Herreshoff #188210es Nora II
Particulars
Type: Catboat
Designed by: NGH
Order to build: 1882-3 ?
Launch: 1882-7-3
Construction: Wood
LOA: 18' 0" (5.49m)
LWL: 18' 1.5" (5.52m)
Beam: 8' (2.44m)
Rig: Cat (Leg-O-Mutton)
Built for: Almy, Albert S.
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.
Model
Model number: 203Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Center
Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"NORA 1880" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"Nora of 1880." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
Model Comment:
"Reference to Model 203 was added by CvdL because that model appears to represent a boat of about 19ft overall length which coincides with the Nora from 1882. Note that model 203 appears to explicitly state on its back 'Nora 1880' but the Nora from 1880 was considerably shorter, suggesting that the year in the inscription may have been in error." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. April 15, 2024.)
Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.
Offsets
Offset booklet number(s): HH.4.010
Offset booklet contents:
Nora [#188210es], #94p, #98p [26' boat for Albatross, 55' steamer Augusta] 18' sailboat [Calypso #403s], Consuelo [cat yawl #400s]
Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)
Documents
Other Contemporary Text Source(s)
"... The Herreshoff Company occasionally tries its hand in the building of a sailing craft, and judging from the Nora, a cat-rigged boat, their efforts are as successful as ever. This boat, 18 feet long, which is not yet a month old, has already taken two prizes, that being the number of races in which she has taken part. The Nora was built in one week, so much haste being required to get her off for the regatta on the Fourth of July, which was held in Bristol, R. I. ..." (Source: Anon. "Steam Yacht Building In Rhode Island. The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company And Its Operations." The Mechanical Engineer, September 2, 1882, p. 55.)
"... Albert S. Almy has sold his catboat Nora to H. W. Hubbard of Providence, through the agency of W. P. Gladding. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, May 17, 1913, p. 2.)
Archival Documents
"[Item Description:] Newspaper clipping from unknown newspaper [Bristol Phoenix?] titled 'The Sailing Regatta' about the 4th of July [1882] regatta [in what Bristol], among other participants were C. Herreshoff with JULIA [#187004es] and C. F. Herreshoff with ALICE [#405s] and Albert S. Almy with the 18ft long NORA [#188210es], 'The NORA, which took the first prize in the fourth class was launched the day before the Fourth, and is said to have been built by the Herreshoff's in a week's time, she is a trim little craft, carrying a leg-o'-mutton sail'." (Source: Bristol Phoenix (?) (creator). Newspaper Clipping. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_28610. Subject Files, Folder 18, formerly 126. 1882-07-04.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink and pencil) experiments and trials booklet titled 'Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Experiments 1884 to 1889. N.G. Herreshoff'. Relevant contents:
§5: Race for Cat Boats between #187004es JULIA IV, #188004es ALICE, #186001es SPRITE and #188210es NORA [?]. 'Prize awarded to ALICE.' (1884-04-07)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_03520. Folder [no #]. 1884-05 to 1890-05.)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"Offset booklet HH.4.010 in the Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection of the MIT Museum has an entry for 'Nora. March 1882. 18 feet sail boat. Frames spaced 12in apart. Thickness of outside of stem 1/2in. … etc." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. February 12, 2019.)
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