Model No. 124: Bogey and Bobtail

Model by: NGH
Made when: January 1902 (?)
Stated model scale: 1/16
Model length (ca.): 31.4" (79.7cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/16 (ca.): 41' 10" (12.7m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Sloop
Hull Configuration: Keel&Centerboard (1); Centerboard (1)
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Left

Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"No 579 scale length 1/16 x 10 1/2 /12 breadth depth 1/16 Feb. 1902 for E. Scott" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"27' lwl Bobtail, keel/centerboard sloop of 1902." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model discussion:
"Jan[uary] 1902.
... Note: Model is measured off for 11" frame spaces, but No. 579 [Bobtail] is shortened up to 10 1/2" frame spaces." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Penciled note in Offset Booklet HH.4.136.] Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

Comment:
"Reference to #581s Bogey was added by CvdL as per notes in Offsets Booklet and Design Book. In fact, it appears as if this model was initially made for Bogey at a scale of 1/16, and subsequently adapted to Bobtail at a scale of 1/16 x 10.5/11 for all lengths and 1/16 for breadths & depths. NGH's design book entry for Bobtail is dated January 23, 1902, suggesting that this model had been made at the same time." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 11, 2022.)