Model No. 1527: Sailing Dinghy

Model No. 1527


Model by: NGH
Made when: January 1928
Stated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 19.8" (50.3cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 19' 10" (6.0m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Sloop or Catketch
Hull Configuration: Centerboard
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop North Wall Center

Vessels from this model:
0 built, modeled by NGH
#192806es [Unbuilt Sailing Dinghy] (1928)

Original text on model:
"Original 1925. Recut at Coconut Grove Jan 19 1928
Scale 1" " (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Comment:
"See pantograph hull sections (full sections) in the Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum titled 'Model re-cut Jan[uar]y 19 1928. Scale 1in. Length o.a. 19ft 9in. W.l. 18ft 0in. Beam 6ft 3 1/2in. ([at] w.l. 5ft 8in). Depth 28 1/2in. Draft 16in [#192806es Unbuilt Sailing Dinghy]'. With tabulated weight study arriving at a total weight of 2510lbs. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 39.2cuft = 2500lbs and a wetted surface of 93sqft. On verso a penciled sailplan with outboard profile showing two rig configurations: A standard jib and gunter mainsail rig (jib 45sqft, mainsail 172sqft, total sail area 218sqft) and a gunter-rigged cat ketch (mainsail 126sqft, mizzen 87.5sqft, total sail area 213.5sqft)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. April 23, 2019.)

Model identification:
"Newly identified model. This is a model for a 18ft LWL centerboard dinghy with either a jib and gunter-mainsail or a gunter cat ketch rig." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. April 23, 2019.)

Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.


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