Model No. 20: Helianthus I

Model by: NGH
Made when: March 1912
Stated model scale: 1/24
Model length (ca.): 32.4" (82.3cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/24 (ca.): 64' 10" (19.8m)
Power/Sail: P
Vessel Type: Power Yacht
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room East Wall

Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"HELIANTHUS #288 Scale 1/2" March 1912 model by Sidney Launching date June 17 1912 Painted lines" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"#288 Helianthus, 64' power cruiser of 1912. (Model by Sidney deW. Herreshoff.)" (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Comment:
"This model was apparently made by A. Sidney deW. Herreshoff from sections drawn by his father in Bermuda on February 5, 1912. These sections and notes have survived in the Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 4, 2020.)