Herreshoff #191903ep [Power Tender for #369p Sunflower]
Particulars
Type: Colonia Power Tender
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1919-5-26 ?
Construction: Wood
LOA: 16' 1" (4.90m)
Beam: 5' 1" (1.55m)
Propulsion: Gasoline, C. N. Cady, 1.5 h.p. ; Canoe Special 3" bore x 2 1/2" stroke
Built for: Crozer, John P.
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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 number: 18Model location: H.M.M. Model Room East Wall
Vessels from this model:
36 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"Sailing dingy for COLONIA July 1901 1/12
Numbers 217 and 218 (1903) frame spaces 8 1/2" instead of 7 1/2" raised 1/2" stem 6" aft flared out to 5' 5" beam Model cut away forward and remeasured before #218 set up Dec. 1901
1923 (01?) sailing cutter for ROAMER 1925 sailing cutter for Rob. Tod 1926 sailing dinghy for Charles Goodwin." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"#568 17'3" loa sailing dinghy of 1901 for the cutter Colonia. Also, with modifications, #217 Maisie and #218 Carmen, 20 loa electric launches of 1901, sailing cutter for the steam yacht Roamer, sailing cutter for the schooner Katoura, and sailing dinghy for Charles Goodwin." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
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.
Drawings
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Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
Herreshoff #191903ep [Power Tender for #369p Sunflower] are listed in bold.
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Dwg 002-098 (HH.5.00101); Construction Dwg > Launch - IC, 16'-1" O.A., 5'-1"[B] (1919-05-26)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"16'-1" x 5'-1" Launch for #369 [Houseboat Sunflower]. Drawn by A.S. deW.H. Frame spaces 7". Planking, white cedar, 5/16" full, Lapped. Thwarts, mahogany, 7/8", double kneed. From Molds of #568 [Sailing dinghy for St. Y. Colonia] with sheer flaired out 2" more than the figures at #5, same as figures from #13 aft. [Motor] Canoe Special 1 1/2 H.P. 3" bore x 2 1/2" stroke from the C. N. [Charles Norman] Cady Co., Canastota, N.Y. [as per notes on drawing 2-98]." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
"This vessel's contract date was estimated from the original plan date. Plan 2-98 from which this boat was built was drawn 1919-05-26. #369p Sunflower (for which this vessel was built) was finished 1919. This boat's contract or building date is 145 days after #369p Sunflower was finished." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
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