Model No. 711: Buzzards Bay 15

Model by: NGH
Made when: December 1898
Stated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 24.4" (61.9cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 24' 5" (7.4m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Buzzards Bay 15 Footer (49); Newport 15 Footer v.1 (10); Buzzards Bay 15 Footer (Shallow Draft) (1); Newport 15 Footer v.2 (Special) (3); Newport 15 Footer v.2 (12); Buzzards Bay 15 Footer (Deep Draft) (4); Buzzards Bay 15 Footer (Deep Draft Cruiser) (1); Watch Hill 15 Footer (11); Buzzards Bay 15 Footer (Possibly) (1)
Hull Configuration: Keel&Centerboard (58); Centerboard (25); Keel (9)
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
92 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"Buzzards Bay 15 footers No. 503 class December 4, 1898 scale 1/12
No. 559 LITTLE ROBIN with keel for 4' draft shear raised 4" 16' 3" w.l. 1903 by keel 22" deep" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"15' lwl Buzzards Bay 15-class keel/centerboard sloops of 1898 and later. Also slightly deeper Newport 15-class, Marconi-rigged Watch Hill 15-class, the 16'4" lwl keel sloop Little Robin with freeboard added of 1901, the 15' lwl Flicker of 1907, etc. #513s Hope and #880s Josephine are in the collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)