HMCo #563s Praxilla

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Particulars

Construction_Record_Title.jpgName: Praxilla
Type: Buzzards Bay 30
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1901-6-18 ?
Launch: 1901-12-10
Construction: Wood
LOA: 46' 6" (14.17m)
LWL: 30' (9.14m)
Beam: 10' 10" (3.30m)
Draft: 5' 3" (1.60m)
Rig: Cutter
Sail Area: 1,310sq ft (121.7sq m)
Displ.: 20,000 lbs (9,072 kg)
Keel: yes
Centerboard: yes
Ballast: Lead outside
Built for: Parkinson Jr., John
Amount: $4,525.00
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Pole Mast. Double head rig
Last reported: 1918 (aged 17)

See also:
#190107es [Dinghy for #563s Praxilla] (1901)

Note: Particulars are primarily but not exclusively from the HMCo Construction Record. Supplementary information not from the Construction Record appears elsewhere in this record with a complete citation.


Model

Model #712Model number: 712
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
14 built, modeled by NGH
#560s Young Miss (1901, Extant)
#561s Notos (1901)
#562s Evelyn (1901, Extant)
#563s Praxilla (1901)
#564s Arabian [Arrabian] (1901)
#565s Quakeress II (1902, Extant)
#566s Arria [Aria] (1902)
#567s Pontiac (1902)
#569s Mashnee (1902, Extant)
#570s Zingara (1902)
#571s Larikin (1902, Extant)
#572s Wahtawah [Watawah] (1902)
#576s Anita (1902, Extant)
#583s Gamecock [Game Cock] (1902)

Original text on model:
"560-62 [sic, i.e. 560-567] 30' Buzzards Bay class scale 1/16 Aug. 1901 -14 yachts
also 569 570 571 572 576 583" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

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.


Offsets

Offset booklet number(s): HH.4.131

Offset booklet contents:
#560 - #567 inclusive [30' w.l. keel/centerboard Buzzards Bay 30-class sloops].


Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 076-034 (HH.5.05491) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #563s Praxilla are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 059-030 (HH.5.04193); Knees for Stern-Board and Cockpit Rising (1899-01-25)
  2. Dwg 112-055 (HH.5.09347): Chain Pipe for 5/16" Chain Strs. # 203, 206 and 207 (1900-01-20)
  3. Dwg 079-049 (HH.5.05859): Details (1900-04-04)
  4. Dwg 111-046 (HH.5.09237): Arrangement of Toilet Room on # 560 Class (1900-10-28 ?)
  5. Dwg 029-015 (HH.5.02111); General Arrangement > Proposed Designs for 30 ft. Class (1901-06-07)
  6. Dwg 029-016 (HH.5.02112); General Arrangement > 30' Cruising Class for Buzzards Bay (1901-06-17)
  7. Dwg 130-084 (HH.5.10389); Sails > # 560 - 567, 569 - 572, 30' Buzzard's Bay Class (1901-07 ?)
  8. Dwg 029-000 (HH.5.02167); General Arrangement > 30' One Design Class for Buzzard's Bay, "29A" (1901-08-21)
  9. Dwg 095-024 (HH.5.07828): Deck House for # 560 Class (1901-08-29)
  10. Dwg 079-087 (HH.5.05896); Chainplates for # 560 to 567 (1901-09-18)
  11. Dwg 127-117 (HH.5.09985): Sails > Sails 30 ft. Buzzards Bay Class (1901-09-20)
  12. Dwg 064-052 (HH.5.04527): Rudder and Fittings # 560 (1901-09-21)
  13. Dwg 025-003 (HH.5.01752); List of Castings, Forgings, Material, 560 to 567 (1901-09-24)
  14. Dwg 070-047 (HH.5.05047); Qua[r]ter Chock 3 1/2" x 1 1/4" (1901-09-24)
  15. Dwg 076-034 (HH.5.05491); Construction Dwg > 30' Buzzard's Bay Class # 560 to # 567 Also (1901-09-24)
  16. Dwg 076-034 (HH.5.05492); Construction Dwg > Thirty Footer for Buzzard's Bay, # 560 Class (1901-09-24)
  17. Dwg 091-086 (HH.5.07359): Block List 560 etc. (1901-09-25)
  18. Dwg 084-022 (HH.5.06470); Skylight for # 560 Class (1901-10-04)
  19. Dwg 060-052 (HH.5.04275): Centerboard for 30' W.L. Class (1901-10-07)
  20. Dwg 072-003 (HH.5.05185); Str. No. 65 Flush Deck Hatch 16" Dia. - Raised Hatch for 560 Class (1901-10-07)
  21. Dwg 092-054 (HH.5.07523); Side Step for 30' W.L. Class (1901-10-09)
  22. Dwg 093-040 (HH.5.07645): Cabin Table # 560 Class (1901-10-10)
  23. Dwg 111-045 (HH.5.09236); General Arrangement > Arrangement of Galley on # 560 Class and # 592 Class (1901-10-14)
  24. Dwg 060-053 (HH.5.04276): Arrangement for Raising and Lowering Centerboard (1901-10-23)
  25. Dwg 092-055 (HH.5.07524); Bronze Catch for Sliding Door # 560 Class (1901-10-23)
  26. Dwg 081-003 (HH.5.06091): Spars for 30' Class, 560-67, 569, 570, 571, 572 (1901-10-30)
  27. Dwg 127-139 (HH.5.10007): Sails > Sails for No. 560 Class (1901-12-22)
  28. Dwg 034-083 (HH.5.02494): Cradle for 30' W.L. Boat # 560 Class (1902-03-27)
  29. Dwg 030-030 (HH.5.02244): Docking Plan for 30' Buzzard's Bay Class (1902-05-27)
  30. Dwg 110-002 (HH.5.08967): Detachable Galv. Steel Jaws for Spinnaker Boom (1902-05-27)
  31. Dwg 110-003 (HH.5.08968): Sheave on Boom-End for Clew-Outhaul (1902-06-18)
  32. Dwg 127-137 (HH.5.10005): Sails > Extra Sails for 560 Class Buzzard's Bay 30 Footers (1902-06-26)
  33. Dwg 082-048 (HH.5.06321); Cover for Evelyn 30' Class (1902-09-26)
  34. Dwg 030-038 (HH.5.02252): Cradle for 30' W.L. # 560 Class, Docking Plan for Quakeress I and II (1903-05-02)
  35. Dwg 034-108 (HH.5.02518): Cradle for Buzzards Bay 30 Footers Used Also for # 701 and A Buzzards Bay 15 Footer (1911-06-07)
  36. Dwg 128-063 (HH.5.10182): Sails > Sails for "Zingara" (1921)
Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde.
Note: The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection is copyrighted by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. Permission to incorporate information from it in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné is gratefully acknowledged. The use of this information is permitted solely for research purposes. No part of it is to be published in any form whatsoever.

Documents

Nathanael G. Herreshoff

"[1901-10-23] Wed 23: Fine & very warm. Strong SW [wind] all day. Set up frames for #563 [Praxilla].
[1901-10-25] Fri 25: Very fine & cold. Strong NNW [wind] moderating in PM. Began planking #563 [Praxilla].
[1901-11-08] Fri 8: Very fine & cool. L[igh]t NW [wind] (?) (?). ... Turned over #563 [Praxilla].
[1901-12-10] Tue 10: Strong SSE rain storm set in in early AM, clearing at noon with W wind. Launched #563 [Praxilla] & hauled out at cove. ..." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1901. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

"Nos. 560 - 567 inclusive [#560s, #561s, #562s, #563s, #564s, #565s, #566s, #567s (also: #569s, #570s, #571s, #572s, #576s, #583s)]. B-3-m [sic].
Buzzards Bay 30ft Cruising Class.
Frame spaces 12 1/3" [center symbol] to [center symbol].
Planking 1 1/8".
Keel 3 7/8" deep. 1 3/8" below rabbate.
Overhang timbers, forward 3 7/8", aft 2 7/8".
Centre board slot (only in false keel) 3".
Timbers sided 1 7/8".
Timbers tapered 1" in 7' 6" x 0." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Penciled note in Offset Booklet HH.4.131.] Undated, ca. August 1901. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

"Fourteen Buzzards Bay Thirty Footers were built in 1902." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "Some of the Boats I Have Sailed In." Written 1934. In: Pinheiro, Carlton J. (ed.). Recollections and Other Writings by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Bristol, 1998, p. 68.)

L. Francis Herreshoff

"While most of the yachts built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in 1902 were steam or rather small sail yachts, they did build the one-design class of Buzzards Bay thirty-footers. There were twelve of these and their dimensions were: L.O.A., forty-six feet six inches; L.W.L., thirty feet; beam, ten feet ten inches; draft, five feet four inches; weight of lead about ten thousand pounds; S.A. one thousand three hundred and twenty-five square feet. They were centerboarders for the shallow waters of Buzzards Bay, and originally set a small club topsail from their masthead which was run up a little above the peak halyards and jib stay. They may be distinguished from the Bar Harbor Thirties by this peculiarity. Some of the Buzzards Bay Thirties are still going and make good cruisers with their shallow draft if the rig has been reduced and modernized." (Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. The Wizard of Bristol. The Life and Achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, together with An Account of Some of the Yachts he Designed. New York, 1953, p. 226.)

Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"There is considerable bustle in constructing the new centreboard thirty-footers at the Herreshoff shops. There is no time to throw away if the fourteen boats are to be ready in time for the beginning of the yachting season. It is understood that the boats will be drawn by lot the first part of April. Two-thirds of the fleet is now completed. Eight are stored in Walker's Cove yard." (Source: Anon. "Yachts in Bristol Yards." New York Times, January 10, 1902, p. 10.)

"Praxilla, sloop (#563), of Bristol.
Built at [blank] [sic, i.e. Bristol at HMCo].
10.42 gross tons, 8.73 tons; 36 ft. x 10.8 ft. x 5.3 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, one mast, overhanging head, overhanging stern.
Surveyed and measured, February 28, 1902." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Praxilla.)

"The last of the special class of 30-footers built to race in Massachusetts waters was launched from Herreshoff's yesterday. The drawing for boats in this class was made this week and the names of the yachts will be put on the sterns. The boats are named Auria [sic, i.e. #566s Arria], Anita [#576s Anita], Gamecock [#583s], Zingara [#570s], Larikin [#571s], Mashnee [#569s], Quakeress II [#565s], Pontiac [#567s], Arabian [#564s], Prazilla [sic, i.e. #563s Praxilla], Young Miss [#560s], Nolos [sic, i.e. #561s Notos] and Evelyn [#562s]." (Source: Anon. "Yachting Notes." Bristol Phoenix, May 2, 1902, p. 3.)

"[License issued to vessel under 20 tons. Pos. 221:]
Praxilla, sloop, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1902.
8.73 tons; 36 ft. x 10.8 ft. x 5.3 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
No specifications shown.
Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) May 10, 1902. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: N. G. Herreshoff.
Surrendered [license] Aug. 1, 1902 at Hyannis. ([Record at:] C[ustom] H[ouse, Providence])." (Source: Survey of Federal Archives, Work Projects Administration. Ships Documents of Rhode Island. Bristol. Ship Registers and Enrollments of the Port of Bristol - Warren Rhode Island, 1941, s.v. Praxilla.)

"The Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency reports the following sales: The Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 30-footer Praxilla for John Parkinson Jr. to Dennison Lyon of Brookline for use at West Falmouth." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, June 11, 1916, p. 65.)

"See also:
Forest and Stream 1901-09-21, p. 231 (BB30 New Class)
Boston Globe 1901-10-20, p. 32 (BB30 plans)
Forest and Stream 1901-11-02, p. 354 (BB30 plans)
Forest and Stream 1901-11-02, p. 355 (BB30 plans)
Forest and Stream 1901-11-02, p. 356 (BB30 plans)
Forest and Stream 1901-11-23, p. 417 (BB30 Trial)
Boston Globe 1901-12-14, p. 4 (BB30 Rules)
Forest and Stream 1901-12-28, p. 515 (BB30 Building progress)
New York Times 1902-02-03, p. 10 (BB30 progress)
Boston Globe 1902-03-30, p. 20 (BB30 photo)
Forest and Stream 1902-04-05, p. 272 (BB30 Almost Finished)
Boston Globe 1902-05-25, p. 37 (BB30 Names)
Boston Globe 1902-05-29, p. 2 (BB30 Transfer)
Boston Globe 1902-06-15, p. 5 (BB30 First Race photo)
Boston Globe 1902-06-18, p. 8 (BB30 Race photo)
Forest and Stream 1902-06-21, p. 493 (BB30 Race)
New York Times 1902-06-23, p. 6 (Herreshoff News Notos)
Boston Globe 1902-06-29, p. 8 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1902-07-05, p. 3 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1902-07-05, p. 17 (BB30 Race incl Anita)
Boston Globe 1902-07-06, p. 11 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1902-07-11, p. 5 (BB30 vs NP30)
New York Times 1902-07-11, p. 3 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1902-07-12, p. 32 (BB30 Race incl Anita)
New York Times 1902-07-12, p. 3 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1902-07-13, p. 5 (BB30 Race in Newport)
NY Tribune 1902-07-13, p. 5 (BB30 Race in Newport)
Forest and Stream 1902-07-19, p. 55 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1902-07-19, p. 56 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1902-07-19, p. 57 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1902-07-20, p. 10 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1902-07-20, p. 35 (BB30 vs NP30 Wahtawah dismasted)
Boston Globe 1902-07-22, p. 4 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1902-07-27, p. 35 (BB30 EYC Special, prize)
Boston Globe 1902-07-27, p. 5 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1902-08-03, p. 10 (BB30 Race)
NY Tribune 1902-08-08, p. 14 (BB30 NYYC Cruise)
Boston Globe 1902-08-10, p. 9 (BB30 Rensselaer Trophy)
Boston Globe 1902-08-12, p. 1 (BB30 NYYC Cruise)
Boston Globe 1902-08-12, p. 2 (BB30 NYYC Cruise)
New York Times 1902-08-12, p. 2 (BB30 Notos)
Boston Globe 1902-08-17, p. 38 (BB30 NYYC Cruise)
Forest and Stream 1902-08-23, p. 151 (BB30 EYC Race)
Forest and Stream 1902-08-23, p. 155 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1902-08-24, p. 6 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1902-08-30, p. 175 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1902-08-31, p. 10 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1902-09-02, p. 8 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1902-09-10, p. 10 (BB30 Season Results)
Forest and Stream 1902-09-13, p. 215 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1902-09-14, p. 10 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1902-09-20, p. 233 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1902-09-21, p. 6 (BB30 Race Season Results)
Boston Globe 1903-06-21, p. 9 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1903-06-27, p. 512 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1903-06-28, p. 9 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1903-07-04, p. 15 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1903-07-05, p. 8 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1903-07-11, p. 36 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1903-07-18, p. 12 (BB30 vs BH31)
Boston Globe 1903-07-19, p. 10 (BB30 Race Dead Heat)
Forest and Stream 1903-07-25, p. 74 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1903-07-26, p. 12 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1903-07-26, p. 26 (BB30 Cruise)
Boston Globe 1903-07-29, p. 8 (BB30 NP30 Race)
NY Tribune 1903-07-29, p. 5 (BB30 NP30 Race)
New York Times 1903-07-30, p. 3 (BB30 vs NP30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1903-08-01, p. 95 (BB30)
Boston Globe 1903-08-02, p. 11 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1903-08-08, p. 116 (BB30 vs NP30)
Boston Globe 1903-08-09, p. 5 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1903-08-16, p. 10 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1903-08-22, p. 153 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1903-08-30, p. 11 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1903-09-06, p. 8 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1903-09-08, p. 13 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1903-09-13, p. 8 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1903-09-26, p. 249 (BB30 Race)
New York Times 1904-01-12, p. 8 (BB30 Season Results)
Forest and Stream 1904-05-21, p. 424 (BB30 Zingara sold)
Boston Globe 1904-06-18, p. 2 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1904-06-26, p. 5 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1904-07-02, p. 13 (BB30 Young Miss Walkover)
Boston Globe 1904-07-03, p. 12 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1904-07-10, p. 11 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1904-07-16, p. 55 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1904-07-17, p. 5 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1904-07-30, p. 96 (BB30 Race incl Anita)
Boston Globe 1904-08-04, p. 11 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1904-08-06, p. 121 (BB30 Race incl Anita)
Boston Globe 1904-08-07, p. 11 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1904-08-14, p. 8 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1904-08-20, p. 163 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1904-08-27, p. 184 (BB30 Race incl Anita)
Boston Globe 1904-08-28, p. 8 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1904-09-04, p. 3 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1904-09-06, p. 9 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1904-09-11, p. 9 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1904-09-17, p. 244 (BB30 Race)
Forest and Stream 1904-09-24, p. 268 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1905-06-11, p. 46 (BB30 Eleven Boats)
Boston Globe 1905-06-18, p. 13 (BB30 No Race)
Boston Globe 1905-07-02, p. 11 (BB30 Walkover)
Boston Globe 1905-07-09, p. 4 (BB30 No Race)
Forest and Stream 1905-07-15, p. 55 (BB30 Young Miss Walkover)
Boston Globe 1905-07-23, p. 18 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1905-07-30, p. 7 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1905-08-06, p. 11 (BB30 Race Cruise)
Forest and Stream 1905-08-19, p. 161 (BB30 Race)
Boston Globe 1905-08-20, p. 21 (BB30 Cruise)
Forest and Stream 1906-10-13, p. 584 (BB30 Young Miss)
Boston Globe 1907-07-05, p. 7 (BB30 apparently Young Miss)
Boston Globe 1907-07-21, p. 44 (BB30 Arria sold)
Boston Globe 1907-07-26, p. 4 (BB30 possibly Duchess)
Boston Globe 1907-08-04, p. 11 (BB30 possibly Duchess)
Forest and Stream 1907-09-14, p. 426 (BB30 Race 2 boats)
Forest and Stream 1908-05-30, p. 864 (BB30 possibly Gamecock Duchess)
Boston Globe 1908-06-21, p. 39 (BB30 Quakeress II sold)
Forest and Stream 1908-06-27, p. 1024 (BB30 Quakeress sold)
Boston Globe 1909-04-11, p. 47 (BB30 Quakeress II sold)
Forest and Stream 1909-06-26, p. 1026 (BB30 Larikin Zingara sold)
Boston Globe 1910-06-12, p. 39 (BB30 apparently Duchess)
Boston Globe 1910-07-03, p. 48 (BB30 Footpad)
Boston Globe 1910-07-24, p. 40 (BB30 Footpad)
Forest and Stream 1910-07-30, p. 181 (BB30 Race 3 boats)
Forest and Stream 1910-07-30, p. 182 (BB30 Race 3 boats)
Boston Globe 1910-07-31, p. 14 (BB30 possibly Duchess)
Forest and Stream 1910-08-06, p. 223 (BB30 Race 4 boats)
Forest and Stream 1910-11-12, p. 784 (BB30 Notos sold)
Boston Globe 1911-06-04, p. 8 (BB30 Races planned)
Forest and Stream 1912-04-13, p. 473 (BB30 Arabian sold)
New York Times 1912-07-21, p. S3 (BB30 Gamecock Mashnee)
Forest and Stream 1912-08-03, p. 145 (BB30 Race 3 boats)
Forest and Stream 1912-08-03, p. 146 (BB30 Race 3 boats)
Boston Globe 1913-05-18, p. 56 (BB30 Arabian Footpad)
Boston Globe 1913-07-22, p. 5 (BB30 Gamecock Duchess)
New York Times 1913-07-22, p. 8 (BB30 Race 4 boats)
Forest and Stream 1913-07-26, p. 114 (BB30 Evelyn Gamecock)
Forest and Stream 1913-07-26, p. 115 (BB30 Evelyn Gamecock)
Forest and Stream 1913-08-02, p. 147 (BB30 4 boats)
Boston Globe 1913-08-03, p. 35 (BB30 Pontiac sold)
Forest and Stream 1913-08-09, p. 178 (BB30 Pontiac sold)
Hartford Courant 1914-03-22, p. X3 (BB30 Scud)
New York Times 1914-05-31, p. S4 (BB30 walkover)
New York Times 1914-07-12, p. S3 (BB30 Race 3 boats)
New York Times 1914-07-16, p. 6 (BB30 Gamecock)
Forest and Stream 1914-07-18, p. 86 (BB30 Race 3 boats)
New York Times 1914-07-18, p. 5 (BB30 Race 3 boats)
Forest and Stream 1914-07-25, p. 118 (BB30 Race 3 boats)
Forest and Stream 1914-07-25, p. 119 (BB30 Race 3 boats)
Forest and Stream 1914-07-25, p. 120 (BB30 Race 3 boats)
Forest and Stream 1914-07-25, p. 121 (BB30 Race 3 boats)
Forest and Stream 1914-07-25, p. 122 (BB30 Race 3 boats)
Forest and Stream 1914-07-25, p. 123 (BB30 Race 3 boats)
Boston Globe 1915-04-18, p. 37 (BB30 Pontiac sold)
New York Times 1915-06-01, p. 10 (BB30 Zingara alone)
New York Times 1915-07-18, p. S4 (BB30 Gamecock Mashnee)
New York Times 1915-07-20, p. 8 (BB30 Race)
New York Times 1915-07-23, p. 7 (BB30 Gamecock)
New York Times 1915-07-24, p. 6 (BB30 Gamecock)
New York Times 1915-07-25, p. S4 (BB30 Gamecock Mashnee)
Boston Globe 1916-03-19, p. 54 (BB30 Quakeress II sold)
New York Times 1916-05-31, p. 15 (BB30 Zingara alone)
Boston Globe 1918-06-16, p. 12 (BB30 Quakeress II drown)
New York Times 1922-06-04, p. 29 (BB30 Zingara Young Miss)
New York Times 1925-07-13, p. 22 (BB30 Young Miss Mashnee possibly Duchess)
New York Times 1925-08-01, p. S5 (BB30 Young Miss)
New York Times 1926-08-05, p. 17 (BB30 possible Race)
New York Times 1936-07-09, p. 24 (BB30 possibly Larikin)" (Source: van der Linde, Claas. December 21, 2011.)

Other Modern Text Source(s)

"On April 11 [1953], John Parkinson passed away. He would have been seventy in October. With him went much of the best we have known in yachting.
Brought up on Cape Cod, Parkinson sailed catboats and knockabouts during youth. In the early 1900's he owned, raced and cruised in the Buzzards Bay 30 Praxilla [#563s], winning two class championships. Whith his brother-in-law Robert Emmons he raced in the latter's Avenger [#666s] throughout her entire career. I believe she won every Astor Cup race she entered and one year every run on the New York cruise. With Emoons he also won the Kaiser's Cup in Bibelot [#699s] at Kiel in 1911.
He made the Atlantic crossing in Highland Light and Yankee and was in the former when she made her record trip to Bermuda. He skippered Gypsie in the 1936 Bermuda Race when Frank Paine was unable to go. In this race most of his upper teeth were knocked out.
During the thirties he converted the Fisher's Island sloop Praxilla [#563s] and won various coastwise races in her. In 1937 he shipped her to the Baltic, cruising in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. He also won the Gotland-Sandhamn race in her and was second in the race around Gotland. In 1938 he built the Week-Ender Zaidee which he owned until the year before he died. ..." (Source: Anon. "John Parkinson." Rudder, 1953, vol. 69, p. 66-67.)

Archival Documents

"N/A"

"[Item Description:] Penciled midship section with pinpricks titled 'Buzzards Bay 30. 30ft Class. # 560 to 567 [#560s, #561s, #562s, #563s, #564s, #565s, #566s, #567s (and eventually also #569s, #570s, #571s, #572s, #576s, #583s)]'. With list of scantlings. Marked in right margin '1902'. (Might this be the original sketch for the Buzzards Bay 30 class? This would date it 1901 and not to 1902 as suggested by the note in the margin --- which may well have been added in later years)." (Source: Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_04110. Penciled Sketch. Folder [no #]. 1901 ???.)


"[Item Description:] HMCo Plan HH.5.02111 (029-015).. Blueprint general arrangement plan with plan view and inboard profile of two designs marked in pencil 'No 1' (with round-cornered deckhouse with portholes tiller steering) and 'No 2' (with rectangular trolley car-style deckhouse with rectangular windows and horizontal wheel steering) titled 'Proposed Designs for 30ft Class [Buzzards Bay 30 Class: #560s, #561s, #562s, #563s, #564s, #565s, #566s, #567s, #569s, #570s, #571s, #572s, #576s, #583s]. Scale 3/8in = 1ft. June 7th, 1901'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0054. WRDT08, Folder 6, formerly MRDE10. 1901-06-07.)


"[Item Description:] Blueprint general arrangement plan with plan view and inboard profile titled '30ft Cruising Class for Buzzard's Bay [Buzzards Bay 30 Class: #560s, #561s, #562s, #563s, #564s, #565s, #566s, #567s, #569s, #570s, #571s, #572s, #576s, #583s]. Scale 3/8in. June 17, 1901'. With penciled hull notes of the first boats ordered '560 - 60 - 62 - 63 - 64 - 65 - 66 - 67'." (Source: Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0029. Blueprint. WRDT08, Folder 3, formerly MRDE08. 1901-06-17.)


"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections and displacement curve titled 'Nos. 560 - 567 [#560s, #561s, #562s, #563s, #564s, #565s, #566s, #567s (and eventually also #569s, #570s, #571s, #572s, #576s, #583s)]. Final. July 14, 1901'. With calculations for displacement of 'body' and 'keel part' arriving at a total of 304.1cuft = 19460lbs." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_04250. Folder [no #]. 1901-07-14.)


"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled 'Buzzards Bay 30 footers. Nos. 560-567 inclusive, also [blank] [#560s, #561s, #562s, #563s, #564s, #565s, #566s, #567s (and eventually also #569s, #570s, #571s, #572s, #576s, #583s)]. Aug[ust] 3, 1901. Scale 1 1/2in'. With calculations and note 'Required 9820lbs lead = 13.8cuft --- c.g. [at] 55.4[%] of w.l. c.b. slot = ...' and concluding with note '... = 10110lbs for[?] 23in deep. 9820/10110 of 23 = 22 1/2 nearly at the preferred[?] depth of lead'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_09140. Folder [no #]. 1901-08-03.)


"[Item Transcription:] [Penciled list of Buzzards Bay 30 building numbers, names, delivery dates, owner names and, as a separate list, dates to begin rigging:]
8[:] 560 [#560s]. Young Miss. May 28. Whittemore.
9[:] 561 [#561s]. Notos. May 28.
6[:] 562 [#562s]. Evelyn. May 21.
3[:] 563 [#563s]. Praxilla. May 15.
10[:] 564 [#564s]. Arabian. May 28. Winsor.
2[:] 565 [#565s]. Quakeress II. May 4. Harrison.
12[:] 566 [#566s]. Arria. May 30. Cotton.
4[:] 567 [#567s]. Pontiac. May 15.
7[:] 569 [#569s]. Mashnee. May 23. Emmons.
5[:] 570 [#570s]. Zingara. May 15.
14[:] 571 [#571s]. Larikin. May ?. Rob. Bacon.
1[:] 572 [#572s]. Wahtawah. May 1. Rogers.
13[:] 576 [#576s]. Anita. June 7. Crane.
11[:] 583 [#583s]. Gamecock. May 28. L. Bacon.
Begin to Rig:
1[:] 572 Apr 25 [Delivery May] 1.
2[:] 565 Apr 29 [Delivery May] 4.
3[:] 563 May 2 [Delivery] 15.
4[:] 567 May 6 [Delivery] 15.
5[:] 570 May 9 [Delivery] 15.
6[:] 562 May 13 [Delivery] 21.
7[:] 569 May 16 [Delivery] 23.
8[:] 560 May 20 [Delivery] 28.
9[:] 561 May 23 [Delivery] 28.
10[:] 564 May 27 [Delivery] 28.
11[:] 583 May 30 [Delivery] 28 [sic].
12[:] 566 June 3 [Delivery May] 30 [sic].
13[:] 576 June 6 [Delivery] 7.
14[:] 571 [Blank.]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator). Penciled List. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_02930. Folder [no #]. No date (1902-05 ?).)


"[Item Transcription:] Order book with carbon copy duplicates of instructions given by NGH titled 'Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Orders from N.G. Herreshoff'. Relevant contents:
§19: Work Order [For] #213p, #215p, #216p, #560s, #561s, #562s, #563s, #564s, #565s, #566s, #567s -- #569s, #570s, #571s, #572s. [When wanted] As made. Chain cables (1901-09-30)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Order Book. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE08_03460. Folder [no #]. 1900-02 to 1909-10.)




Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #563s Praxilla even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

Further Reading

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Registers

1902 Manning's American Yacht List (#1456)
Name: Praxilla
Owner: John Parkinson; Club(s): 29 [Beverly]; Port: Bourne, Mass.
Type & Rig CB. Sloop
LOA 46.6; LWL 30.0; Extr. Beam 10.10; Draught 5.3
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1902

1903 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1366)
Name: Praxilla
Owner: John Parkinson; Port: Bristol, R.I.
Official no. 150936; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig c.b. [Centerboard] Sloop
Tons Gross 10; Tons Net 8; Reg. Length 36.0; LOA 46.5; LWL 30.0; Extr. Beam 10.8; Depth 5.3; Draught 5.3
Sailmaker Herreshoff; Sails made in [19]02; Sail Area 1325
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1902

1905 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1506)
Name: Praxilla
Owner: John Parkinson, Jr.; Port: Bourne, Mass.
Official no. 150936; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K-c.b. [Keel-centerboard] Cutter
Tons Gross 10; Tons Net 8; Reg. Length 36.0; LOA 46.5; LWL 30.0; Extr. Beam 10.8; Depth 5.3; Draught 5.3
Sailmaker Her. M. Co.; Sails made in [19]02; Sail Area 1325
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1902

1906 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2367)
Name: Praxilla
Owner: John Parkinson, Jr.; Port: Bourne; Port of Registry: Hyannis, Mass.
Official no. 150936; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Kcb [Keel-Centerboard], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
Tons Gross 10; Tons Net 8; LOA 46-6; LWL 30-0; Extr. Beam 10-10; Depth 5-4; Draught 5-3
Sailmaker H. M. Co.; Sails made in [19]02; Sail Area 1325
Builder Her. M. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1902

1912 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2479)
Name: Praxilla
Owner: John Parkinson, Jr.; Port: Bourne; Port of Registry: Hyannis, Mass.
Official no. 150936; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K-cb [Keel-Centerboard], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
Tons Gross 10; Tons Net 8; LOA 46-6; LWL 30-0; Extr. Beam 10-10; Depth 5-4; Draught 5-3
Sailmaker HmCo.; Sails made in [19]02; Sail Area 1325
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1902

1914 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2508)
Name: Praxilla
Owner: John Parkinson, Jr.; Port: Bourne, Mass.
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K-cb [Keel-Centerboard], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 46-6; LWL 30-0; Extr. Beam 10-10; Draught 5-3
Sailmaker HMCo; Sails made in [19]02; Sail Area 1325
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1902

1917 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2519)
Name: Praxilla
Owner: Dennison Lyon; Port: Boston
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K-cb [Keel-Centerboard], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
LOA 46-5; LWL 30-0; Extr. Beam 10-10; Draught 5-3
Sailmaker HmCo.; Sails made in [19]02; Sail Area 1325
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1902

Source: Various Yacht Lists and Registers. For complete biographical information see the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné under Data Sources. Note that this section shows only snapshots in time and should not be considered a provenance, although it can help creating one.

Supplement

From the 1920 and earlier HMCo Index Cards at the MIT Museum
  • Note: The vessel index cards comprise two sets of a total of some 3200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and information regarding drawings, later or former vessel names, and owners. They were compiled from HMCo's early days until 1920 and added to in later decades, apparently by Hart Nautical curator William A. Baker and his successors. While HMCo seems to have used only one set of index cards, all sorted by name and, where no name was available, by number, later users at MIT apparently divided them into two sets of cards, one sorted by vessel name, the other by vessel number and greatly expanded the number of cards. Original HMCo cards are usually lined and almost always punched with a hole at bottom center while later cards usually have no hole, are unlined, and often carry substantially less information. All cards are held by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass.
From the 1931 HMCo-published Owner's List

Name: Praxilla
Type: Cutter
Length: 30'
Owner: Parkinson, J.

Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. "A Partial List of Herreshoff Clients." In: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Herreshoff Yachts. Bristol, Rhode Island, ca. 1931.

From the 1930s L. Francis Herreshoff Index Cards at the Herreshoff Marine Museum
  • Note: The L. Francis Herreshoff index cards comprise a set of some 1200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and / or ownership information. Apparently compiled in the early 1930s, for later HMCo-built boats like the Fishers Island 23s or the Northeast Harbor 30s are not included. Added to in later decades, apparently by L. F. Herreshoff as well as his long-time secretary Muriel Vaughn and others. Also 46 cards of L. F. Herreshoff-designed vessels. The original set of index cards is held by the Herreshoff Marine Museum and permission to display is gratefully acknowledged.
From the 1953 HMCo Owner's List by L. Francis Herreshoff

Name: Praxilla
Type: 30' cutter
Owner: John Parkinson, Jr.
Year: 1902
Row No.: 544

Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. "Partial List of Herreshoff-Built Boats." In: Herreshoff, L. Francis. Capt. Nat Herreshoff. The Wizard of Bristol. New York, 1953, p. 325-343.

From the 2000 (ca.) Transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Vermilya/Bray

Month: June [sic, i.e. no month]
Day: 18/21 [sic, i.e. no day]
Year: 1901
E/P/S: S
No.: 0563
Name: Praxilla
LW: 30'
B: 10"10"
D: 5' 3"
Rig: cutter
K: y
CB: y
Ballast: Lead O.
Amount: $4525.00
Notes Constr. Record: Pole mast. Double leading.
Last Name: Parkinson
First Name: Jno.

Source: Vermilya, Peter and Maynard Bray. "Transcription of the HMCo. Construction Record." Unpublished database, ca. 2000.

Note: The transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Peter Vermilya and Maynard Bray was performed independently (and earlier) than that by Claas van der Linde. A comparison of the two transcriptions can be particularly useful in those many cases where the handwriting in the Construction Record is difficult to decipher.

Research Note(s)

"Sail number A-3." (Source: Bray, Maynard. Woodenboat #203, July/August 2008, p. 66.)

"Contract date and month were estimated from preceding entry in construction record." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)

"Built in 175 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $26/day, 114 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)

"Actual sail area 1310." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. [Penciled note by NGH on letter from Frank Bowne Jones to NGH.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Correspondence, Folder 42 (new), 32 (old). September 28, 1903.)

"Displacement 20000 lbs from pencilled note by NGH on letter from Frank Bowne Jones to NGH in Herreshoff Marine Museum Correspondence, Folder 42 (new), 32 (old), dated September 28, 1903. Note that NGH noted in his design book a displacement of 19460 lbs." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. February 17, 2017.)

Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.

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