Herreshoff #189105es [Unbuilt Yawl for N. G. Herreshoff]

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"[Item Description:] Penciled rough sketch (not in NGH's hand?) of rig details. On verso a precisely drawn midship secton of a keel (keel and centerboard?) yacht [#189105es Unbuilt Yawl for N. G. Herreshoff??? (It is not # 189606es Unbuilt 37 1/2ft Cruiser)] with sketched in berth. Untitled, no notes, undated." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE05_00410. Folder [no #]. No date (1891 ???).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled preliminary design sketch with sailplan and midship section. Showing a sloop with clipper bow and deep keel with dinghy in davits. The sketch also shows what appears to be a map of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, showing 'Ways', 'Lumber shed', 'Machine [shop]', etc. Untitled, undated. Possibly related to #189105es Unbuilt Yawl for N. G. Herreshoff but does not match Model 1317." (Source: Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE05_01010. Penciled Preliminary Design. Folder [no #]. No date (1891 ??).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled offset booklet, untitled, with note on first page '25ft w.l. for N.G.H. [#189105es] June 1891. Sale 3/4in to ft. Frame spaces 12in'. On second page there is also a heavily crossed out note 'Offsets for DILEMMA [#412s], the first fin keel boat built in fall of 1891'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Offset Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_01900. Folder [no #]. 1891-06.)
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"N. G. Herreshoff contemplated this design in June and Sept 1891 as per three pages in his 1880s Design Booklet titled '25ft L.W.L. boat for Self. Not used.' The design booklet contains detailed dimensions, weight estimates and material specifications, as well as (under date of September 6, 1891), a displacement calculation that was apparently derived from immersing a model in water and weighing the displaced water. The Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum contains the correspondiing offset booklet titled '25ft w.l. for N.G.H. June 1891. Scale 3/4. Frame spaces 12in'. Model 1317 in the Model Room at the Herreshoff Marine Museum appears to be an (imperfect) match for the dimensions provided in the Design Booklet. In turn, an undated and unlabeled sailplan in the Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Museum provides a match for this model. Note that this sailplan appears to show superimposed two or even three hull shapes. Further research should be conducted to determine if other models for this design have survived." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. December 3, 2018.)

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