Model No. Ext06: Sadie (Presentation Model)

Model by: JBH
Made when: 1866
Stated model scale: 1/24
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Schooner (later sloop, then schooner)
Hull Configuration: Keel&Centerboard
Model location: Collection of the New York Yacht Club

Model description:
"Sadie was sailed by J. B. Herreshoff --- Nathanael Herreshoff's elder brother, who later went blind. Sadie is the first yacht designed and built by the Herreshoff family mentioned in the records [of the NYYC]." (Source: Dietrich, Gregg K. "A History of the NYYC's Model Collection. From a speech by Gregg K. Dietrich." Undated. http://www.nyyc.org/gui/nyyc1/uploadedfiles/Model.pdf/Model.pdf, last accessed April 21, 2009.)

Model discussion:
"Sadie of 1866 is the first yacht designed and built by the Herreshoff family that appears in the NYYC records. Model #77 is the builder's model of Sadie, carved, designed and sailed by J. B. Herreshoff, the elder brother of N.G. Herreshoff. J. B. Herreshoff was elected to membership in 1868 and sailed Sadie successfully for a number of years. Sadie is modeled in 1/2" scale and dates from 1866, the same year as the yacht. Later, J. B. Herreshoff, whose glaucoma prevented him from carving models and designing yachts could nonetheless "..., could make shrewd estimations of the speed and cost of racing yachts by merely passing his hands over the wooden models which his designer brother presented to him."" (Source: Dietrich, Gregg K. "A History of the NYYC's Model Collection. From a speech by Gregg K. Dietrich." Undated. http://www.nyyc.org/gui/nyyc1/uploadedfiles/Model.pdf/Model.pdf, last accessed April 21, 2009.)

Related model(s):
Model Ext06 by JBH (1866); sail
Model 0800 by JBH (1867); #186704es Sadie