Model No. 414: Humdink

Model by: ASdeWH or NGH?, or ASdeWH
Made when: March 1933
Estimated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 11.4" (28.9cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 11' 5" (3.5m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Frostbite Dinghy
Hull Configuration: Centerboard
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Left

Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by ASdeWH or NGH?, or ASdeWH

Original text on model:
"HUMDINK Sidney H. March 1933 arrow to waterline 565 arrow up to waterline 405 lbs" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"11'6" loa Humdink, a frostbite sailing dinghy of 1933, designed by Sid Herreshoff." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Comment:
"Note that the index to the 2004 Guide to the Collection lists #1230s Thorn as having been built from this model but provides no further source of information for this attribution." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)