Model No. 1123: 30sq m Swedish Rule (Shallow, then Deep Draft Study Model)
Model by: NGH
Made when: February 1929
Stated model scale: 1/16
Model length (ca.): 28.5" (72.5cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/16 (ca.): 38' 0" (11.6m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Shallow Draft then Deep Draft Sloop
Hull Configuration: Keel&Centerboard
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop South Wall Right
Vessels from this model:
0 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"Model for Sail Area Rating of 324 sq ft Feb. 1929
Scale 3/4" 35 1/2' oa 26' wl 7' beam 3' draft cb
keel and deck summer of 1929. Draft 4' 6" " (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model discussion:
"Coconut Grove, Fla. N. G. Herreshoff Bristol, R. I. Feb 14, 1929 {1929/02/14} Dear Francis Inplimenting my letter of some days ago, about the 30 sq meter class, and the designs I have been amusing myself with, ... The other model I made is too large for the sail area allotted, and should be able to carry about 370 (square)' to advantage. ... Your affect Father" (Source: Mystic Seaport Museum, L. Francis Herreshoff Collection, Box 17, Folder 5: Letter from N. G. Herreshoff to L. F. Herreshoff.)
Comment:
"See also NGH letter regarding model 1522." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)
Model identification:
"See model sequence 1126, 1132, 1522." (Source: Curator Herreshoff Marine Museum, 2004.)
Related model(s):
Model 1123 by NGH (1929); sail, not built
Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.
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