Herreshoff #186801es Bristol

"CITY POINT YACHTING. ... Herreshoff in them days was turning out some fine catboats, the Posy, Fanny, Maud, Bristol, Peri, Ruby, Virginia, Dandelion, Pansy and Tulip, bein' a few of his that used to carry off a good many prizes. ..." (Source: Anon ("Water Line.") "City Point Yachting. Great Record Made by Catboat Fanny." Boston Globe, February 2, 1890, p. 10.)

"CITY POINT YACHTING.
... Boston harbor is a good place to sail cat-boats, and prob'ly the catboat class under 20 feet water-line has given fun to more young sailors than all the rest put together. ... The Water Witch, a Pierce boat, came out in '72, and the Peri, a Herreshoff cat, in '73. Long about that time it used to be close work between the Maud, Peri, Bristol and Water Witch. The Bristol was another Herreshoff boat, but she had a square stern, while the Maud and Peri had counters. ..." (Source: Anon. ("Water Line.") "City Point Yachting." Boston Globe, March 16, 1890, p. 10.)

"[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 Transcription:] [Handwritten (in ink) letter on verso of circular by the Dorchester Yacht Club. 1874. Fifth Regatta. Fourth Regatta for Champion Prizes. Commercial Pont, Friday, Sept. 18, at 3 o'clock. For Yachts BRISTOL [#186801es], MAUD [#187104es] and WATER WITCH, over Course No. 2.:] Dear Natty
Welcome home to the best country on the Globe.
I was in Paris last August and thought of you but had no idea you were so near (in Havre), as I afterwards learned on board the BOTHNIA coming home of a Mr Smith, who met you at Nice last Spring.
The enclosed match race is the champion of the D.Y.C. [Dorchester Yacht Club] and if you don't come and help me out I am afraid Pierce's boat the WATER WITCH will beat me as I have no one fit to handle the MAUD this summer.
I want to beat this race very much as I want to sell the MAUD and I will add one more obligation to those for which I am your debtor if you will come do come.
Remember me to Lewis & believe me your friend ..." (Source: Fuller, Charles E. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_07680. Correspondence, Folder 25, formerly 212. 1874-09-14.)
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"Olsen Yacht List 1874 lists Bristol as having been altered in 1869 but provides no building year, implying a building year of 1868 or earlier." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 2, 2008.)

"#186801es Bristol and #187003es Ione appear as sisterships the untitled list of early HMCo boats (Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, MRDE03)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 17, 2019.)

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