Herreshoff #188702es [Unbuilt Centerboard Cutter for N. G. Herreshoff]

Particulars

Name: [Unbuilt Centerboard Cutter for N. G. Herreshoff]
Type: Cutter
Designed by: NGH
Not built, not assigned, cancelled, etc.: 1887-5
Construction: Wood
LOA: 40' (12.19m)
LWL: 33' (10.06m)
Beam: 9' 10" (3.00m)
Rig: Cutter
Centerboard: yes
Built for: Herreshoff, N. G.

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: 1301
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop West Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
0 built, modeled by NGH

#188702es [Unbuilt Centerboard Cutter for N. G. Herreshoff] (1887)

Original text on model:
"33.9 WL Cruising Yacht May 1, 1897 Not built
Model began 1887" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

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): MRDE02_00330

Offset booklet contents:
#188702es, #402s [Centreboard Cutter for NGH, Clara]

Offset Booklet(s) in Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection in the Model Room at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol, RI. (Restricted access --- see curator.)

Drawings

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List of drawings:
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   Herreshoff #188702es [Unbuilt Centerboard Cutter for N. G. Herreshoff] are listed in bold.
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Dwg 112-013 (HH.5.09301); Windlass for 5/16" Chain 33' L.W.L. C.B. Cutter (1887-06-16)

Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde.
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Documents

Archival Documents

"N/A"

"[Item Description:] Handwritten (in ink and pencil) offset booklet titled in faint ink on cover 'Sailing Yachts. N.G.H. Yawl. 28 3/4ft l.w.l. June 1887. CLARA [#402s]'. From text on p. 2 'May 1887. 33 L.W.L. Centreboard cutter yacht [#188702es Unbuilt Centerboard Cutter for N. G. Herreshoff]. Scale model 1/12th. Length overall 40ft. Length water line 33ft. Beam 9ft 10in. Frames spaced 12in'. [With no offsets.] Also 'June 20, 1887: Keel Yawl for N.G.H. Frames spaced 10 1/2in. Sheer line raised 2 1/2in above figures. Top of lead 1.0.0 above zero line. Bottom of lead as by pencil figures. CLARA'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Offset Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_00330. Folder [no #]. 1887-05.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink and pencil) notes booklet titled in ink '33ft LWL Cutter [#188702es Unbuilt Centerboard Cutter for N. G. Herreshoff]. 1887. Mr. Nat'l Herreshoff. R.M.[?] Dunbars[?] Ast. [this name crossed out]'. Relevant contents:
§2: #188702es [UNBUILT CENTERBOARD CUTTER FOR N. G. HERRESHOFF] List of Blocks
§3: #188702es [UNBUILT CENTERBOARD CUTTER FOR N. G. HERRESHOFF] Running Rigging
§5: #188702es [UNBUILT CENTERBOARD CUTTER FOR N. G. HERRESHOFF] Wire Rope Rigging
§6: #188702es [UNBUILT CENTERBOARD CUTTER FOR N. G. HERRESHOFF] Sail Prices (1887-06-13)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Notes Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_03290. Folder [no #]. 1887-05 to 1891-09.)
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Supplement

Research Note(s)

"Not built. NGH eventually decided to build #405s Clara. See four pages of detailed calculations in NGH design book dated May 21, 1887." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 3, 2019.)

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