Model No. 209: Pig in a Bag

Model by: NGH
Made when: October 1929
Stated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 20.0" (50.9cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 20' 0" (6.1m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Development (Suicide) Class
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Center

Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"Development Class model III Oct. 8, 1929 Scale 1/12 16' 8" wl
Used for 2nd boat for Nichols & Morgan (G Nichols) No 1149
825 lbs." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"16'8" lwl development class boat of 1929 that could be rigged with one, two, or three masts." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model discussion:
"[1929-09-14] Sat 14: ... At work making model [Model 1533] for 2nd Development Class boat [#1149s Development Class for George Nichols] ordered by G. Nichols & Junius Morgan.
[1929-10-08] Tue 8: ... At work in measuring off [the] 3rd D[evlopment] Class model [Model 209]." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1929. Manuscript (excerpts). Access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

"Herreshoff Mfg. Co.
... Design III Oct. 8, 1929. ...
Model # III [Model 209].
Development Class.
(This model has a little more deadrise and sharper bow than # I model, also a little less beam.)
To be used for No. 1149 [Pig in a Bag]. ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Pencilled note in Offset Booklet HH.4.197.] Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

"... I have made a 3rd model [Model 209], which I think is better than the 2nd [Model 1533] and propose using it for the second boat [#1149s Development Class for George Nichols].
It has been amusement to me in working out details for these boats and their rigs, and I think they will be very interesting craft when completed. ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Morgan, Junius S. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection, Acc. no. 98.49. Correspondence, Folder 32 (new), 181 (old). October 13, 1929.)

Comment:
"Note that #1149s was Pig in a Bag, built for George Nichols. The development class boat built for Junius Morgan was #1148s." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 7, 2018.)

Model identification:
"See model sequence 212, 1321, 1533." (Source: Curator Herreshoff Marine Museum, 2004.)

Related model(s):
Model 0209 by NGH (1929); #1149s Pig in a Bag
Model 0212 by NGH (1929); #1148s Model 1321 by NGH (1929); sail Model 1533 by NGH (1929); sail