Model No. 309: Wenonah, Drusilla et al.

Model by: NGH
Made when: November 1891 (ca.)
Stated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 39.0" (99.1cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 39' 0" (11.9m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Two-And-A-Half Rater Fin Keel (1); Fin Keel (3)
Hull Configuration: Fin Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
4 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"1891 fall No. 415 [scale] 1 25' wl WENONAH
1891 fall #417 scale 3/4 35' wl DRUSILLA
1892 fall 418 [scale] 1 28' wl EL CHICO
422 scale 3/4 30' wl HOMDSEL." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"25' lwl Wenonah and El Chico, fin-keel sloops of 1891. Also, with change in scale, 35' lwl Drusilla, fin-keeler of 1892 and 30' lwl Handsel, also a fin-keeler of 1892." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Comment:
"See also related fin keel half model for #415s, #417s and #418s in the Collection of the Model Room of the Herreshoff Marine Museum." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 22, 2022.)

Related model(s):
Model 0309 by NGH (1891?); sail, 4 built from
Model 1532 by NGH (1891?); sail, not built