Herreshoff #191112es [10ft Skiff Job5996]
Particulars
Type: Sailing Skiff
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1911-6-14
Job No.: 5996
Construction: Wood
LOA: 10' 1" (3.07m)
LWL: 9' 0" (2.74m)
Beam: 3' 6" (1.07m)
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: 514Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Right
Vessels from this model:
15 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"10' skiff for Francis L. H. (Lee Herreshoff) July 1899
Hyde Cabot " " " (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"10' Skiff of 1899 built for Francis Lee Herreshoff." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
Related model(s):
Model 0120 by NGH (1905); sail, 2 built from
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
![Main drawing Dwg 028-017 [076-013] (HH.5.02013)](../Images_Drawings/250px/HH.5.02013.jpg)
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Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
Herreshoff #191112es [10ft Skiff Job5996] are listed in bold.
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Dwg 028-000 (HH.5.02014); Construction Dwg > [Sail plan for 10 ft. Skiff] (ca. 1899-07-02)
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Dwg 028-017 [076-013] (HH.5.02013); Construction Dwg > 10 ft. Skiff (1899-07-02)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"[Handwritten note on actual plan:] Skiff made for E.D. Morgan and delivered[?] in[?] July[?] or[?] August[?] 1899 [#189901es].
3 sailing skiffs May 4, 1908 [Date job was recorded?], Job 4766: 1 - steer with oar & closed oarlock, 2 - with rudder & tiller, [all] painted.
May 14, 1908 [Date boats were finished?]. Order[?] from Mr. [E.D.] Morgan for[?] 3 skiffs:
1 [#190804es] for himself,
1 [#190805es] for Mrs. Woodbury Kane,
1 [#190806es] for Robt. Sedgwick, Jr.
3 sailing skiffs July 26, [19]09, Job 5287 [#190913es, #190914es and #190915es].
#5298 (no rudder) [#190916es].
2 sailing skiffs July 5, [19]10, [Job] 5632 (like [Job] 5298) [#191007es and #191008es].
2 sailing skiffs June 14, [19]11, [Job] 5996 (like [Job] 5298) [#191111es and #191112es].
1 sailing skiff, Job 1234 [#1234s]." (Source: HMCo. Handwritten (in faintest pencil and black and red ink) note on plan 28-17 [76-13], titled "10ft Skiff" and dated July 2, 1899. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, obj. no. HH.5.02013.)
"Dimensions measured from construction plan 28-17 [76-13]." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 6, 2020.)
"Like Job 5298 [with] 'No rudder' as per note on construction plan 28-17 [76-13]." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 6, 2020.)
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