Herreshoff #192301es [Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt]

"[1924-01-14] Mon 14: ... Had a call from Harold Vanderbilt to talk about design for new 3 masted aux[iliary] cruising yacht [#192301es]. Telegraphed to Nystrom to come & work on drawings. ...
[1924-01-19] Sat 19: Charles Nystrom arrived to work on drawings for Harold Vanderbilt's large yacht [#192301es] and we took him to Coconut Grove and started work in Yacht Club Bldg.
[1924-04-25] Fri 25: ... Started early [in #378p Helianthus III] and arrived at 86 St. N. R. (Columbia Y[acht] C[lub]) about 10-30. To Mr. Vanderbilt's office in p.m. [to discuss #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner]. ...
[1924-12-15] Mon 15: ... Went to Miami in buss [sic] in a.m. with Ann ... Have letter from Harold Vanderbilt with big check ([$]15000) which I returned. [The check is apparently related to NGH's designing #192301es, an Unbuilt Cruising Schooner.]
[1924-12-30] Tue 30: ... Had call from Harold Vanderbilt [who] came in airplane from Palm Beach to discuss a smaller size cruising yacht, 160 - 124 x 30 - 15 1/2 draft [all related to #192301es, an Unbuilt Cruising Schooner].
[1925-01-05] Mon 5: ... Begin work on model [Model 1135] for H[arold] V[anderbilt's 2nd auxil[iary] design [#192301es].
[1925-01-06] Tue 6: ... At work on model [Model 1135 for Harold Vanderbilt's schooner #192301es]. ...
[1925-01-07] Wed 7: ... At work on model [Model 1135 for Harold Vanderbilt's schooner #192301es].
[1925-01-10] Sat 10: ... Work on model [Model 1135 for Harold Vanderbilt's schooner #192301es in] a.m. ...
[1925-01-12] Mon 12: ... At work on model [Model 1135 for Harold Vanderbilt's schooner #192301es].
[1925-01-13] Tue 13: ... Finished cutting model [Model 1135 for Harold Vanderbilt's schooner #192301es].
[1925-01-17] Sat 17: ... Chas. Nystrom & bride arrived in p.m. He is to work on developing drawings for 125' w.l. aux. yacht [#192301es] for Harold Vanderbilt.
[1925-03-15] Sun 15: ... Harold Vanderbilt arrived in launch in p.m. [probably to discuss #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner].
[1925-03-16] Mon 16: H[arold] Vanderbilt here in fore noon [probably to discuss #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner], leaving at noon for a fishing trip.
[1925-03-18] Wed 18: ... Harold Vanderbilt here to look over drawings [for #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner] &c. ...
[1925-03-30] Mon 30: ... Harold Vanderbilt arrived last evening. Discussed drawings & decided to lengthen his 3 master [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner] 18 to 19 [i.e. 19/18ths], making [her] 132ft 4in l.w.l. ...
[1925-03-31] Tue 31: ... Busy on changes of H[arold] V[anderbilt] 's 3 master [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner].
[1925-06-16] Tue 16: Began model [Model 1432] for H. S. Vanderbilt's 132' w.l. aux. schooner [#192301es], which is in larger scale [1/48 vs 1/96] than original [Model 1523] made in Coconut Grove.
[1925-06-28] Sun 28: ... At home all day working on model [Model 1432] for H.S.V's [Harold Stirling Vanderbilt's] 132 w.l. aux sch[ooner] [#192301es].
[1925-07-23] Thu 23: Harold Vanderbilt here in Vagrant [#719s] to go over drawings [for new schooner #192301es] &c.
[1925-12-21] Mon 21: ... Had a call from Harold Vanderbilt in p.m. and [we] talked of a new rig I am working on for his proposed 3 master [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner].
[1926-01-04] Mon 4: ... To Miami in forenoon for blueprints of new rig for H.S.V's [Harold Stirling Vanderbilt's] cruiser [#192301es]. ...
[1926-01-18] Mon 18: ... Had letter that Harold Vanderbilt has decided to go back to the original design for a 151' w.l. cruiser [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner].
[1926-02-06] Sat 6: ... Mr Vanderbilt arrived about 2-45 by air and stayed 1-1/4 [hours] talking over features of cruiser [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner]. ...
[1926-02-09] ... Re[ceive]d roll of detail drawings of 154 w.l. aux cruiser [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for Harold Vanderbilt], 33 sheets from Chas. Nystrom. [The following text from 'Memoranda' section in diary:] Feb. 9. Received roll of 33 b[lue] p[rint]s of drawings made for 200' o.a. aux cruiser for H[arold] S[terling] V[anderbilt] from C. G. Nystrom.
[1926-02-10] Wed 10: ... At work on sail plan drawing [for Harold Vanderbilt's three-masted schooner #192301es].
[1926-02-15] Mon 15: ... At work all day on the cruiser [#192301es] plans for Harold Vanderbilt.
[1926-02-16] Tue 16: ... At work [on] cruiser plans [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for Harold Vanderbilt].
[1926-02-17] Wed 17: ... At work on cruiser plans [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for Harold Vanderbilt].
[1926-02-20] Sat 20: ... At work on drawing spars for aux. cruiser [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for Harold Vanderbilt]. ...
[1926-02-25] Thu 25: ... At work on drawings [for Harold Vanderbilt's three-masted schooner #192301es] in p.m.
[1926-02-28] Sun 28: ... At work on drawings [for Harold Vanderbilt's aux. cruiser #192301es] & writing.
[1926-03-03] Wed 3: ... Harold Vanderbilt arrived by auto @ 9-15 and went over plans [for #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner] until 12. ...
[1926-03-07] Sun 7: ... At work on drawings [probably for Harold Vanderbilt's aux. cruiser #192301es in] a.m. ...
[1926-03-08] Mon 8: ... At work on drawings [probably for Harold Vanderbilt's aux. cruiser #192301es].
[1926-03-09] Tue 9: ... At work on drawings [probably for Harold Vanderbilt's aux. cruiser #192301es].
[1926-03-12] Fri 12: ... At work on drawings [for Harold Vanderbilt's aux. cruiser #192301es] all day as tide [is] too low to get out in p.m. ...
[1926-03-13] Sat 13: ... At work drawing [apparently for Harold Vanderbilt's aux. cruiser #192301es in] a.m. ...
[1926-03-15] Mon 15: ... Sent off roll of 27 sheets drawn of the 200' cruiser [#192301es for Harold Vanderbilt] to Chas. Nystrom to be properly drawn in ink, also long letter describing [the plans], and one to Harold Vanderbilt.
[1930-09-27] Sat 27: ... Harold Vanderbilt came in Vara [#385p] later to talk about the big cruising yacht [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner] I designed in [19]25 - 26." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1924 to 1930. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

"April 10 1926. {1926/04/10} N. G. Herreshoff "Fair Haven" P.O. Box 116. Cocoanut Grove, Florida Dear Francis, ... I have been working on a new rig this winter, but of quite different character, as it is for a sea-going rig for Mr. Harold Vanderbilt's cruiser I designed a year or more ago. ... Your affectionate Father. P.S. We have not yet arranged for our return home, but it will probably be after middle of May." (Source: Mystic Seaport Museum, L. Francis Herreshoff Collection, Box 17, Folder 2: Letter from N. G. Herreshoff to L. F. Herreshoff.)

"Commodore Harold S. Vanderbilt of the New York Yacht Club is planning to build a large schooner, probably 150 feet long on the waterline, in which he will do some distance cruising. He may take a voyage around the world in the vessel. These voyages are expected to be made after the expiration of his term as commodore of the club, which will be after the next December election. Commodore Vanderbilt will be succeeded by the present Vice Commodore of the club, George Nichols, who is also a racing yachtsman.
Another interesting feature of the new schooner, which will be a three-masted auxiliary, is that her plans are being drawn by 'Old Nat' Herreshoff, the creator of a glorious line of Cup defenders. Mr. Herreshoff is doing the work on his yacht, the Helianthus [#299p], which has been moored in Miami Bay, Fla., during the Winter. Although Mr. Herreshoff had practically retired from active work, he consented to work on the schooner plans for Commodore Vanderbilt, and this may be the veteran designer's 'last job.'
The new schooner, it is believed, will be built abroad." (Source: Anon. "Vanderbilt Plans 150-Foot Schooner. New York Yacht Club Commodore Intends New Craft for Deep Sea Cruises." New York Times, April 4, 1924, p. 24.)

"Capt. and Mrs Nathaniel G. Herreshoff, who have been spending the winter cruising in southern waters on their yacht 'Helianthus,' [#378p] with head­quarters at the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, Miami, Florida, arrived home on Tuesday [April 29, 1924]. While in Miami, Capt. Herreshoff occupied some of his time in making plans for an ocean-going yacht [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner] for Harold Vanderbilt. The boat, which if built, will probably be constructed abroad on account of the lower cost of labor, will be 150 feet on the water line and about 200 feet over all." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, May 6, 1924, p. 2.)

"... Capt Nat has been busy most of the winter designing a large schooner yacht [#192301es] for Harold Vanderbilt and has with him Charles G Nystrom, a well known local [sic, i.e. Bristol] draughtsman, to assist him. Mrs Nystrom, who was formerly Miss Margaret Oberg, daughter of William Oberg of this town [Bristol], is also spending the winter in Coconut Grove. ..." (Source: Anon (J. F. Farrally, owner and editor of the Bristol Phoenix). "The Miami of Today. Sights and Scenes in and About the City as Noted by the Editor During a Month's Stay In That Southern Metropolis." Bristol Phoenix, April 28, 1925, p. 1, 4.)

"[Item Description:] Penciled sections (model tracings) and displacement calculations for 'Original model for H. S. Vanderbilt. Cruiser made in 1923, scale 1/8, 150ft wl, 32 beam, 16 1/2ft draft' [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner]." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Sections and Calculations. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_47630. Subject Files, Folder [no #], formerly 25?. 1923.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint sailplan of #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt with gaff foresails and Marconi mainsail and 18 portholes and deckhouse aft of mainmast. Untitled, no notes, no date." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01270. Folder [no #]. No date (1923 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint construction detail sections titled 'Dr. No. 4. Three Masted Auxiliary Schooner for Commodore Harold S. Vanderbilt [#192301es]'. With Lloyd's Scantling Numbers in upper right corner. With additions / correction in red pencil." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01290. Folder [no #]. No date (1923 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint framing plan with plan views, sections and inboard profile 'Dr. No. 3. Three Masted Auxiliary Schooner for Commodore Harold S. Vanderbilt [#192301es]'. With additions / correction in red pencil." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01300. Folder [no #]. No date (1923 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled profile, sections and displacement curve with calculations of a deep-draft seagoing yacht. The distinctive raised foredeck shows this to be #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Penciled Preliminary Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01350. Folder [no #]. No date (1923 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint construction midship section titled 'Dr. No. 11. Three Masted Auxiliary Schooner [#192301es]. Midship Section'. With particulars 'L = 179.4. D = 23.65. … Frame Space = 22in'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01500. Folder [no #]. No date (1923 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled sections, displacement curve, profile and calculations to determine displacement (697 gross tons), wetted surface (6170sqft), prismatic coefficient, and block coefficient. The distinctive raised foredeck shows this to be #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Penciled Preliminary Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01510. Folder [no #]. No date (1923 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint sailplan of #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt with gaff foresails and Marconi mainsail and 25 portholes and deckhouse forward of mainmast. Untitled, no notes, no date." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01610. Folder [no #]. No date (1923 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint outboard profile of a deep-draft three masted schooner with 25 portholes. Untitled, no notes, undated. The distinctive raised foredeck shows this to be #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01650. Folder [no #]. No date (1923 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint framing plan with plan views, sections and inboard profile of a three-masted schooner with 26 portholes and deckhouse forward of the mainmast titled 'Dr. No. 12. Three Masted Auxiliary Schooner [#192301es]. Construction Drawing'. This plan is identical with other plan with same title but its upper half is cut off." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01660. Folder [no #]. No date (1923 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint framing plan with plan views, sections and inboard profile of a three-masted schooner with 26 portholes and deckhouse forward of the mainmast titled 'Dr. No. 12. Three Masted Auxiliary Schooner [#192301es]. Construction Drawing'. This plan is identical with other plan with same title but its upper half is not cut off." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01670. Folder [no #]. No date (1923 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint midship section and sailplan or a three-masted schooner titled 'Com. H. S. Vanderbilt from N.G.H. Sept 1923[or 1925?] [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt]'. With tabulated particulars and penciled notes and rig changes (faint and out of focus and impossible to read)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_00850. Folder [no #]. 1923-09 (or 1925-09 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint deckplan, interior arrangement plan, midship section and inboard profile titled 'Preliminary Sketch for Auxiliary Schooner [#192301es]. … Jan[uary] 28, 1924'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01570. Folder [no #]. 1924-01-28.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint deckplan, interior arrangement plan, midship section and inboard profile titled 'Preliminary Sketch for Auxiliary Schooner [#192301es]. … Feb[ruary] 6, 1924'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01560. Folder [no #]. 1924-02-06.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint deckplan, interior arrangement plan, midship section and inboard profile titled 'Auxiliary Schooner [#192301es]. … March 20, 1924'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01600. Folder [no #]. 1924-03-20.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled dimensioned technical sketch titled 'Design for Steering Gear for H.S.V. [Harold Sterling Vanderbilt] Aux. Yacht [#192301es]. M[ar]ch 23, 1924'. On verso of envelope from 'The Netopian' [a journal from Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company] to NGH, c/o Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, Miami, Florida." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Penciled Sketches. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01370. Folder [no #]. 1924-03-23.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled technical sketches, one apparently a folding propeller, the other possibly spreaders, and a third titled 'Proposed Bridge at Foremast [apparently for #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt]'. On verso a penciled sketch that is not identified but bears strong similarity with the the sketch for a 'Design for Steering Gear for H.S.V. [Harold Sterling Vanderbilt] Aux. Yacht. M[ar]ch 23, 1924'." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Penciled Sketches. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01400. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1924-03-23 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint deckplan, interior arrangementplan, midship section and inboard profile titled 'Auxiliary Schooner [#192301es]. Mar[?] 25[?], 1924 [date is cut off on print]'. With very faint penciled note in lower right corner 'March[?] 25[?] 1924[?]'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01590. Folder [no #]. 1924-03-25 ??.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled dimensioned technical sketch titled 'Proposed Steering Gear [for #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt] with Assistant Engine using air pressure of 250lbs. ... M[ar]ch 30, 1924'. On verso of advertisement of the "Industrial Trust Company'." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01440. Folder [no #]. 1924-03-30.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Handwritten (in ink) letter:] Yesterday I got your letter from Saint Augustine and I am glad to hear that our doings in Palm Beach in general suited you. With the same mail came more[?] new suggestions [for #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt] from Mr. Vanderbilt, cautiously marked 'not final'. He asked me to see the Marconi people about the size and layout for the wireless operator room, and I was told that our room was quite sufficient but they wanted to know available strength and voltage of the electrical equipment, something I don't think has been decided yet. --- They thought also that stays running parallel to their downtake ought to be insulated, something which of course has to be considered and properly worked out.
I work at present on the drawing for Lloyd[s], but am of course at loss what to do about the double bottom. Then Mr. Vanderbilt returns I shall take up the interior drawings and I as [? as I?] think that it might be a good plan to come and see you in Washington to get your layout for the double bottom that I might have the Lloyd drawing as complete as possible when you arrive here in New York. According to your schedule you should be in Washington on a Saturday which would suit me perfectly, Mr. V[anderbilt] probably being away anyhow.
Enclosed are your Specifications. Mr. V. told me to take a copy of them and send the original back to you. Apparently he will thoroughly look them over before he makes his final decision.
In your letter you mention that HELIANTHUS [#378p] probably will be ahead of time in Fernandina and that is why I send this letter to Thunderbolt, Ga.
I saw Mrs. and Mr. George Nichols and looked fine. Here is full snowstorm, a rather unpleasant 1st of April joke. I hope you and Mrs. Herreshoff are doing fine and that I soon shall see you.
Sincerely yours, ..." (Source: Nystrom, Charles G. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01630. Folder [no #]. 1924-04-01.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Your last letter of arrival home was duly re[ceive]d and we were all pleased even if you did report having a slight cold. We trust you are all over it by this time. We have had some fine rains and plenty of fine weather also, and the country looks very much better. The Cuais[?], Huntington, & Seaman & Bentons are here that[?] for[?] the latter leave with their car 4 am tomorrow taking Aunt Joe with them. Wirth is in charge of the additions to the Camp Lodge, foundations of which were poured yesterday. 'TRAMP' lying in the Basin is to be overhauled & put in commission for the Bahamas where she will remain indefinitely for St. Gardiners[?] Summer cruising. The junk left for the North some time ago but have seen no reference to her since. You had a slight misappen[?] henrion[?] as to the character of water she was most used in China, but count[?] in your surmise[?] that she would make hard work of it close hauled in a steep sea[?]. Her skipper said however that she would keep on going & was dry & comfortable, when heeled a bit, the low corners[?] are not so bad after all. They are chopped off I imagine, for conservation[?] of room as every thing has to be in that country. AMORY[?] belonged to the sea going type and in beating[?] out over the bars of those shallow wide mouthed rivers are subjected to the worst kinds of rough sea conditions. This is one reason that they use lee boards, instead of center ones as the center one is apt to jamb while the lee ones are held in place by rope, which when overtaxed parts and the board having a long pennant attached, floats astern is hauled aboard & replaced in position. SAVEE[?]. Had a nice sail to the Cape p.m. yesterday. Am beginning to figure slightly in a marconi rig but given not, til you lick me out of sight next Winter. Her paint is still standing good in the bottom. 4 1/2 months, and at moorings most of the time. Larry can't stand it much longer & is about ordering material for another boat, slightly longer than SUNSET with junk mid section which is O.K. for light draft. I am only doubtful about his rig which no doubt will be handy but slow to windward, possibly not, what do you think? I've known several very small light draft sloops in my day which used to run vystus[?] from the Chesapeake to N.Y. during the Winter. We[?] of them nearly fifty years old now. These craft were long, narrow, light draft center boarders, about knockabout in rig. Had some craft but only remember those there, knew[?] was probably something wrong. I recollect one of them going into the Jersey Beach by reason of a sudden shift of wind from N.W. to N.E. in a squall when in trying to take the jib off her long raking stay with the down haul to the windlass, it parted & the jib used went to the mast head forcing them to anchor which failed to hold. Their[?] masts were just forward of o.a. center. Larry proposes to put C.B. trunk by means of these[?] Chinese paertner[?], side supports which I decided to you, depending on job & preventer back stays to hold it for & aft. Main sail jib headed with jib only slightly smaller, to stem head. Her mast partners will be in cabin top so as to have a fair hold below. My doubts are mainly as I just stated, windward work. And yet all I can twink o off the bat is too much jib & taking[?] of mainsail luff & if made hin[?], then not enough area altogether without great hoist. It's interesting however & more easily changed than his double centerboard[?] was, if he don't like it. In the Havana 6 meter races I notice that one of them made the 12 triangular course in 1h 5min 6sec. If this is course is as I presume 12 nautical miles, these craft make better time than I have thought.
Had another fine sail to the Cape yesterday with cracking breeze S.S.E. Benton's & Aunt Joe off this morning early I don't envy them such a long auto trip. Dais[?] & ARGONAUT reached Washington just a day or so behind you. Had fine runs, but about half way up the Potomac took a squall which brought them to a standstill. Well, just been out & washed some of the salt out of the mainsail & dried it, so will furl & put the cover on. Quite cool, only just taken my coat off. Our best wishes to you all. Neptunus[?] included.
Sincerely ...
How is the Vanderbilt ship [#192301es?] coming on?" (Source: Munroe, R.M. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_41880. Correspondence, Folder 87, formerly 121. 1924-05-11.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections on verso of gothic font 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, R.I.' stationery. Titled '151ft w.l. Aux. sch[ooner] for Com. Com. Vanderbilt [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt]. July 1924. Every 3rd frame. Frame spaces 22in. Scale 1/4in'. No further notes or calculations." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_03480. Folder [no #]. 1924-07.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections and displacement curve on verso of sans-serif 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, R.I.' stationery. Titled '1st trial. Launches [#192401ep, a#192402ep] for H. S. Vanderbilts' 150ft Aux. 3 masted [schooner #192301es]. 24ft x 7ft x 3 1/2ft. Scale 3/4. 23ft 2in w.l. July 26, [19]24'. With scantlings and calculations arriving at a total displacement of 55.2cuft = 3640lbs. With note 'see over'. On verso two more sets of penciled pantograph hull sections, one crossed out, and a note 'From finished model [#192301es]. July 28 [1924]'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_03460. Folder [no #]. 1924-07-26.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections on verso of gothic font 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, R.I.' stationery. Titled '151ft w.l. Aux. Schooner for Com. H.S. Vanderbilt [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt]. At 10th of w.l. (151ft). Scale 1/4in. Aug[ust] 3, 1924'. With calculations arriving at a total displacement of 24420cuft [= 1562880lbs] = 698 tons gross = 816 tons net and a wetted surface at 17ft draft of 5550sqft." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_03450. Folder [no #]. 1924-08-03.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint rig detail plan titled 'Dr. No. 204. 3. M. Aux. Schooner [#192301es]. Spreaders'" (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01030. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1924-09).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint rig detail plan titled 'Dr. No. 239. 3. M. Aux. Schooner [#192301es]. Fore Topmast Head. Bristol, R.I. Sept[ember] 11, 1924'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01050. Folder [no #]. 1924-09-11.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint rig detail plan titled 'Dr. No. 203. 3. M. Aux. Schooner [#192301es]. Attachments for Lower Shrouds on Masts. Bristol, R.I. Sept[ember] 13, 1924'. With penciled, unreadable (out of focus) note by NGH." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01070. Folder [no #]. 1924-09-13.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint rig detail plan titled 'Dr. No. 206. 3. M. Aux. Schooner [#192301es]. Mainmast Head. Bristol, R.I. Sept[ember] 22, 1924'. " (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_00990. Folder [no #]. 1924-09-22.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint rig detail plan titled 'Dr. No. 209. 3. M. Aux. Schooner [#192301es]. Main Topmast. Bristol, R.I. Sept[ember] 22, 1924'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01090. Folder [no #]. 1924-09-22.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint rig detail plan titled 'Dr. No. 219. 3. M. Aux. Schooner [#192301es]. Fore Staysaul Boomhanging. Bristol, R.I.'. Marked in pencil 'O.K.'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01000. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1924-10).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint rig detail plan titled 'Dr. No. 217. 3. M. Aux. Schooner [#192301es]. Hawser Pipe & Bobstay Chainplate'. Marked in pencil 'OK'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01010. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1924-10).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint rig detail plan showing a mast head. Untitled, but clearly related to and filed with other plans for #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01060. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1924-10).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint technical drawing showing three sections of a large metal boat with machinery, annotated 'Frame No. 42', 'Frame No. 46' and 'Frame No. 50'. Untitled, but clearly related to and filed with other plans for #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01100. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1924-10).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint interior arrangement plan titled 'Dr. No. 301 [or 307?]. 3. M. Aux. Schooner [#192301es]. Engine Room [unreadable]. Fore & Aft Sections'. " (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01110. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1924-10).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint sailplan of #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt titled in red pencil 'A Tryout of A Higher Rig'. Undated, filed with other plans for #192301es from the fall of 1924." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01120. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1924-10).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled deckplan, interior arrangement plan, sections, and inboard profile. This is the preliminary version of what became the blueprint titled 'Dr. No. 2. Three Masted Auxiliary Schooner for Commodore Harold S. Vanderbilt [#192301es]'." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Penciled Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01470. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1924-10).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint detail plan titled 'Dr. No. 236. 3. M. Aux. Schooner [#192301es]. Davit Socket. Bristol, R.I. Nov[ember] 16, 1924'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01040. Folder [no #]. 1924-11-16.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint detail plan titled 'Dr. No. 237. 3. M. Aux. Schooner [#192301es]. Davit Socket. Bristol, R.I. Nov[ember] 18, 1924'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01080. Folder [no #]. 1924-11-18.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint detail plan titled 'Dr. No. 227. 3. M. Aux. Schooner [#192301es]. Bollards. Nov[ember] 19, 1924'. Marked in pencil 'OK'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01020. Folder [no #]. 1924-11-19.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint deckplan, interior arrangement plan and profile titled '3. M. Aux. Schooner [#192301es]. Dec[ember] 16, 1924'. " (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01580. Folder [no #]. 1924-12-16.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Penciled note with dimensions:] Vanderbilt [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner]
O.a. 171 1/2ft. Deck 164 1/2ft. L.w.l. 133ft. Breadth Deck 31ft 4in. Ex[treme] 31ft 8in. w.l. 31ft 2in. Draft lwl 16ft 2in. ... Displ. 19250cuft = 616 short tons = 530 long tons. Block coef. .3150. Prism coef. 265x133/19250 = .547. ...
For 100ft model. Beam 23.4. Draft 11.1. Displ. 8200cuft = 234 Long tons. ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled note. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_00050. Folder [no #]. No date (1920s ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled sailplan sketch on creased paper of an unidentified three-mast schooner with gaff foresails and a Marconi mainsail. Untitled, no notes, no date. Found with other Vanderbilt-related materail and thus may be related to #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt (but note the absence of the raised bow/foredeck which is characteristic for that design). WRDT06_01190 appears to show the same design." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_00070. Folder [no #]. No date (1920s ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled sailplan sketch of an unidentified three-mast schooner with gaff foresails and a Marconi mainsail. Untitled, no notes, no date. May be related to #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt (but note the absence of the raised bow/foredeck which is characteristic for that design). WRDT06_00070 appears to show the same design." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Preliminary Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01190. Folder [no #]. No date (1920s ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint deckplan, interior arrangement plan, sections, and inboard profile titled 'Dr. No. 2. Three Masted Auxiliary Schooner for Commodore Harold S. Vanderbilt [#192301es]'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01280. Folder [no #]. No date (1925-01 ???).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint deckplan, interior arrangement plan and outboard profile of a schooner with 18 portholes and deckhouse aft of the mainmast titled 'Dr. No. 3. M. Auxiliary Schooner [#192301es]. January 10, 1925'. With note in red pencil 'There was made another layout, but this is the last one'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_01620. Folder [no #]. 1925-01-10.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled table on verso of 'Fairhaven Mills' flyer titled 'Final sail plan' and providing dimensions and areas of sails for what is apparently #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt and listing large outer jib, small outer jib, fore staysail, foresail, main staysail, main sail, mizzen staysail, mizzen sail, jigger staysail, jigger sail, large inner jib, small inner jib, fore topsail, main topsail, mizzen topsail, fore upper staysail, main upper staysail for a total for windward work of 16,470sqft and adding baloon jib top sail, baloon fore topsail, and baloon main topsail for a total sail area for reaching in light winds of 17,200sqft." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_31060. Subject Files, Folder 30, formerly 10-15. 1925-02-16.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections with radials and pinpricks on verso of sans-serif 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, R.I.' stationery. Titled 'HSV [Harold Stirling Vanderbilt] [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt]. Enlargement from 3/16 to 1/4in scale. June 22, [19]25'. On verso another set of penciled pantograph hull sections with radials and pinpricks of the same design with no further notes or calculations." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_03380. Folder [no #]. 1925-06-22.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections on verso of sans-serif 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, R.I.' stationery. Titled 'HSV [Harold Stirling Vanderbilt] 132ft w.l. [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt]. From finished model June 26, [19]25. Scale 1/4'. With calculations arriving at a total displacement of 19250cuft [1232000lbs] = 616 short tons = 550 gross tons and a wetted surface of 4550sqft. On verso another set of penciled pantograph hull sections and a displacement curve titled 'HSC - 132ft w.l. 2nd trial. June 25 1925. Scale 1/4in'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_03400. Folder [no #]. 1925-06-26.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled sketched sailplan of a of a three-masted staysail schooner with additional fourth jigger mast [#192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt] titled 'Original sketch. Dec[ember] 1925'. With calculations arriving at a total sail area of 18500sqft. On verso of envelope from HMCo to NGH in Fair Haven, Coconut Grove, Florida postmarked December 12, 1925 with another rough sketch of a three-mast schooner." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_00400. Folder [no #]. 1925-12.)
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"[Item Description:] Colored penciled sailplan sketch on brown paper of an four-mast staysail schooner that appears to be a rig study for #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt with a more rounded and pronounced spoon bow. Untitled, no notes, no date. WRDT06_00700 appears to show the same design." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator). Penciled Sailplan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_00690. Folder [no #]. No date (1926-02 ???).)
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"[Item Description:] Colored penciled sailplan sketch on brown paper of an four-mast staysail schooner that appears to be a rig study for #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt with a slightly more extended raised foredeck. Untitled, no notes, no date. WRDT06_00690 appears to show the same design." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator). Penciled Sailplan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_00700. Folder [no #]. No date (1926-02 ???).)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint sailplan of a four-mast staysail schooner with 25 portholes titled '200ft Auxiliary Cruiser [#192301es] for Commodore Harold S. Vanderbilt. Designed by Nath. G. Herreshoff, Coconut Grove, Florida, February 1926'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_00650. Folder [no #]. 1926-02.)
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"[Item Description:] Printed advertisement showing the three-mast staysail schooner 'Yacht AILEE fitted with the New Type of Gardner Heavy Oil Engines'. From 'The Yachting Worl & Marine Motor Journal' of December 15, 1928. Found with other materials relating to #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt and probably related to it." (Source: L. Gardner & Sons Ltd. (creator). Advertisement. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item WRDT06_00680. Folder [no #]. 1928-12-15.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled unlabeled sketch showing sail plans for two large clipper-bowed three-masters. Possibly (but probably not) related to #192301es Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt. Undated. On verso of letter by Yachting Magazine to its subscribers that is dated December 4, 1935." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_47230. Drawings (Model Room), Folder 113 [?], formerly 113 [?]. No date (after 1935-12-04).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #192301es [Unbuilt Cruising Schooner for H.S. Vanderbilt] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• 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.

• Unbuilt Cruising Schooner (MIT Museum-made index card)
• Note: The vessel index cards comprise two sets of a total of some 3200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and information regarding drawings, later or former vessel names, and owners. They were compiled from HMCo's early days until 1920 and added to in later decades, apparently by Hart Nautical curator William A. Baker and his successors. While HMCo seems to have used only one set of index cards, all sorted by name and, where no name was available, by number, later users at MIT apparently divided them into two sets of cards, one sorted by vessel name, the other by vessel number and greatly expanded the number of cards. Original HMCo cards are usually lined and almost always punched with a hole at bottom center while later cards usually have no hole, are unlined, and often carry substantially less information. All cards are held by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass.

"Note: Size and specifications for this unbuilt schooner changed considerably over the course of several years and thus this entry comprises designs for several boats and is based on three models: the first Model 1523, the intermediate Model 1135, and the final Model 1432." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 28, 2015.)

"According to a note in the Bristol Phoenix of May 6, 1924 (p. 2) this schooner had been intended to have been built abroad." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. June 8, 2016.)

Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.