Herreshoff #187602es Kittie S
Particulars
Type: Sloop
Launch: 1876
Construction: Wood
LOA: 17' 10" (5.44m)
LWL: 17' 10" (5.44m)
Beam: 8' 10" (2.69m)
Draft: 1' 2" (0.36m)
Rig: Sloop
Displ.: 2,500 lbs (1,134 kg)
Built for: N/A [H. H. Stilling 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.
Registers
1885 Olsen's American Yacht List (#801)
Name: Kittie S.
Owner: H. H. Stilling; Port: Hoboken
Type & Rig CB Sloop
Tons Old Measure 1.25; LOA 17.10; LWL 17.10; Extr. Beam 8.10; Depth 3.8; Draught 1.2
Sailmaker John Curtin
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R. I.; Built when 1876
Note: Rebuilt by W. Force, Keyport, [18]78
1889 Who Won (#1414)
Name: Kittie S.
Owner: H. H. Stilling; Port: Hoboken
Type & Rig CB Sloop
LOA 17.10; LWL 17.10; Extr. Beam 8.10; Depth 3.8; Draught 1.2
Builder J. B. Herreshoff; Built when 1876
Note: Rebuilt by W. Force, 1878
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: Kittie S
Type: 17' 10" sloop
Owner: H. H. Stilling [sic, Stilling was owner in 1888 as per Who Won 1889]
Year: 1876
Row No.: 359
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 (1.25) from the 1885 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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