Herreshoff #191306es [Dinghy for #719s Vagrant II]
Particulars
Type: Columbia Sailing Dinghy
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1913-1-11
Job No.: 6972
Construction: Wood
LOA: 14' 6" (4.42m)
Beam: 4' 8" (1.42m)
Centerboard: yes
Built for: Vanderbilt, Harold S.
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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: 706Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Right
Vessels from this model:
Original text on model:
"Original COLUMBIA lifeboat for 499 14' [long] scale 1/12 Nov. 1899 gig for #503 506, 507 [unreadable] (cut dinghy 520 16x14 7 1/2" frames dinghy for 624 scale 10 3.4 over 16 * 10-8 [unreadable] / 529, 532, 533, 534 16x14 add-on bow changed and shear raised remeasured Dec. 4, 1909. Boats for 692 and later" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"14' lifeboat of 1899 for the cutter Columbia. Also used, with alterations to scale, mold spacing, freeboard, and with sailing rig added, for many other rowboats, sailing dinghies, and tenders. This shape became HMCo's standard for decades to follow." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
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 028-042 [076-110] (HH.5.02041)](../Images_Drawings/250px/HH.5.02041.jpg)
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Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
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Dwg 028-042 [076-110] (HH.5.02041); Construction Dwg > 14'-6" x 4'-8" Sailing Dinghy for # 719, Job # 6972 (1913-01-11)
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Documents
Archival Documents
"[Item Description:] account of #719s VAGRANT II's trip across the Atlantic, regarding the sea-going qualities of the boat I cannot say too much, proved very buoyant and easy in a seaway and even when driving into a head-sea, not a creak in any part of the boat at any time, which proved the excellent quality of her construction nor did we have any trouble whatsoever with the standing rigging, rigging and blocks for the light sails and topsails proved to be too light and we are discarding practically all of it for heavier as was also necessary in the old #698s VAGRANT and in the #692s WESTWARD, will place rail with cleats around the foremast, windlass not enough power to break out anchor, above statements not made in a spirit of criticism but merely to give you my frank opinion of the boat, I was much pleased with the jib and mainsail sailing boat [#191306es or #191307es], which proved fast, seaworthy and easy to handle, VAGRANT now on her way back to the U.S., enclose photos of #692s WESTWARD, VAGRANT is quite fast, unquestionably faster than any boat in her class" (Source: Vanderbilt, Harold S. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_17410. Correspondence, Folder 46. 1913-09-14.)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"14'-6" x 4'-8"Sailing Dingy for #719, Job #6972. Jan 11, [19]13. From moulds of 'Columbia' lifeboat ([drawing] 76-14 [renamed to 28-18]) with sheer raised as in ink. Frame spaces 7 1/2". Keel white oak. Stern 11/16". Stem white oak. Gunwale white oak 1 3/8" x 7/16". Sheer strake 3 1/4" x 1" x 7/8". Thwart stringers 3/8" x 1". Thwarts [blank]. Timbers white oak 11/16" x 9/16". Planking Eastern Cedar 5/16". Deck Beams 1" x 1/2", spaced 6" crowned to radius of 5'. Deck 5/16" canvas covered. Bulkheads 5/32" cedar + 5/32" mahog. Bulkhead stiffeners 1" x 1/2" 6" apart. All trimmings made teak. Rig: Mast 17'-3" dia [unreadable]. Boom 15' [unreadable]. Sail on mast 14'-9". Sail on boom 14'-9". Leach 19'-0". 97 sq.ft. [as per notes on drawing 28-42]." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
"This vessel's contract date was determined from notes on the original plan. Plan 28-42 (formerly 76-110) from which this boat was built was drawn 1913-01. The vessel's job number 6972 was assigned ca. 1913-01-11. #719s Vagrant II (for which this vessel was built) was contracted for 1912-11-02. This boat's contract or building date is 70 days after #719s Vagrant II was contracted for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
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