Herreshoff #189605es [Unbuilt 45ft Cruising Yacht]
Particulars
Type: Sloop
Designed by: NGH
Not built, not assigned, cancelled, etc.: 1896-5
Construction: Wood
LWL: 45' (13.72m)
Rig: Gaff
Sail Area: 2,223sq ft (206.5sq m)
Keel: 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: 520
Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"No. 481 SPALPEEN 56' WL 19 1/2" frame space
45' WL cruiser May 1896
New stern Oct. 26 1896" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"56' lwl Spalpeen, cruising ketch of 1896." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
Model Comment:
"Reference to Model 0520 added by CvdL because of note in Design Book No. 3 under date of October 24, 1896 says that Spalpeen was built using 'model for 45ft. w.l. cruising yacht made for self last May' and another note on Model 0520 '45ft WL cruiser May 1896'." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 2, 2021.)
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.
Documents
Archival Documents
"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled 'Model for 45ft w.l. cruising yacht [#189605es]. May 16, 1896. Scale 1/2in per ft. 4 1/2ft spaces'. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 903cuft = 58100lbs =25.9 tons gross. With three displacement curves marked '45ft May 16, [18]96', '40ft June 23 [18]97 [#189703es Unbuilt 40ft Cruiser]', '37 1/2ft June 14 [18]96 [#189606es]'. On verso another set of penciled pantograph hull sections titled 'Bulkheads for 45[ft] w.l. cruising yacht. Scale 1/2in'. " (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_06050. Folder [no #]. 1896-05-16.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled preliminary sailplan with calculations titled '45ft w.l. cruising yacht [#189605es]. May 19 [18]96'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sailplan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_07330. Folder [no #]. 1896-05-19.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled preliminary plan with inboard profile and general arrangement plan titled '45ft w.l. cruising yacht [#189605es]. May[?] 19[?] [18]96'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Arrangement Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_07350. Folder [no #]. 1896-08-19 ?.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #189605es [Unbuilt 45ft Cruising Yacht] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.
Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné.
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