Model No. 1124: Sailing Gig

Model by: NGH
Made when: June 1933
Stated model scale: 1/12
Model length (ca.): 15.6" (39.7cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/12 (ca.): 15' 8" (4.8m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Sailing Dinghy
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop South Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
0 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"Measured off & drawing & specification and sails 15 x 7 1/2 = 56 sq ft; 17 x 8 1/2 = 72 sq ft sent to Mr. Greenough Nov. 29, 1933
for a sailing gig NGH June 1933
Scale 1/12 Length oa 14' 4"
Sailing Length 12' 10"
Breadth 4' 4"
Sails 49 & 36 sq ft." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Comment:
"William Greenough (1876-1949), a lawyer from New York, owned the schooner Venture, formerly the New York 50 #711s Ventura between 1924 and 1930. He was elected fleet captain of the New York Yacht in 1936." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. June 17, 2009.)

Model identification:
"See drawing at Herreshoff Marine Museum no. #2004.0001338; Construction drawing. In ink: "Sailing Dinghy designed for Wm. Greenough? Esq. 1933" ; Photostat, NGH? (1933)" (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)

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.