Model No. 523: Radiant, Electra and Happy Princess

Model by: NGH
Made when: October 1900 (ca.)
Stated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 32.5" (82.7cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 32' 6" (9.9m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Beverly YC Raceabout Open Class (1); Sloop (1); Catboat (1)
Hull Configuration: Centerboard
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
3 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"No 548 RADIANT 1900-01 Scale 1" [rest unreadable]
1902 No 582 ELECTRA scale 1/15 [rest unreadable]." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"21' lwl Radiant, centerboard sloop of 1900; with scale change, 27'6" lwl Electra, centerboard sloop of 1902." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Comment:
"Reference to #644s Happy Princess was added by CvdL to the list of vessels built from this model because Happy Princess' construction plan title states 'moulds of #582' and #582s Electra was built from model 523." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 1, 2009.)