Herreshoff #187011es Georgie Miller

Particulars

Name: Georgie Miller
Type: Sloop
Designed by: CFH
Launch: 1870-6
Construction: Wood
LOA: 23' (7.01m)
LWL: 21' (6.40m)
Beam: 9' (2.74m)
Rig: Sloop
Sail Area: 554sq ft (51.5sq m)
Built for: Beckwith

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 #1606Model number: 1606
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop North Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by CFH
#187004es Julia IV (1870)
#187011es Georgie Miller (1870)

Original text on model:
"JULIA IV 1870 (C.F.H.)" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Related model(s):
Model 1218 by JBH? (1860s?); sail
{?}: Catboat???


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.


Documents

Nathanael G. Herreshoff

"[Georgie Miller] [#187011es: Beckwith Owner. 23ft Length on deck. 5ft 6in Centre of mast from woodends. 11ft Bowsprit out board. 24ft Mainsail foot. 19ft Mainsail hoist. 12ft Mainsail head. 29ft 9in Mainsail leech. 386sqft Mainsail area. 17ft Jib foot. 25ft 4in Jib hoist. 19ft 9in Jib leech. 168sqft Jib area." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. and/or other Herreshoff family members. Handwritten table listing early Herreshoff-built boats and their dimensions up to 1870. No date (1870 or later). Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, MRDE03.)

Archival Documents

"[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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Supplement

Research Note(s)

"Described in list of early HMCo boats in NGH's 1871 to ca 1874 calendar (Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, Model Room Rolltop Desk) and in untitled list of early HMCo boats (Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, MRDE03). Note in calendar states that she was built from same model as #187004es Julia." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 16, 2019.)

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