Herreshoff #192503es [Yawlboat for Vanitie]

Particulars

Name: [Yawlboat for Vanitie]
Type: Four-Oared Yawlboat
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1925-8-29
: 1925-9 ?
Job No.: 14138
Construction: Wood
LOA: 21' 0" (6.40m)
Beam: 4' 10" (1.47m)
Built for: Tod, Robert E.

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: 15
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room East Wall

Vessels from this model:
5 built, modeled by NGH

#190301ep Neon (1903)

#188803es [Yawlboat for #151p Ballymena] (1888)

#188804es [Yawlboat for #151p Ballymena] (1888)

#192503es [Yawlboat for Vanitie] (1925)

#260p [Launch for G. M. Altham] (1907)

Original text on model:
"4 oared boat #151 BALLYMENA 1888 \ NEON 1903" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model Description:
"#151 Gig for steam yacht Ballymena of 1888. Also power launch Neon." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model Comment:
"Reference to model 15 was added by CvdL because #188803es Yawlboat for Ballymena, the original boat built from plan 028-003 [075-005] had been built from this model." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)

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 028-003 [075-005] (HH.5.01999)

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Dwg 028-003 [075-005] (HH.5.01999); Construction Dwg > 21 Ft Yawl Boat for Steamer 151 (1925-09 ?)

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.
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Documents

Nathanael G. Herreshoff

"[1925-08-04] Tue 4: Mr. Tod here. [HMCo would soon build the 17ft LOA Colonia dinghy #192501es and a 21' gig [#192503es] for Robert E. Tod.]
[1925-08-29] Sat 29: Mr. Tod here in a.m. and ordered a sailing cutter [#192501es] and 21' gig [#192503es]." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1925. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

Supplement

Research Note(s)

"Construction plan 028-003 [075-005] shows the name 'Vanitie' on the sternboard which indicates that this yawlboat (or gig as NGH called it in his diary) was built for the America's Cup defense candidate Vanitie. Vanitie had been bought in 1925 by Robert E. Tod who then ordered HMCo convert her to a schooner. Vanitie was re-launched on May 19, 1926, but in late April 1926 Tod had sold her already on to Harry Payne Whitney. Managed by Robert Emmons and helmed by Charles F. Adams Vanitie became very successful in her races against Resolute which also had been re-rigged as a schooner in 1926." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 22, 2021.)

"Note that, both job numbers 14138 and 14139 were for Robert E. Tod, the former being for #192503es [Yawlboat for Vanitie] and the latter being for #192501es [Sailing Cutter for Katoura II]. The two large yachts were both owned by Tod in 1925." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 22, 2021.)

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