Herreshoff #192805es [Keel Cruising Boat for Russell Grinnell]
Particulars
Type: Keel Cruising Boat
Designed by: NGH
Order to build: 1928-9
Construction: Wood
LOA: 18' 19" (5.97m)
LWL: 22' 4" (6.81m)
Beam: 9' 0" (2.74m)
Draft: 4' 0" (1.22m)
Displ.: 8,352 lbs (3,788 kg)
Keel: yes
Built for: Grinnell, Russell
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: 204Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Center
Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"Study model July 19 1928 #1133 Building Aug 1929 as sample 1/10 size
scale 1/10 = 13ft 11 1/2" waterline 15' 5" overall 5' 8" beam 2' 6" draft
scale 1/12 = 16' 9" waterline 19' 3" OVERALL 6' 10" BEAM 3'0" draft
scale 1/16 = 22' 4" waterline 25' 8" overall 9' 0" beam 4' 0" draft
[Sid's writing] "GOLDENEYE" of fiberglass by Cape (Cod) Shipbuilding company 1964 scale 1" = 1' " (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"15'6" lwl Fano, sample boat of proposed keel sloop of 1930, designed by NGH as an improvement over the 12-1/2 footers. Model later utilized by Sid Herreshoff as basis for the fiberglass Goldeneye produced by Cape Cod Shipbuilding." (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.
Offsets
Offset booklet number(s): HH.4.206
Offset booklet contents:
22 1/2' w.l. keel cruising boat.
Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)
Documents
Nathanael G. Herreshoff
"Measurements for a 22ft 4in waterline Keel sailing yacht Pleasure sailing or Cruising, from a model by N. G. Herreshoff, made in summer of 1928 at scale of 3/4in per ft (1/16th).
Length o.a. 28ft 10in
Length l.w.l. 22ft 4in
Beam 9ft 9in
Displ. 130.5cu.ft.
Outside lead 3450 lbs inside 600." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten note in Offset Booklet HH.4.206 titled 'No. / 22 1/2 w.l. Keel/Cruising Boat / (design for Russell Grinnell Esq) / by N. G. Herreshoff. / Sept. 1928'. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. September 1928.)
Archival Documents
"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph lead sections titled 'Lead for Proposed Class of 14ft and 16ft 10in w.l. Pleasure sailing Knockabout Boats. Drawn scale of 1/4 size sections and 1/8 size length for 16ft 10in w.l. size, and for 14ft w.l. at 5/8 of lengths or 25/36 areas'. With calculations. With further note 'Dotted line is for lead on design for 22ft 4in cruiser [#192805es] for [blank (Russell)] Grinnell. The model at scale of 1/16th and this crawing at scale of 3/16 size & 5/8 size. The led figures roughly at about 3450lbs and boat if built will require 500 or 600[lbs] inside'. Undated (this plan is related to Model 204 titled 'Study model July 19 1928 #1133 [FANO] Building Aug 1929 as sample 1/10 size' suggesting that this plan was made at about the same time)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Lead Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_03570. Folder [no #]. No date (1928-07-28 or later).)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"This unbuilt vessel's date was estimated from the date NGH recorded its offsets in offset booklet HH.4.206." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. June 15, 2015.)
"... Displ. 130.5cu.ft. Outside lead 3440 lbs inside 3000[?]." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. [Note in Offset Booklet HH.4.206 titled 'No. / 22 1/2 w.l. Keel/Cruising Boat / (design for Russell Grinnell Esq) / by N. G. Herreshoff. / Sept. 1928' in Hart Nautical Collections.] September 1928.)
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