Herreshoff #187101es Clio

Particulars

Name: Clio
Type: Catboat
Launch: 1871
Construction: Wood
LOA: 23' 8" (7.21m)
LWL: 21' 0" (6.40m)
Beam: 9' 1" (2.77m)
Draft: 1' 1" (0.33m)
Rig: Cat
Built for: N/A [J. D. Scudder owner in 1884]

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.


Documents

Nathanael G. Herreshoff

"Clio [#187101es]: Hasting Owner. 26ft Mainsail foot. 20ft Mainsail hoist. 11ft 6in Mainsail head. 32ft Mainsail leech. 445sqft Mainsail 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.)

Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"The following changes in ownerships have occurred during the month: --- ...
Center-board cat-rig Clio, J. D. Scudder to S. G. King, of Boston, 1860 [sic, i.e. 1871?], Herreshoff, 20 feet 11 inches water-line." (Source: Anon. "Yachting." Outing, September 1885, p. 760.)

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).)


Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #187101es Clio even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.


Registers

1885 Olsen's American Yacht List (#227)
Name: Clio
Owner: J. D. Scudder; Club(s): 25 [Hull]; Port: Hull
Type & Rig CB Cat
LOA 23.3; LWL 21.0; Extr. Beam 9.1; Draught 3.0
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R. I.; Built when 1871

1889 Who Won (#2550)
Name: Clio
Owner: W. F. Gillings; Port: Boston
Type & Rig CB Cat
LOA 23.3; LWL 21; Extr. Beam 9.1; Depth 3; Draught 1.11
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Built when 1871

1890-91 Manning's American Yacht List (#491)
Name: Clio
Owner: W. F. Gillings; Port: Boston
Type & Rig CB Cat
LOA 23.3; LWL 21.0; Extr. Beam 9.1; Draught 3.0
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1871

1896 Manning's American Yacht List (#687)
Name: Clio
Owner: W. F. Gillings; Port: Boston
Type & Rig CB. Cat
LOA 23.3; LWL 21.0; Extr. Beam 9.1; Draught 3.0
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1871

Source: Various Yacht Lists and Registers. For complete biographical information see the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné under Data Sources. Note that this section shows only snapshots in time and should not be considered a provenance, although it can help creating one.

Supplement

From the 1930s L. Francis Herreshoff Index Cards at the Herreshoff Marine Museum
  • 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.
From the 1953 HMCo Owner's List by L. Francis Herreshoff

Name: Clio
Type: 21' cat
Owner: W. F. Gillings [sic, Gillings was owner in 1888 as per Who Won 1889]
Year: 1871
Row No.: 118

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.

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