Herreshoff #186803es Charlotte

"In [the] winter of 1867-68, I made the model and sail plan for CHARLOTTE, a 40' sloop for [the] Goddard brothers and William Binney, ..." (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. 106.)

"There will be launched from the yard of Mr. John B. Herreshoff on Saturday morning, April 11th [1868], at quarter past 11 o'clock, a steam yacht [#1p Annie Moies] built for Samuel Shove, Esq. of Pawtucket. Also, a sailing yacht [#186803es Charlotte], forty-feet in length, built for Messrs. Binney & Goddard of Providence.
There will be another launch from the same yard, on Monday [April 13, 1868] or Tuesday following the above, of a yacht [#186802es Bunsby] forty-five feet in length." (Source: Anon. "To Be Launched." Bristol Phoenix, April 4, 1868, p. 2.)

"The Boston Yacht Club. As the pioneer organization in this section of the country this should be first mentioned. The successes and failures of last year have both served to keep alive the spirit of emulation among its members, and the hand of improvement is everywhere visible among the several yachts which comprise the fleet. Five new sailing yachts and a steam yacht have been added, and most of the others have been subjected to more or less amendments and alterations, which have been in some cases quite extensive. ...
The new yachts of the club are the Curlew, Mr. G. Baird; Madcap Mr. H. B. Jackson; Pilgrim, Mr. A. Lothrop; Elaine, G. B. Durfee; sloop yacht [#186803es Charlotte], built by J. B. Herreshoff of Bristol, R. I., for Mr. R. H. L. Goddard; and a steam yacht [#1p Annie Moise] built by the same firm for Mr. S. Shove. The names of the two last we have not been able to ascertion. ...
The yacht built at Bristol for Mr. Goddard is a centre-board sloop 40 feet long 13 feet beam, and carries 460 yards of canvas in her standing sails. Her cabin has two state rooms and is finished in enamel white and black walnut, with gilt trimmings. She has a forecastle and kitchen forward. ..." (Source: Anon. "The Boston Yacht Club." Hunt's Yachting Magazine, November 1, 1868, p. 500, 502.)

"[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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• Charlotte
• 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: Charlotte
Type: 37' 9" sloop
Owner: Goddard Brothers and William Binney
Year: 1868
Row No.: 111

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.

"Dimensions 40' LOA and 13' beam from Hunt's Yachting Magazine, November 1, 1866, p. 502. Charlotte is apparently not listed in early yacht registers, but Mannings 1890-91 Yacht List lists her as 39' 9" LOA, 37' 9" LWL, 12' 4" beam." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 21, 2010.)

"In the absence of better available data displacement was estimated by using the figure for Net Register Tons (17.63) from the 1896 Manning's American Yacht List (Gross Register Tons were reported as 18.55) 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.)

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