929)

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.

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 130-185 (HH.5.10504) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   Herreshoff #193509es [Sailing Cutter for #385p Vara] are listed in bold.
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  1. Dwg 130-185 (HH.5.10504): Sails > 16'-10" x 5'-0 1/2" Sailing Cutter on Yacht Vara (1935-05-22)
  2. Dwg 080-141 (HH.5.06055): Spars Details, 16'-10" Cutter for Vara (1935-06-04)
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.
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Supplement

Research Note(s)

"This boat's contract and building dates were estimated from the date of its construction plan 130-185 (May 22, 1935) and the date a wishbone boom hanger was ordered cast for it (June 4, 1935)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. June 16, 2020.)

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