Model No. 527: Edith, May Queen et al.

Model No. 527


Model by: NGH
Made when: April 1897
Estimated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 33.6" (85.5cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 33' 8" (10.3m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Beverly YC Raceabout Open Class (1); Beverly YC Raceabout (2); Raceabout (1)
Hull Configuration: Keel&Centerboard
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
4 built, modeled by NGH
#486s Edith II (1897)
#514s May Queen (1899)
#515s Blazing Star (1899, Extant)
#536s Sis (1900)

Original text on model:
"No 486 EDITH April 1897 514 and 515 MAYQUEEN and BLAZING STAR 1899 25' wl [looks like make over sections] 14/16 length 25/21" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"21' lwl Edith, sloop of 1897; with scale change, 25' lwl May Queen & Blazing Star, keel/centerboard sloops of 1899. (Blazing Star is at Mystic Seaport.)" (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)


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