Model No. 223: Olita and Sally

Model No. 223


Model by: NGH
Made when: June 1895
Model length (ca.): 20.9" (53.1cm)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Half-Rater Centerboard
Hull Configuration: Centerboard
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Center

Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by NGH
#455s Olita (1895)
#462s Sally (1896)

Original text on model:
"No. 455 Scale unreadable June 3, 1895 16' w.l 1065 lbs. displacement
No. 462 Scale 11 1/2 over 12 [rest unreadable]." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"15' lwl Olita, 1/2-rater sloop of 1895. Also, with scale change, 17' lwl Sally, centerboard sloop also of 1895." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model identification:
"See also study model 1313 which was a pre-cursor of this model and was created the same day as Olita was contracted for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)

Related model(s):
Model 0223 by NGH (1895); sail, 2 built from
Olita and Sally: Half-Rater Centerboard
Model 1313 by NGH (1895); sail
Olita Preliminary Model: Half-rater



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