Herreshoff #187107es Tahena
Particulars
Type: Sloop
Designed by: CFH
Launch: 1871
Construction: Wood
LOA: 24' 0" (7.32m)
LWL: 21' 9" (6.63m)
Beam: 9' 5" (2.87m)
Draft: 3' 8" (1.12m)
Rig: Sloop
Keel: yes
Built for: N/A [A. Robeson owner in 1874]
Last reported: 1896 (aged 25)
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
Other Contemporary Text Source(s)
"Mr. J. B. Herreshoff is to build a sail boat exactly like the Julia [#187004es Julia IV] owned by Mr C. F. Herreshoff, for Mr. Robeson of Newport. [The reference to Mr. Robeson's yacht is probably a reference to #187107es Tahena.]" (Source: Anon. "Local Tintypes." Bristol Phoenix, July 22, 1871, p. 2.)
Registers
1875 Manning's Yachting Annual (#28)
Name: Tahena
Owner: A. Robeson
Type & Rig Keel Sloop
LOA 24.; LWL 21.9; Extr. Beam 9.5; Draught 3.8
Builder 66 [J. B. Herreshoff]; Built when 1871
Note: Boston YC
1885 Olsen's American Yacht List (#1503)
Name: Tahena
Owner: Jeff. Borden, Jr.; Club(s): 4 [Boston]; Port: Fall River
Type & Rig K[eel] Sloop
LOA 24.0; LWL 21.9; Extr. Beam 9.5; Draught 3.8
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R. I.; Built when 1871
1890-91 Manning's American Yacht List (#2719)
Name: Tahena
Owner: J. Borden; Club(s): 11 [Boston]; Port: Fall River
Type & Rig K[eel] Sloop
LOA 24.0; LWL 21.9; Extr. Beam 9.5; Draught 3.8
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Designer C. F. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R. I.; Built when 1871
1896 Manning's American Yacht List (#1875)
Name: Tahena
Owner: Charles R. Allen; Club(s): 53 [New Bedford]; Port: New Bedford
Type & Rig K[eel] Sloop
LOA 24.0; LWL 21.9; Extr. Beam 9.5; Draught 4.6
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Designer C. F. 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: Tahena
Type: 21' 9" sloop
Owner: C. E. Williams
Year: 1871
Row No.: 673
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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