Herreshoff #187802es Nora

"[Item Description:] Penciled construction section and profile on very smudged paper titled 'NORA [#187802es] and SABRINA [#187803es]. 1878'. With list of scantlings 'Timbers 1 x 3/4in ash. Keel 1 1/4 x 6in amidships. Planking 1/2in. Stern 1 1/2in stuck[?]'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0269. WRDT04, Folder 24, formerly MRDE08. 1878.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled sailplan with dimensions titled 'SABRINA [#187803es]'. On verso penciled sailplan with dimensions titled 'NORA [#187802es] & SABRINA [#187803es]." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sailplan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0453. WRDT08, Folder 36, formerly MRDE09. No date (1878 or later).)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Penciled comparative notes:] Model Oct[ober] 1881; Length 40f; Sail Base 76f; Sail Perp. 76f Large sail; Sail Perp. 61f Small sail; S[ailing]-L[ength] 42 1/2 [large]; 40 1/2 [small]
MADGE [English cutter]; Length 40f; Sail Base 71f; Sail Perp. 75f Large sail; Sail Perp. 56f Small sail; S[ailing]-L[ength] 42 [large]; 39 [small]
Schooner design; Length 76f; Sail Base 133f; Sail Perp. 102f Large sail; Sail Perp. 84f Small sail; S[ailing]-L[ength] 73 [large]; 70 1/2 [small]
Phil[?] race boat; Length 15f 3in; Base 22f; Perp. 27f; S[ailing]-L[ength] 15
DARE DEVIL [sandbagger]; Length 27f; Base 73f; Perp. 45; S[ailing]-L[ength] 31.2
SADIE Sch[ooner] [#186704es]; Length 48f; Base 87f; Perp. 67f; S[ailing]-L[ength] 47
ARROW; Length 63; Base 112; Perp. 110; S[ailing]-L[ength] 65
SAPPHO [Poillon, New York, 1867]; Length 126f; Base 208f; Perp. 140f Large s[ail]; Perp. 118f Small s[ail]; S[ailing]-L[ength] 112
GUINEVERE; L 126f; B 200f; P 132f Large s[ail]; P 114f Small s[ail]
FLYING CLOUD; L 74f; B 118f; P 94f Large s[ail]; P 72f Small s[ail]
MOSQUITO; L 64; B 114; P 82 Small sail
Design in 1875. Sliding gunter sail [#187505es ?]; L 16f; B 114; P 82 Small sail
SPRING GREEN [#186709es]; Length 16f; Base 22f; P 24f
NORA [#187802es ?]; L 16; B 19; P 21
AMARYLLIS [#187601es]; L 25; B 41; P 26
JULIA [#187004es]; L 22; B 27; P 33
GLEAM [#187702es]; L 25; B 33; P 38
J[OHN] GILPIN [#187703es]; L 29; B 57; P 33.
RIVIERA [#187406es]; L 16 1/2; B 15 1/2; P 21.
Pentagonal[sp?] Design; L 25f; B 32; P 37. [On verso half-sections and displacement calculations arriving at 97.3 tons]. [Undated (the latest design listed appears to be from 1881]." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Comparative Notes and Half-Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0571. WRDT08, Folder 44. 1881 ?.)
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"[Item Description:] Newspaper clipping from the [Providence?] Evening Bulletin titled 'The Bristol Regatta' about the July 25, 1881 regatta, among other participants were C. R. Herreshoff with JULIA [#187004es] and C. F. Herreshoff with ALICE [#405s] and Albert S. Almy with the 15ft 11in NORA [#187105es, #187802es, #188001es or other?]." (Source: Providence Evening Bulletin (creator). Newspaper Clipping. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_28640. Subject Files, Folder 18, formerly 126. 1881-07-26.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled dimensioned sailplan with manufacturing instructions titled '16 ft. Boat. New sail for SABRINA (MINNEHAHA) [#187803es]. Sept 1885'. Also marked in lower right corner 'NORA 1st [#187802es]'. Sail area is 228sqft." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sailplan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0452. WRDT08, Folder 36, formerly MRDE09. 1885-09.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #187802es Nora even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

"The same sail- and construction plan was used for both, ES187802 Nora or ES187803 Sabrina." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 2, 2008.)

"I used an early construction plan I found at HMM labeled 'Nora & Sabrina' for the hull. This sail is from the sail plan for 'Sabrina & Nora' which I believe is the first set of sails for each boat. With a short gaff and a long boom. The typical cat rig of this time period. And yes, the first set of reef points really do run at the angle shown. With this long a boom, being as low as it is, when heeled in a heavy wind it would tend to drag in the water.a great way to capsize... you can't let out the sheet to spill the wind because the boom is held in the water. By reefing with this first reef, it would lift the end of the boom so when heeled the boom would not be as close to the water when heeled. Possibly, this still didn't satisfy NG as he says he sailed Sabrina with Riviera's mainsail, and I get the feeling that he was experimenting because the new sail for Sabrina has a shorter boom and a longer gaff than the first sail. This new sail has about the same length head/gaff as Riviera's but the foot/boom is slightly longer than Riviera's. It may be a bit of a turning point, going for a longer, more peaked up gaff and a shorter, not so low boom." (Source: Bray, Kathy. Email to Claas van der Linde, May 2, 2008.)

"Beam of 7' at the deck, and 6'3 at the waterline. The length is a little over 16'...about 16'2" LWL and 16'3" LOA. Handwritten at the top is: "Timbers 1" x 3/4" ash; Keel 1 1/4" x 6" amidships; Planking 1/2"; Stem 1 1/2" (remainder is unreadable)." (Source: Source: Bray, Kathy. Email to Claas van der Linde (citing N. G. Herreshoff's construction plan for ES187802 Nora and ES187803 Sabrina held at the Herreshoff Marine Museum), May 2, 2008.)

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