Herreshoff #186704es Sadie

"[1881-04-07] Thu 7: ... At work putting 7 tons of lead on 'Sadie' [#186704es]. ..." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1881. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

"F. W. Wilson assistant Editor Ap-27, [19]26. ... The notable designs by John B. Herreshoff were Sprite 1860-61 built by himself and father ... Kelpie, 1864 - Sadie 1867 and Orion 1869. Ianthe 1870 and Fostine [sic, i.e. Faustine] 1873." (Source: Mystic Seaport Museum, L. Francis Herreshoff Collection, Box 16, Folder 13: Letter from N. G. Herreshoff to F. W. Wilson, Assistant Editor of the National Cyclopedia of American Biography, April 27, 1926.)

"Letter from N. G. Herreshoff to Mr. Foster
In reply to your valued letter of 18th instant, I am afraid I cannot give you much that will be of interest to the members of the Eastern Yacht Club. Being behind the Cape I have had little to do with the E. Y. C., ...
Some of the old timers of my design which were probably sailed in the E. Y. C. races may be mentioned. Fanchon, designed and built in 1865, owned by Edward Burgess from about 1869 for several years. Violet, 1866, Eben Denton. Clytie, 1867. Sadie, 1867 (first a schooner but changed to a sloop in 1868, and owned by Franklin Burgess 1870-71. Her model was made by John B. Herreshoff). Ianthe, schooner, 49' w. l., 1870, W. D. Pickman owner. (Model by John B. Herreshoff.) Latona, schooner, 55 1/2' w. l., 1871, W. D. Pickman owner. Faustine, schooner, 74' w. l., 1873, built for George Peabody Russell, and taken to England in 1874.
... Sincerely yours,
Nathanael G. Herreshoff" (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene. Letter to Charles H. W. Foster, ca. 1931. Quoted in Foster, Charles H. W. The Eastern Yacht Club Ditty Box, 1870-1900. Norwood, Mass., 1932, p. 39-41.)

"Dear Mr. Foster,
... My father always advocated boats of good displacement. His own boats, built for his own pleasure, were all vessels of the heavily ballasted keel type (1834-1860). So, when my brother John began building, the larger ones were with more than the prevailing amount of displacement. I was, therefore, brought up in that type, and I can remember, in my early racing, we always would defeat the shallower type from 'Up Sound' and New York as easily in light winds as in fresh ones. Our craft were (1864 to 67) Kelpie, Violet built in 1866 for Eben Denton, Clytie, and Sadie. The first was modeled by my father. Violet, by me in 1865, and Clytie, by me in 1866. Sadie, by my brother John in 1866.
...
Sincerely yours,
Nathanael G. Herreshoff" (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene. Letter to Charles H. W. Foster, dated March 6, 1932. Quoted in Foster, Charles H. W. The Eastern Yacht Club Ditty Box, 1870-1900. Norwood, Mass., 1932, p 139-141.)

"At the same time, the schooner yacht SADIE, modeled by John, and rig designed by me while at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was built and will be described later. I sailed CLYTIE in many races during 1867 and most of 1868 and she was very successful and nearly always first in her class. Her nearest competitor was WHITE CAP, designed by Fish, and owned and sailed by the Livingston brothers. Late in the season of 1867, George A. Bates, owner of SADIE, had sailing enough when up Sound, and he and his crew left her in Bridgeport Harbor and wired John to get her and store her for the winter. So John and I were taken to East Greenwich by my father and we took the night train for Bridgeport, where we arrived very early in the morning without sleep or food. Soon after daybreak, we got some breakfast and a few stores for the trip and boarded SADIE and [were] soon underway in a light northeast wind. Late in the afternoon, it became calm and head tide, so we anchored and both fell asleep. Along in the evening, we were awakened by the flapping of the mainsail. As I remember, it was about 9 o'clock [and] we were quite astonished when on getting on deck, there was a wet fog and wind south-west and [the] tide had turned fair. Knowing the bearing of Faulkners Island, we steered to pass north, which we passed all right; and kept on. [We] arrived off Bartletts Reef Light vessel about daybreak, and went in and anchored just north of Noank, as John had some business at Mystic. [We] left the yacht, and in a small boat rowed to Mystic, and returned in the early afternoon with a fresh westerly breeze. [We] had a stiff west north-west wind after passing Point Judith, and got inside about dark. [We] arrived home between 7 and 8 in a strong north-westerly breeze. A remarkable trip for two, and one without sight, in a 50' schooner. For the winter, SADIE was hauled into "Mill Gut" [now part of Colt State Park, Bristol, RI] in the north-west part of Poppasquash, just inside of where a bridge now stands. The following summer (1868), John bought SADIE and changed the rig to sloop, believing her to be very fast, and would beat [all in] the sloop class.
(7) SADIE. [She] was given a very large rig. She was about 50' overall 47'w.l., 16' beam, stern 10'6" wide over 5' draft and heavily ballasted and [with a] centerboard like all others described. Her waterline forward was quite hollow, and the timbers at the run were hollow, so to give little deadrise under the quarters. Mainsail, 55' foot, 41' hoist, 28' head 62'8" leach, area 1972 square feet. Jib, 36'6" foot, 53' luff, 44' leach, area 795 square feet. Topsail, 40' foot, 43" luff, 29' leach area 565 square feet. Jib topsail, 64' luff, 17' diagonal, Area 544 square feet. Total 3876 square feet. A big rig! In the summer of 1869, the mast was shortened 4 feet and sails reduced and the mast was given a little rake. This change made her a much better boat. I took command of her both seasons, and sailed her in several races, and won nearly all. I also sailed her the next year for B. Franklin Burgess, her next owner, in a match race against HASWELL and won handsomely." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "Boats and Yachts that I have been Especially Interested in by Sailing and Some of Which I Have Owned." Bristol, April 1932. In: Pinheiro, Carlton J. (ed.). Recollections and Other Writings by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Bristol, 1998, p. 104-106.)

"The fall of this year (1866), John had an order for SADIE from George H. Bates. She was schooner rigged, fifty feet overall, forty-six and one-half feet waterline, centerboard, and J[ohn] made the model. FANNIE I, not quite fulfilling her mission of beating the famous WIDE AWAKE, Captain Gibbs ordered another boat to take her place, and I designed FANNIE II. The name of FANNIE I was changed to POSY. I also m[ade] the model for CLYTIE, a thirty-five and one-half foot overall, thirty-two and one-half foot waterline sloop, to be built for John's own use. Each of these three boats [was built] early in the season of 1867, and each was a successful winner in its class." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "The Old Tannery and My Brother John." Written July 28, 1933. In: Pinheiro, Carlton J. (ed.). Recollections and Other Writings by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Bristol, 1998, p. 23.)

"To prevent John and Dexter Stone (they were in partnership then) [from] using this model [of Violet] any more, I took an axe and cut it up, then went to work and made a new model for a same sized sloop yacht. This John and Stone built from the following winter (1866-67) and named CLYTIE, and they also built a fifty foot overall schooner yacht from John's model that was named SADIE.
Both [of] these boats proved to be fast. ...
After a year and a half of successes, John got the notion of buying SADIE and changing her rig to sloop [in an effort to] try to clean up that class of yachts (forty feet to sixty feet) in racing, which he did. He put a too big and heavy rig on her. The yacht had proved to be very fast among schooners and John had great expectations. She was his own model, which he cut himself. I sailed her in all our races as a sloop, and when [she was fitted] with the original rig, [she performed] with but indifferent success. In the fall of 1869, just after the hurricane, the mast was lifted and four or five feet cut off the heel, and when stepped, given some rake. [The] sails were recut at [the] foot and [the] boom and [the] bowsprit [were] shortened. Under the reduced rig, she was a much better craft, and faster when there was any strength to the wind." (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. 47-48.)

"The yachts or boats modeled by J. B. are as follows:
... Sadie,' 1867. 50' 6' O.A. 16' beam. Schooner modeled by J. B. with sail plan by N. G." (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. 57.)

"In the winter of 1866, when Captain Nat was a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he designed the sail plan and other drawings for the schooner 'Sadie' which J. B. built for himself. 'Sadie' was modeled by J. B. and his father and was fifty feet six inches O.A., forty-seven feet W.L., sixteen feet beam, five feet draft and of course, a centerboarder. 'Sadie' was rerigged as a sloop in 1868 and had a large sail area --- 3,876 square feet. She was sold in 1869 to R. Franklin Burgess, an older brother of Edward Burgess." (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. 81.)

"While speaking of 'Sadie' we should find it interesting to note that Captain Nat and J. B. were on her during the famous gale of September 8, 1869. 'Sadie' was anchored in East Greenwich Harbor; she dragged her anchors and fortunately just cleared the steamboat wharf when her crew succeeded in passing a line around a spile. She was the only boat in the harbor, and perhaps the neighborhood, that rode out the gale. Although they were just starting out on a cruise they returned to Bristol as soon as the wind went down to inform their parents of their safety. After this, they sailed to Newport, not seeing another vessel afloat but counting between forty and fifty vessels and boats that had been driven ashore." (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. 82-83.)

"Modeled by J. B. Herreshoff in 1866-7.
The sailplan and other drawings of SADIE were made by N. G. Herreshoff when he was a student at M.I.T.
SADIE was built by J. B. Herreshoff for his J. H. Bates, and her dimensions were--
LOA 50' 5"
LWL 47'
Beam 16'
Draft 5'
SA 3,876 sq. feet when a sloop.
SADIE was built as a schooner, but in 1868, J. B. bought her back, and rigged her as a sloop with very large sail plan.
SADIE was sailed in the first Regatta of the Boston Yacht Club held June 17, 1867, (Bunker Hill Day), and won in the first class. It is interesting to note that in the second class the first three yachts were built by J. B. Their names were CLYTIE, VIOLET, and KELPIE. In the third class the Herreshoff cat boat, FANNIE, was the winner.
After SADIE was changed to a sloop she was sold to Benjamin Franklin Burgess in 1869. This Burgess was the older brother of Edward Burgess, the famous yacht designer.
SADIE raced with great success for the next several years around Boston. J. B. and N. G. were aboard SADIE in East Greenwich Harbor during the famous gale of September 8, 1869.
I think SADIE was modeled and planned in the old Herreshoff house on Hope Street, now owned by Norman F. Herreshoff.
This pencil drawing of SADIE was made by George Phillips who was a draftsman at the Corliss Steam Engine Company at the same time as Captain Nat, and probably was made about 1875, and shows J. B. Herreshoff's private signal at the peak." (Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. "The Centerboard Yacht Sadie." Typewritten manuscript in the collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum, July 1957.)

"The Sloop Yacht Sadie, 43 tons, old measurement complete and ready for immediate use; has a large cabin, with four double berths, two convenient staterooms, and roomy forecastle; is warranted the fastest and most able sloop on our waters.
JOHN B. HERRESHOFF,
Yacht and Boat Builder, Bristol, R. I." (Source: Herreshoff, John B. "For Sale." New York Herald, March 11, 1870, p. 1.)

"Messrs. Herreshoff & Stone have in process of construction at their boat building establishment a large yacht --- larger than any they have heretofore built --- she measures fifty feet in length and sixteen feet breadth of beam, is one of handsome model, excellent workmanship, will be schooner rigged, and we doubt not will prove a fast sailer. A large number of smaller craft are constantly being built at that establishment." (Source: Anon. "Local Inteligence." Bristol Phoenix, February 16, 1867, p. 2.)

"A splendid new yacht was launched from the yard of Messrs Herreshoff & Stone on Friday of last week [April 5, 1867]. [Is this a reference to #186704es Sadie which Hunt's Yachting Magazine of June 1, 1867 reported as having been just launched?]" (Source: Anon. "Local Inteligence." Bristol Phoenix, April 13, 1867, p. 2.)

"A centre-board schooner called Sadie has just been launched by Messrs. Herreshoff and Stone at Bristol, for Mr. Bates of the Boston Yacht Club; length on deck 51 feet; beam 16 feet; depth of hold 5 1/2 feet; she carries her centre-board trunk very far aft, and has a sheer leg mainmast, something like what our readers may remember in the Doris lugger." (Source: Anon. Hunt's Yachting Magazine, June 1, 1867, p. 288.)

"Yacht Kelpie [#186403es], thirty-three feet long and twelve feet wide sold by auction in Boston, Monday for $2080. The Sadie [#186704es], fifty-one feet long and sixteen in breadth, brought $5700." (Source: Anon. "News Items." Bristol Phoenix, July 6, 1867, p. 2.)

"[Abstract of register or enrollment. Pos. 822:]
Sadie, sloop, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1867.
20.51 tons; 46.9 ft. x 16 ft. x 4.6 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, one mast, no figure-head.
Previously enrolled Sept. 18, 1868 at Boston, Mass.
Enr[olled] and Lic[ensed] (CT [Coastal Trade]) Nov. 18, 1868. Owner: John B. Herreshoff of Bristol. Master: John B. Herreshoff. Lie (CT [Coastal Trade]) May 19, 1870. Master: same.
Surrendered [license] July 1, 1870 at Boston. ([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. Sadie.)

"... The Clytie [#186701es], champion of the second class sloops, lies at anchor at Bristol, R. I., with the Nimbus [#186805es] and Sadie [#186704es], and flies the champion pennant since last autumn. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachting. The Season of 1869." New York Herald, May 9, 1869, p. 4.)

"In the yard and shops of Mr. John B. Herreshoff, where some thirty men are employed, there have been turned out within the last few weeks, completely fitted for use, four sailboats of about six tons each; while a fifth craft of the same dimensions is now nearly finished, beside a large number of small craft --- row boats --- have been built during the same time. ...
The yacht Sadie [#186704es], formerly schooner rigged, has been altered to a sloop, and has had a thorough overhauling and refitting. She sailed from here on Saturday Last to take part in the race of the Atlantic Yacht Club on the 8th, and of the New York Yacht Club Regatta on the 10th.
Mr. Herreshoff, has, besides a yard full of work here, a schooner yacht just completed at Bath, Me., of about thirty tons, for Mr. J. Lee, Jr., of Boston. This yacht is expected to sail from Bath to be delivered over to her owner in Boston to-day.
The Sadie won the first prize in the second class in the race of the Atlantic Yacht Club, on Tuesday [June 8, 1869]; and also the first prize in the first class sloops at the regatta of the New York Yacht Club on Thursday [June 10, 1869]." (Source: Anon. "Yacht and Boat Building." Bristol Phoenix, June 12, 1869, p. 2.)

"In the regatta at Stonington, on the 'Fourth,' [July 4, 1870] the Orion [#186903es], owned by Mr Thayer, of New York, and built by Mr John B Herreshoff, of this town, was the successful competitor gaining the prize of one hundred dollars. ... The first prize to centre-board boats in the first class, at the regatta in Boston on the 4th inst. [July 4, 1870], was given to the Sadie [#186704es], late ot this town. The first prize to keel boats was won by the Psyche [#186605es]. The first prize in the second class was given to the Violet [#186606es], the second to the Kelpie [#186403es], centre-boards. The first prize in the third class was given to the Posey [#186603es ex-Fannie I], the second to the Secret [#186408es], centre-boards. Those boots were all built by Mr. John B. Herreshoff, at his yard and shops in this town. ... At the regatta of the Eastern Yacht Club, of Marblehead, Mass., Tuesday [July 12, 1870], the Sadie [#186704es], of Boston, was the winning boat. Coming was second. The time of the Sadie was four hours and twenty-five minutes, and the Coming four hours thirty minutes and twenty-five seconds. Dexter Stone's Psyche [#186605es], another Herreshoff boat, although not in the race, came in next to the winner." (Source: Anon. "Local Tintypes." Bristol Phoenix, July 16, 1870, p. 2.)

"The sloop yacht Sadie, built by John B. Herreshoff in 1867, has recently been purchased by Mr. Herreshoff for Mr. George Peabody Russell, of this town, from Mr. B. F. Burgess, of Boston. The Sadie is said to be the fastest sailing yacht of her size that floats, having won no less than eleven valuable prizes." (Source: Anon. "Local Tintypes." Bristol Phoenix, November 4, 1871, p. 2.)

"For Sale --- By John B. Herreshoff, Bristol, R. I., the well known Sloop Yacht Sadie [#186704es] and the Schooner Yacht lanthe [#187002es], each 50 tons old measurement." (Source: Anon. [Classified ad.] New York Herald, November 3, 1872, p. 2.)

"Newport, R. I., April 8 [1873]. --- A finely-modeled and beautifully-finished yacht was launched from the marine railways of Mr. J. B. Herreshoff at Bristol (R. I.) last week. She is named the Fostene [sic, i.e. Faustene], and will be schooner-rigged. Her length is 80 feet; breadth, 20, and depth, 8 feet. The cabin will be furnished in the most modern and expensive manner. She has been built under the immediate supervision of George Peabodie Russell, formerly owner of the yacht Sadie, for an English gentleman. Mr. Herreshoff will have her finished and rigged as soon as possible, when she will crosss the Atlantic to the Isle of Wight. The popular yacht Sadie, built by Herreshoff in 1868, is also on the marine railways for repairs. She has recently changed hands, her former owner, George P. Russell, Esq., having sold her to Mr. Smith Rogers, of Yonkers. N. Y., from which place she will hereafter hail. She will sail for New-York in a few days." (Source: Anon. "Newport Yachting Notes. New Yachts Just Launched and Old Ones Refitted." New York Times, April 9, 1873, p. 3.)

"The Sadie, one of Herreshoff's most successful boats, is now owned in New York, and has established her moorings off the residence of her owner, Mr. Ford, of New Brighton, Staten Island." (Source: Anon. "Yachting News. Beverly Yacht Club." Forest And Stream, May 21, 1874, p. 235.)

"Sloop Sadie, owned by John B. Norris, Esq., deceased, was sold by auction last Saturday to Mr. Wm. A. Cole, President N. Y. Produce Exchange. The bidding started at $500, and rapidly ran up to 2,375, the well known character of the boat bringing for her a fair price under tho circumstances. Sadie is 36.58 tons ; length, 50ft. 9in.; on load line 47ft. 5in.; beam, 16ft. 2in.; hold, 6ft. 3in., built in 1867 by J. B. Herreshoff, of Bristol, R. I." (Source: Anon. "Yachting Items." Forest and Stream, April 18, 1878, p. 198.)

"Sadie, schooner yacht, of New York.
Built at Bristol, by Herreshoff Manuf. Co. 1867, 1881.
27.33 tons; 56 ft. x 16.9 ft. x 5.6 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, two masts, plain head, round stern.
Surveyed and measured, January 1881." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Sadie.)

"... The yacht Sadie [#186704es] is being enlarged and rebuilt; she was formerly a sloop, but is now a schooner; her dimensions now are, length, 64 feet, breadth, 16 1/2 feet; she is owned by Mr. W. A. Cole, of New York. ..." (Source: Anon. "The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company." Bristol Phoenix, March 19, 1881, p. 2.)

"Unusual activity is displayed at the Herreshoff works and much yacht work is in hand. The schooner Sadie is about finished and will go into commission in March. She has been entirely rebuilt, and the old sloop cannot be recognized except in name. ..." (Source: Anon. (C. P. Kunhardt?) "Yacht Building at Bristol." Forest and Stream, March 10, 1881, p. 117.)

"VESSELS, SAIL, INSPECTION OF.
Vessels --- Inspection of the hulls of sailing vessels prior to change of name.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, April 8, 1881.
SIR: The Department has received your letter of the 5th instant, relative to your declination to inspect the sailing yacht Sadie, upon the application of Messrs. Herreshoff, of Bristol, R. I., with a view to a change of name of said vessel, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 2, 1881.
In reply, I inclose herewith a copy of Department Circular No. 22, current series, in which inspectors of hulls are, under the act of Congress, authorized to make examination of sailing vessels and to certify to their seaworthiness. The Department has authorized the charge of $5 to be made by inspectors for each inspection, in addition to their necessary traveling expenses.
Inspectors will report to the Department, in each case, the name of the vessel inspected and the date upon which the inspec tion is made.
Such employment will not conflict with Department Circular No. 15, of February 9,1878, as the information forwarded to the Department is for the use of the Department in deciding upon the propriety of changing the names of the vessels inspected.
Very respectfully,
WILLIAM WINDOM,
Secretary.
UNITED STATES INSPECTOR OF HULLS, New London, Conn.
(Source: Dumont, James A. (Compiler.) Steamboat Inspector's Manual. 6th ed. Washington, 1895, p. 329-330.)

"Mr. Coles' Sadie, which has this season been lengthened and rigged as a schooner, arrived from Bristol last Saturday, and is lying off the Atlantic Yacht Club Basin. Her appearance is much improved, and she is easily the handsomest schooner in the Atlantic Club." (Source: Anon. "Yachting Notes." Spirit of the Times, May 14, 1881.)

"ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB ... Among the small schooners, a class seemingly becoming very popular and quite distinctive of the Atlantic Y. C., we noticed Lotus, a very pretty, tidy, little craft, and kept shipshape on deck and aloft. She has the well-known Herreshoff stamp about her. In speaking of Triton, another of his productions, Mr. Herreshoff always told us that his next schooner would have a trifle less flare, an idea he has carried out in altering the Sadie, and as a result Lotus has as handsome a bow as any one could wish to look at. Her canvas certainly has a smarter cut to it than what we turn out in New York. Sails have plenty of head, and gaffs peak well with the stays. It looks as though cut to the dimensions of a finished draughtsman and not by thumb-rule, as is often the case, producing hideous rigs with boom, sagging, nigger heels, narrow heads and not the slightest trace of 'style.' Many well-known yachts we might mention subject to such exceptions, but Lotus has a pretty rig, and sailmakers at home might learn a thing or two about their own trade if they watched this schooner under way. Her owner, Mr. W. A. Cole, is not 'a racing man,' as the phrase goes, and his yacht is overpowered by Triton, otherwise she might hope to score oftener than likely. As it is she is rather more than a match for the rest of her lot, though Agnes is always sailed so smartly and in such good form that she must be counted a tough customer while in present hands. ..." (Source: Anon. (C. P. Kunhardt?) "Atlantic Yacht Club." Forest and Stream, June 16, 1881, p. 395.)

"The following changes in ownerships have occurred during the month [of August 1885]: ... Center-board sloop Lotus (Sadie), W. A. Cole to George G. Haven, of New York, 1867, Herreshoff, 58 feet 11 3/4 inches, 16 feet 8 7/8 inches beam." (Source: Outing, September 1885, p. 760.)

"Sadie was modeled by JBH and his father in 1866. The sail plan and all drawings were made by NGH while he was a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Originally built for and by JBH as a schooner, Sadie was rerigged by him in 1868 as a sloop. ...
As a schooner, Sadie sailed in the first regatta of the Boston Yacht Club on June 17, 1867, and won in the first class. In the second class of that same regatta, the first three yachts --- Clytie [#186701es], Violet [#186606es], and Kelpie [#186403es?] --- had been built by JBH. The winner in the third class was the Herreshoff catboat Fannie [#186702es]. On September 8,1869, Sadie weathered the Great Gale in East Greenwich Cove, with JBH and NGH on board. Later that year, she was sold to Benjamin Franklin Burgess, older brother of Edward Burgess." (Source: Bray, Maynard and Carlton Pinheiro. Herreshoff of Bristol. Brooklin, Maine, 1989, p. 8.)

"[Item Description:] Penciled sailplan and area calculations for schooner 'SAIDIE' (apparently #186704es SADIE) [this may well be the original schooner sailplan designed in 1867 by NGH while at M.I.T. (but note that HMCo in 1881 developed another schooner sailplan for her)]." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G.? (creator). Sketch / Calculations. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_47920. Subject Files, Folder [no #], formerly MRRT Box. No date (1867 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Pre-printed and filled out (in ink) bill of sale of the yacht #186704es SADIE 'lately a schooner, now a sloop' for $4,000 by George H. Bates of Weymouth in the state of Massachusetts to John B. Herreshoff. Dated September 18, 1868. With detailed dimensions. With signatures by Thomas Dean and George H. Bates. Recorded in Boston Custom House on November 1, 1868." (Source: Bates, George. Correspondence (bill of sale) to Herreshoff, J.B. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 86.246. HMM Library Rare Books Room (Box 1), Folder [no #]. 1868-09-18.)
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"[Item Description:] Pre-printed and filled out (in ink) bill of sale of of the sloop yacht #186704es SADIE from John B. Herreshoff to Charles F. Herreshoff with signature by E. Stanton Chesebro and what appears to be a genuine signature of John B. Herreshoff." (Source: Herreshoff, J.B. Correspondence (bill of sale) to Herreshoff, C.F. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 86.247. HMM Library Rare Books Room (Box 1), Folder [no #]. 1869.)
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"[Item Description:] Handwritten (in ink and pencil) table providing what amounts to be the earliest Herreshoff construction record with detailed dimensional data (Name, Owner, Length on deck, Length on water, Breadth extreme, Depth, Deadrise per foot, Width of stern, Sheer, Freeboard at bow, stern and lowest place, Centreboard length, Centreboard from woodends, Centre of mast from woodends, Bowsprit out board, Mainsail foot, hoist, head, leech, and area, Foresail foot, hoist, head, leech, and area, Jib foot, hoist, leech, and area, Gafftopsail foot, luff, leech, and area, Fore-gafftopsail foot, luff, leech, and area, Jibtopsail foot, hoist, leech, and area and Notes ) for Julia [#185602es], Sprite [#186001es], Kelpie 1st [#186301es], Magic [#186404es], Toad [#186411es], Prudence [#186406es], Patience [#186405es], Hope [#186402es], Faith [#186401es], Qui Vive [#186407es], Kelpie 2nd [#186403es], Teazer [#186410es], Secret [#186408es], Fish Boats [#186505es, #186506es, #186507es, #186508es, #186509es, #186510es, #186511es, #186512es], Fish Boats [#186513es, #186514es, #186515es, #186516es, #186517es, #186518es], Fanchon [#186501es], Angie [#186503es], Haidee [#186604es], Ariel [#186601es], Psyche [#186605es], Fannie 1st [#186603es], Violet [#186606es], Fish Boats [#186607es, #186608es], Fish Boats [#186609es, #186610es, #186611es, #186612es, #186613es, #186614es], Lively Whale [later Daisy ???] [#186707es ???], Fannie 2nd [#186702es], Hartford [later Polly ???] [#186703es ???], Sadie [#186704es], Clytie [#186701es], Waterfall [N/A], Bristol [#186801es], Ione [#187003es], Poppasquash [#186502es], Etta [N/A], Oysterboats [#186710es, #186711es], Spring Green [#186709es], Pellican [#186708es], Henrietta [N/A], Meteor [N/A], Fatter[?] [N/A], Annie Moies [#1p], Charlotte [#186803es], Annie [#186905es], Hildegard [#186808es], Thetis [#186705es], Clio [#187101es], Fleetwing [N/A], White Straw[?] [N/A], [Mignone] [#186904es], Fish Boats [square stern, 1868] [N/A], Sadie [#N/A (dupl. listing)], Fannie [N/A], Bunsby [#186802es], Orion [#186903es], Breeze [N/A], Nimbus [#186805es], Alice [crossed out, this MIGHT be Bessie] [#187001es], Viking [#187008es], [Ianthe] [#187002es], [Surf] [#187007es], [Georgie Miller] [#187011es], and [Pink] [#187010es]. Undated, the latest vessel on the list was built in 1870." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator) or other Herreshoff family members (?) (creator). Construction Record. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_01410. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1870).)
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"[Item Description:] Drawing of #186704es SADIE." (Source: Phillips, George (creator). Drawing. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection Acc. 86.195. HMM Library Rare Books Room (Box 1), Folder [no #]. No date (ca1875 ?).)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Penciled comparative notes:] Model Oct[ober] 1881; Length 40f; Sail Base 76f; Sail Perp. 76f Large sail; Sail Perp. 61f Small sail; S[ailing]-L[ength] 42 1/2 [large]; 40 1/2 [small]
MADGE [English cutter]; Length 40f; Sail Base 71f; Sail Perp. 75f Large sail; Sail Perp. 56f Small sail; S[ailing]-L[ength] 42 [large]; 39 [small]
Schooner design; Length 76f; Sail Base 133f; Sail Perp. 102f Large sail; Sail Perp. 84f Small sail; S[ailing]-L[ength] 73 [large]; 70 1/2 [small]
Phil[?] race boat; Length 15f 3in; Base 22f; Perp. 27f; S[ailing]-L[ength] 15
DARE DEVIL [sandbagger]; Length 27f; Base 73f; Perp. 45; S[ailing]-L[ength] 31.2
SADIE Sch[ooner] [#186704es]; Length 48f; Base 87f; Perp. 67f; S[ailing]-L[ength] 47
ARROW; Length 63; Base 112; Perp. 110; S[ailing]-L[ength] 65
SAPPHO [Poillon, New York, 1867]; Length 126f; Base 208f; Perp. 140f Large s[ail]; Perp. 118f Small s[ail]; S[ailing]-L[ength] 112
GUINEVERE; L 126f; B 200f; P 132f Large s[ail]; P 114f Small s[ail]
FLYING CLOUD; L 74f; B 118f; P 94f Large s[ail]; P 72f Small s[ail]
MOSQUITO; L 64; B 114; P 82 Small sail
Design in 1875. Sliding gunter sail [#187505es ?]; L 16f; B 114; P 82 Small sail
SPRING GREEN [#186709es]; Length 16f; Base 22f; P 24f
NORA [#187802es ?]; L 16; B 19; P 21
AMARYLLIS [#187601es]; L 25; B 41; P 26
JULIA [#187004es]; L 22; B 27; P 33
GLEAM [#187702es]; L 25; B 33; P 38
J[OHN] GILPIN [#187703es]; L 29; B 57; P 33.
RIVIERA [#187406es]; L 16 1/2; B 15 1/2; P 21.
Pentagonal[sp?] Design; L 25f; B 32; P 37. [On verso half-sections and displacement calculations arriving at 97.3 tons]. [Undated (the latest design listed appears to be from 1881]." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Comparative Notes and Half-Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0571. WRDT08, Folder 44. 1881 ?.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Newspaper clipping that can be shown to be from the Bristol Phoenix, March 19, 1881, p. 2:] This company is now having erected a large frame building in addition to and adjoining the machine shop and boat works on Summer street, the new building being as large or larger than the original building, where so many fine large and small craft have been constructed and such a variety of first class machinery has been turned out. We visited the establishment a day or two since and by the politeness of Mr. Charles F. Herreshoff, were shown through the various departments of their busy shops.
Among the vessels now being built to order are --- one steam yacht [#72p Camilla] 60 feet in length by 9 feet in width for Dr. Holland, editor of Scribner's Monthly; another [#76p Idle Hour] of the same size for Mr. Carver, a prominent broker of New York city; and still another [#77p Edith] of the same size for a Mr. Woodward, also of New York; also one steam yacht [#78p Juliet], 45 feet long and 9 feet wide, for Mr. A. Newbold Morris, of New York.
A most beautiful steam launch [#73p Launch for St. Y. Radha], 30 feet in length and 5 feet in width, nearly completed, was receiving the final touches of the skilled workmen. This vessel is for Mr. T. Lorillard, and is one of the finest and handsomest craft ever built in this or any other country. Her keel is of oak, the inside planking of cherry, and the outside, from keel to upper works, deck, etc., all of polished mahogany. We noticed that this launch and the others mentioned were all put together with brass screws, --- no nails being used. The inside planking (or boarding) is put on in an acute angle from the outside planking, making the vessel much firmer and less liable to be wrenched or twisted out of shape.
All of the yachts and the launch mentioned are, or will be fitted with the Herreshoff compound engines, and safety coil boilers.
Two vedette boats [#74p 149 and #75p 150] are being built, each 48 by 9 feet, for the British government, both to be fitted with compound machinery and boilers, same as others mentioned, but of greater power. The yacht Sadie [#186704es] is being enlarged and rebuilt; she was formerly a sloop, but is now a schooner; her dimensions now are, length, 64 feet, breadth, 16 1/2 feet; she is owned by Mr. W. A. Cole, of New York.
They now have, nearly completed, a compound engine and boiler for a yacht 80 feet long, belonging to Mr. Mark Hopkins, of Detroit, Mich., where the machinery will be put in the yacht. The cut be-low is a very good representation of the Herreshoff Compound Engine. [Woodcut of a compound steam engine]
A writer in a recent number of the Scientific American says: The engines used in the Herreshoff system for marine purposes are of the compound condensing type, having feed and air pumps attached. The machinery of this system is especially noteworthy for its extreme lightness and for the judicious distribution of material, all of the parts having ample strength, and no portion being loaded with useless metal, which would rather detract than add to the efficiency of the machine. These engines use the steam with the highest economy, actual and prolonged tests having proved the efficiency to be at least 40 per cent greater than that of the non-expanding type. As to mechanical details of construction, finish proportion and general design these engines leave nothing to be desired.' The same writer concludes his article as follows: 'The entire range of the manufactures of the Herreshoff company exhibit careful and intelligent supervision, and workmanship that is in every way superior.'
The steam yacht LEILA [#40p], 100 feet in length, built by the Herreshoffs about two years ago, has recently been sold to a Club, at Toledo, O., where she will be forwarded about the first of May next.
The Company are building a number of engines and boilers for United States Navy launches, also constructing engines and boilers for running electrical light machines to be used by the United States Electric Lighting Co., of New York. The quickness with which steam may be raised, the freedom from danger of explosion, the lightness of both boiler and engine, and the perfection of the mechanical details, render this system valuable for this purpose, and admits of placing powerful machines in the midst of crowded cities without danger to life or property.'
It is a specialty at this establishment to do nothing but (first-class work, to build no second rate vessels. All the steam launches and yachts are finished up in the very best workmanlike manner in cherry, mahogany and costly kinds of wood. The Company has now in its employ about one hundred men, on boats and machinery.
It is a specialty at this establishment to do nothing but first-class work, to build no second rate vessels. All the steam launches and yachts are finished up in the very best workmanlike manner in cherry, mahogany and costly kinds of wood. The Company has now in its employ about one hundred men, on boats and machinery." (Source: Anon. "The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company." Bristol Phoenix, March 19, 1881, p. 2.)" (Source: Bristol Phoenix (creator). Newspaper Clipping. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE14_01220. Folder [no #]. 1881-03-19.)
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"[Item Description:] Congratulation re #499s COLUMBIA from 'an old Bristol boy who used to shock[?] balls for you on the common in the [18-]sixties when Pamply[?], Johnny Post, Talbot & c. used to play'. Remembers #186701es CLYTIE and #186704es SADIE. 'Bristol boys never forget the beautiful town by the sea.'" (Source: Buguall[?], J.T. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_52820. Subject Files, Folder 46, formerly 60. 1899-10-20.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Typewritten memorandum:] Model Boat [#186201es] made by N. G. Herreshoff in 1861-62.
This rather queer shaped model was made by Nat Herreshoff when a boy of about thirteen years old, and perhaps her hard bilge, or resemblance to a V-bottom boat, can be traced to Nat's first racing experience in J. B.'s METEOR [#185601es], a V-bottom boat which was built by J. B. and his father between 1855 and 1857. Also Nat's father, Charles Frederick H., was at the time interested in models which gained stability or sail carrying ability by the action of the low bow wave. (In other words, the leeward bilge was supposed to rise up, or plane, on the lee bow wave).
J. B. once described these early bows to me by saying 'they were like the mold board of a plow which cuts into the sod, turns it over and throws it down.'
It is also interesting that C.F.H.'s later JULIAs [#185602es Julia III and #187004es Julia IV] had bows of this type, particularly those which used shifting ballast cars, so at the time that Nat made this model boat there may have been much talk about gaining sail carrying ability through hull shape. It is interesting, too, that Captain Nat did not use tumble-home sides after 1875, but earlier models like SADIE [#186704es (designed by JBH)], and SHADOW [#187106es] had tumble home. Apparently after stability was gained by deeper ballast he decided the slack bilges made an easier driven model.
A± any rate, it is interesting that this toy boat, or model boat, was owned by five boys without being seriously damaged. She was rigged at various times as both cat and sloop. The model probably has had several coats of paint, but is all original but the stem which L. F. H. made before the last painting. The stem is about 1/2in too high and was intended to be cut down after the flat bowsprit was fitted. The rudder is original and shows the stopper which went against the transom and prevented the rudder from swinging far enough to jam the rudder hangings.
This model is now presented to Norman F. Herreshoff by L. Francis Herreshoff who thinks it should be in the back part of the old Herreshoff house in Hope Street where it undoubtedly was made nearly a century ago.
The writing on the after deck is in Captain Nat's hand done after I returned the model to him in 1936." (Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis (creator). Memorandum. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDW02_00590. Folder [no #]. 1956-12-27.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Typewritten copy of a memorandum, laminated in plastic:] Model Boat [#186201es] made by N. G. Herreshoff in 1861-62.
This rather queer shaped model was made by Nat Herreshoff when a boy of about thirteen years old, and perhaps her hard bilge, or resemblance to a V-bottom boat, can be traced to Nat's first racing experience in J. B.'s METEOR [#185601es], a V-bottom boat which was built by J. B. and his father between 1855 and 1857. Also Nat's father, Charles Frederick H., was at the time interested in models which gained stability or sail carrying ability by the action of the low bow wave. (In other words, the leeward bilge was supposed to rise up, or plane, on the lee bow wave).
J. B. once described these early bows to me by saying 'they were like the mold board of a plow which cuts into the sod, turns it over and throws it down.'
It is also interesting that C.F.H.'s later JULIAs [#185602es Julia III and #187004es Julia IV] had bows of this type, particularly those which used shifting ballast cars, so at the time that Nat made this model boat there may have been much talk about gaining sail carrying ability through hull shape. It is interesting, too, that Captain Nat did not use tumble-home sides after 1875, but earlier models like SADIE [#186704es (designed by JBH)], and SHADOW [#187106es] had tumble home. Apparently after stability was gained by deeper ballast he decided the slack bilges made an easier driven model.
A± any rate, it is interesting that this toy boat, or model boat, was owned by five boys without being seriously damaged. She was rigged at various times as both cat and sloop. The model probably has had several coats of paint, but is all original but the stem which L. F. H. made before the last painting. The stem is about 1/2in too high and was intended to be cut down after the flat bowsprit was fitted. The rudder is original and shows the stopper which went against the transom and prevented the rudder from swinging far enough to jam the rudder hangings.
This model is now presented to Norman F. Herreshoff by L. Francis Herreshoff who thinks it should be in the back part of the old Herreshoff house in Hope Street where it undoubtedly was made nearly a century ago.
The writing on the after deck is in Captain Nat's hand done after I returned the model to him in 1936. [Incl. envelope marked in red pencil 'Description of Model Boat Built By N.G. Herreshoff']." (Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis (creator). Memorandum. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDW02_02970. Folder [no #]. 1956-12-27.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #186704es Sadie even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Taglang, Jacques. Mariette and the Herreshoff Schooners. Two vols. Eynesse, 2010.
  Vessel biographies, large-scale sail and lines plans reproduced from original HMCo plans. The definitive book on Herreshoff schooners.

• Sadie
• Lotus ex-Sadie
• 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.

Name: Sadie
Type: 59' sloop
Owner: J. B. Herreshoff
Year: 1868
Row No.: 585

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.

"Mainsail, 55' foot, 41' hoist, 28' head 62'8" leach, area 1972 square feet. Jib, 36'6" foot, 53' luff, 44' leach, area 795 square feet. Topsail, 40' foot, 43" luff, 29' leach area 565 square feet. Jib topsail, 64' luff, 17' diagonal, Area 544 square feet. Total 3876 square feet." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "Boats and Yachts that I have been Especially Interested in by Sailing and Some of Which I Have Owned." Bristol, April 1932. In: Pinheiro, Carlton J. (ed.). Recollections and Other Writings by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Bristol, 1998, p. 104-106.)

"In the absence of better available data displacement was estimated by using the figure for New Measurement Tons (29.5) from the 1872 Fox Yachting Annual (Old Measurement Tons were reported as 42.2) and converting to lbs by dividing through 2000 (short tons). Note that this figure can only be a rough estimate because register tons as reported in Yacht Registers correlate only loosely with actual displacement figures." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 17, 2015.)

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