Herreshoff #191307es [Sailing Cutter for #719s Vagrant II]
Particulars
Type: Colonia Sailing Cutter
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1913-3-1 ?
Job No.: 6971
Construction: Wood
LOA: 16' 10" (5.13m)
Beam: 5' 0.5" (1.54m)
Centerboard: yes
Built for: Vanderbilt, Harold S.
See also:
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:
36 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"Sailing dingy for COLONIA July 1901 1/12
Numbers 217 and 218 (1903) frame spaces 8 1/2" instead of 7 1/2" raised 1/2" stem 6" aft flared out to 5' 5" beam Model cut away forward and remeasured before #218 set up Dec. 1901
1923 (01?) sailing cutter for ROAMER 1925 sailing cutter for Rob. Tod 1926 sailing dinghy for Charles Goodwin." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"#568 17'3" loa sailing dinghy of 1901 for the cutter Colonia. Also, with modifications, #217 Maisie and #218 Carmen, 20 loa electric launches of 1901, sailing cutter for the steam yacht Roamer, sailing cutter for the schooner Katoura, and sailing dinghy for Charles Goodwin." (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
List of drawings:
Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
Herreshoff #191307es [Sailing Cutter for #719s Vagrant II] are listed in bold.
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Dwg 081-002 (HH.5.06090): Spars for Sailing Dinghie (1901-07-28)
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Dwg 028-043 [076-109] (HH.5.02042); Construction Dwg > 16'-10" x 5'-0 1/2" Sailing Cutter for # 719 (1913-03-03)
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Dwg 028-043 [076-109] (HH.5.05560); Construction Dwg > Sailing Cutter for # 719 (16'-10" x 5'-0 1/2") (1913-03-03)
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Dwg 130-163 (HH.5.10475): Sails > Vagrant's Sailing Cutter (1929-01-16)
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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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"[Item Description:] Hulls, anchors and pipe berth cut-out models and diagrams. Among others deckline cut-outs for BETTY ANN, #300p SHADOW III, NOMAD, Fishers Island 31-footer, Fishers Island 23-footer, Sub Chaser 110ft x 18ft, 11ft-6in Boat [built from Plan] 76-17 [now named Plan 28-21] (76-33 [now named Plan 28-23]) for Mr Tiffany's #934 [HARLEQUIN] [this may be a reference to #191901es], 18ft-9in Launch [#191002ep] used on #692 [WESTWARD], 14ft Rowboat [#190912es] [built from Plan] 76-14 698 [#698s WESTWARD], 19ft-4 1/2in x 5ft-4in Launch [#191304ep] for #719 [VAGRANT II], 14ft-8in Gasoline Launch [#190307ep] for 590 [#590s INGOMAR], 10ft-3in Boat [# ?] for 376 [#376p ESLOMA], 18ft Dories [#191729es] for #323 [SP-2840], #293 [Power Launch for #215p ROAMER], Vosper [Torpedo Boats built from 1943 - 1944), AMC Minesweeper [#411p, #412p, #413p, #414p], 16ft-10in x 5ft-1in [#191307es Colonia Sailing Cutter] for #719 [VAGRANT II], 711 Class [New York 50s], [dinghies #191308es and #191309es] for #722 [KATOURA], 12ft [dinghy #191106es ?] for 698 [#698s WESTWARD], 25ft-10in x 6ft-1in [built from Plan] 2-83 [#191301ep Owner Launch for #722s Katoura], 11ft-0in Rowboat [# ?] between davits on #251 [LANG SYNE] Feb [19]06, 23ft-4in x 6ft-4in [#287p Stock launch later Crew Launch for #722s KATOURA]. Generally undated, the last vessels referred to appear to date from 1944." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.130. Cut-out Models and Diagrams. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Models and Diagrams. No date (1944 and earlier).)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"16'-10" x 5 1/2" Sailing Cutter for #719 [Vagrant II]. Frame spacing 7 1/4". Planking, white cedar, 5/16" full lapped. Thwarts mahogany 7/8", double kneed. Floor boards, cypress. Deck cedar 5/16" thick canvas covered. W.T. bulkheads 5/32" cedar 5/32" mahogany. All trimmings of mahogany. 2 color pole sockets. Wash boards mahogany. Centerboard 5/8" oak. Length of centerboard 3' 6". Bronze wire rope traveller over tiller. For [rigging] details see [drawing] 79-85 [as per notes on drawing 28-43]." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
"This vessel's contract date was estimated from the approximate date of its job number. The vessel's job number 6971 was assigned ca. 1913-03-01. Plan 28-43 (formerly 76-109) from which this boat was built was drawn 1913-03. #719s Vagrant II (for which this vessel was built) was contracted for 1912-11-02. This boat's contract or building date is 119 days after #719s Vagrant II was contracted for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
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