Herreshoff #191606es [Unbuilt 56ft LWL Schooner Yacht]

Particulars

Name: [Unbuilt 56ft LWL Schooner Yacht]
Type: Schooner
Designed by: NGH
Not built, not assigned, cancelled, etc.: 1916-7-14
LOA: 77' (23.47m)
LWL: 56' (17.07m)
Beam: 17' 8" (5.38m)
Draft: 10' 8" (3.25m)
Rig: Schooner
Keel: yes

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 #218Model number: 218
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Center

Vessels from this model:
4 built, modeled by NGH
#191606es [Unbuilt 56ft LWL Schooner Yacht] (1916)
#698s Vagrant (1910, Extant)
#719s Vagrant II (1913, Extant)
#772s Mariette (1916, Extant)
#827s Ohonkara (1920)

Original text on model:
"#698 Scale 1/2" March 1910 VAGRANT
719 Scale 3/8" with length ?? 21/26 VAGRANT (second)
772 ditto all MARIETTE OHONKARA" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model Description:
"56' lwl Vagrant, schooner-yacht of 1910 of composite (steel frame, wood planking) construction. Also, with change in scale, the 79'1" lwl riveted steel schooner Vagrant (II) of 1913, and her near sisters the 80' lwl Mariette of 1916 and Ohonkara of 1919." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model Comment:
"Reference to model 218 was added by CvdL because preliminary inspection shows a decent match in profiles of this boat and this model." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 21, 2017.)

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

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List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   Herreshoff #191606es [Unbuilt 56ft LWL Schooner Yacht] are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 029-069 (HH.5.02163): General Arrangement > Layout for 66' W.L. Cruising Schooner Yacht to Fit Class E with Auxiliary Power (1916-07-04)
  2. Dwg 029-070 (HH.5.02164); General Arrangement > Preliminary Plan of Schooner, 77' O.A., 56' W.L., 17'-8" Beam, 10'-8" Draught, Plan with Entrance from Cockpit (1916-07-14)
  3. Dwg 029-070 (HH.5.02164.1): General Arrangement > Plan with Entrance from Cockpit (1916-07-14)
Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde.
Note: The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection is copyrighted by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. Permission to incorporate information from it in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné is gratefully acknowledged. The use of this information is permitted solely for research purposes. No part of it is to be published in any form whatsoever.

Documents

Further Reading
  • Taglang, Jacques. Mariette and the Herreshoff Schooners. Two vols. Eynesse, 2010.
    Vessel biographies, large-scale sail and lines plans reproduced from original HMCo plans. The definitive book on Herreshoff schooners.

Supplement

Research Note(s)

"Nothing is known about this schooner design other than a preliminary plan (29-70, HH.5.2164) in the Hart Nautical Collections at M.I.T. titled 'Preliminary Plan of Schooner, 77ft over all, 56ft W.L., 17ft-8in Beam, 10ft-8in Draught' which is dated from July 14, 1916. Preliminary inspection shows a decent match in profiles of this boat and Model 218 which was used for schooners #698s Vagrant, #719s Vagrant, #772s Mariette and #827s Ohonkara." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 21, 2017.)

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