Model No. 1121: Schooner for Brooks Prelim A (or C?)

Model by: NGH
Made when: November 1891
Estimated model scale: 1/48
Model length (ca.): 38.0" (96.4cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/48 (ca.): 151' 10" (46.3m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Schooner
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop South Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
Original text on model:
"A\ = 9.01 Schooner Nov. 1891 (not built)." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model identification:
"Newly identified model. This model is apparently referenced in NGH design booklet entry dated November 1891 'Wgts of 3 Preliminary models for 90ft w.l. Schooner made for Mr. Brooks of N. Y.' as either '[Model] A. Length overall 142ft. Length w.l. 88ft 6in. Beam 23ft 6in. Draft 13 1/2ft. Scale of model 1/4in per ft. [Calculated] Disp[lacement] ... 194 3/4 tons = 174 tons gross = 6300cu ft' or as Model 'C. Length overall [no number given]. Length w.l. [no number given]. Beam [no number given]. Draft 11ft 3in. Scale of model 1/4in per ft. [Calculated] Disp[lacement] ... 180 tons = 160 3/4 tons gross = 5600cu ft'. (Model B has been identified as Model 1102." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 1, 2019)

"Mr. Brooks of New York was John E. Brooks, who subsequently contracted with J. Cary Smith to design him the steel centerboard schooner Lasca (LOA 119ft. LWL 89.9ft. Beam 23ft) which Henry Piepgras built in 1892. Later that year Brooks also became part of the syndicate which owned the America's Cup Defense Candidate #435s Colonia." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 17, 2014.)

Related model(s):
Model 1102 by NGH (1891?); sail, not built Model 1121 by NGH (1891); sail