Model No. 14: Canoe for G. G. King and Inezita

Model by: NGH
Made when: 1884 (ca.)
Calculated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 16.0" (40.7cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 16' 0" (4.9m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Canoe
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room East Wall

Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"Built for G.G. King 1885-86 also INEZITA" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"1885-86 built for G.G. King. Also Inezita." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model discussion:
"Nov[ember] 19th 1885.
Canoe for G.G. King, 14f long.
Length of model 16f on top.
Length of model extremes 16f 1 3/4"
Half Breadth 1-17-5.
Depth 1-5-1 1/2.
No. of frame spaces 32.
Deduct for timbers 0".
Deduct for planking 1/4".
Total [unreadable].
Use 10 1/2" rule for all for & aft measurements in King's canoe.
Frames taken from one end of model only, the other end being the same.
To be planked over moulds and timbers sprung in afterwards." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Pencilled note in Offset Booklet HH.4.016.] Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

Comment:
"A canoe for rowing and sailing." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)

Model identification:
"Newly identified model." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)