Herreshoff #189606es [Unbuilt 37 1/2ft Cruiser]
Particulars
Type: Sloop
Designed by: NGH
Not built, not assigned, cancelled, etc.: 1896-6
Construction: Wood
LOA: 51' 3" (15.62m)
LWL: 37' 6" (11.43m)
Beam: 11' 10.25" (3.61m)
Draft: 7' 9" (2.36m)
Rig: Gaff
Displ.: 39,200 lbs (17,781 kg)
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: 1322Model location: H.M.M. Workshop West Wall Right
Vessels from this model:
0 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"May 1896 37 1/2 wl
May 7 1896 37 1/2 ft wl [unreadable]." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Related model(s):
Model 1524 by NGH (1897?); sail, not built
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_00270
Offset booklet contents:
#189606es [Unbuilt 37 1/2ft Cruiser]
Offset Booklet(s) in Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection in the Model Room at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol, RI. (Restricted access --- see curator.)
Note: Incomplete Scan
Documents
Archival Documents
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"[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 offset booklet. From first page: '37 1/2ft w.l. cruiser [#189606es ???]. Frame spaces 15in. … (This model made for self but was not built. NGH.)' Undated, June 1896???" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Offset Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_00270. Folder [no #]. No date (1896-6 ???).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled midship section titled '37 1/2 w.l. cruising yacht [#189606es]. June[?] 7[?] 1896'. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 630cuft = 40600lbs." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_05920. Folder [no #]. 1896-06-07 ?.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled '37 1/2 w.l. cruiser design [probably #189606es]'. With stability and weight calculations (one marked 'by planimeter), arriving at a total of 19180 lbs lead." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_06800. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1896-06-14 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled '37 1/2 w.l. cruiser [#189606es]. June 14 1896. Final. Spaces 3 3/5ft. Scale 1/2in per ft. Sheer line to underneath side of deck'. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 609cuft = 39200lbs =17.5 tons gross and tabulated weight estimates arriving at the same figure. On verso another set of penciled pantograph hull sections titled '37 1/2 w.l. cruiser. June [1896]. 1st trial' with no further notes or calculations. " (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_06010. Folder [no #]. 1896-06-14.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled preliminary plan with inboard profile, outboard profile and arrangement plan titled 37 1/2ft w.l. cruiser [#189606es]. June 1896 [apparently when model was made] & May 1897'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Preliminary Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_06550. Folder [no #]. 1897-05.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled '34ft Cruising Yacht. May 1, 1897. Scale 3/4. Spaces 3.39ft'. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 532cuft = 34200lbs = 15 1/4 tons gross. (The model from which these sections were drawn is still unidentified. Might this be related to #189606es Unbuilt 37 1/2ft Cruiser from May 1896, May 1897 and November 1897?)" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_05520. Folder [no #]. 1897-05-01.)
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"[Item Description:] Ink on paper preliminary plan with sailplan, profile titled '37 1/2ft w.l. Cruiser [#189606es]. Scale 1/4in per ft. May 10, 1897'. Sail area calculations show a total of 1813sqft and 1784sqft. Overlay with Model 1322 'May 7 1896[sic] 37 1/2 ft wl' shows a good fit." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Inked Preliminary Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_06520. Folder [no #]. 1897-05-10.)
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