Herreshoff #187207es Ruby
Particulars
Type: Catboat
Designed by: JBH
Launch: 1872
Construction: Wood
LOA: 21' 1" (6.43m)
LWL: 19' 1" (5.82m)
Beam: 8' 6" (2.59m)
Draft: 3' 0" (0.91m)
Rig: Cat
Displ.: 10,000 lbs (4,536 kg)
Keel: yes
Built for: Preston, T. W.
Last reported: 1890 (aged 18)
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)
"Yachting. The New Features of the Present Season. ... The Beverly Yacht Club.
There have been several additions to the fleet of this club. The following are the new yachts: ... the Peri and the Ruby, each cat-rigged, 18 feet, built by Herreshoff, the former owned by S. W. Burgess and the latter by E. W. Preston." (Source: Boston Globe, June 20, 1873, p. 8.)
"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.)
Registers
1874 Olsen's American Yacht List (#323)
Name: Ruby
Owner: T. W. Preston; Club(s): 8 [Dorchester YC], 11 [Beverly YC]; Port: Beverly
Type & Rig Keel Cat
LWL 18-6; Extr. Beam 8-6
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R. I.
Note: Number of Men: Three
1875 Manning's Yachting Annual (#44)
Name: Ruby
Owner: T. W. Preston
Type & Rig Keel Cat, Trunk Cabin
LOA 21.1; LWL 19.1; Extr. Beam 8.6; Depth 3.; Draught 3
Builder 66 [J. B. Herreshoff]
Note: Dorchester YC (No. of Men allowed on Regulation 4); Beverly YC (No. of Sails Allowed on Regulation 1; No. of Men allowed on Regulation 4)
1881 Olsen's American Yacht List (#458)
Name: Ruby
Owner: W. F. Whitney; Club(s): 11 [Beverly]; Port: Marblehead
Type & Rig K[eel] Cat
Tons Old Measure 5.; LOA 21.6; LWL 19; Extr. Beam 8.6; Draught 3.
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol; Built when 1872
1885 Olsen's American Yacht List (#1370)
Name: Ruby
Owner: Alfred Schoff; Club(s): 25 [Hull]; Port: Boston
Type & Rig K[eel] Cat
Tons Old Measure 5.; LOA 21.6; LWL 19.0; Extr. Beam 8.6; Draught 3.0
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol; Built when 1872
1889 Who Won (#3043)
Name: Ruby
Owner: J. W. Swint; Port: Boston
Type & Rig CB Cat
LOA 21.6; LWL 19; Extr. Beam 8.6; Draught 3
Builder Herreshoff; Built when 1872
1890-91 Manning's American Yacht List (#2467)
Name: Ruby
Port: Boston
Type & Rig K[eel] Cat
LOA 21.6; LWL 19.0; Extr. Beam 8.6; Draught 3.0
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Designer J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R. I.; Built when 1872
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: Ruby
Type: 19' cat
Owner: A Boston owner
Year: 1872
Row No.: 581
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.
Research Note(s)
"In the absence of better available data displacement was estimated by using the figure for Old Measurement Tons (5) from the 1881 Olsen's American Yacht List 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.)
Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.
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