Model No. 317: Bee, Wee Winn and Trust-Me

Model No. 317


Model by: NGH
Made when: February 1892 (ca.)
Stated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 26.3" (66.7cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 26' 3" (8.0m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Fin Keel (1); Half-Rater Fin Keel (2)
Hull Configuration: Fin Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
3 built, modeled by NGH
#421s Bee (1892)
#425s Wee Winn [Wee Win] (1892, Extant)
#448s Trust-Me [Trust Me] (1894)

Original text on model:
"BEE No. 421 1892 1" = 1'
WEE-WIN No. 425 scale 9/10 x 1/12" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"17'6" lwl Bee, a fin-keel sloop of 1892. Also, with change in scale, the 16'3" lwl Wee Winn, which is preserved in the Herreshoff Marine Museum's collection." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Comment:
"#448s Trust-me was added by CvdL to the list of vessels built from this model as she was built from the same moulds as #425s Wee Winn." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)


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