Herreshoff #191002es [Dinghy for S. P. Colt]
Particulars
Type: Coquina Rowboat
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1910-7-25
Job No.: 5674
Construction: Wood
LOA: 12' 6" (3.81m)
Beam: 3' 9" (1.14m)
Rig: None (rowboat)
Centerboard: No centerboard
Built for: Colt, S[amuel] P[omeroy]
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 location: H.M.M. Model Room East Wall
Vessels from this model:
30 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"COQUINA 1889 #404 1888
COQUINA 2nd 1892 #419
1896 #474 19 [sic, i.e. 16] 1\2 ft
827 lbs
Hull 279 centerboard rudder 10 oars 8
3 333 / 30 / 13 / 120 \ ballast & rig 140 310 \ 686." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"#404 Coquina, 16'8" loa sailboat of 1889. Also used for #419 Coquina II of 1892 and, with modifications, for #474 Dude of 1896. See also first model for Coquina, seq 1225, not used." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
Related model(s):
Model 1225 by NGH (1889?); 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.
Drawings
List of drawings:
Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
Herreshoff #191002es [Dinghy for S. P. Colt] are listed in bold.
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Dwg 028-027 [075-014] (HH.5.02025); Construction Dwg > Boat for 46' W.L. Cutter (1891-04-22)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"Boat for 46ft w. l. Cutter. Herreshoff Mfg. Co. April 22, [18]91. Bristol, R. I. Frames made 3/4 size of Coquina, but with a different sheer line. Job #5674 July 25-1910. 12 1/2' boat for Col. S. P. Colt Bristol RI. Beam 3'-9". Moulds as shown, with sheer raised aft as per dotted lines. Frame space 7 1/2". Keel, frames, planking & stringers as per drawing. Open gunwhale. Stern mahogany or butternut. Seats in same frame specs as per drawing but raised 1" higher no backboard or rudder. 2 sets of rowlock sockets. Lifting rings. Brz. [bronze] shoe full lenght [as per notes on drawing 28-27]." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
"This vessel's contract date was determined from notes on the original plan. Plan 28-27 (formerly 75-14) from which this boat was built was drawn 1891-04-22. The vessel's job number 5674 was assigned ca. 1910-07-25." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
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